Ch’ttahh

In Ch’ttahh (“dancer”), Bilal El Had returns to the first form of dance he knew: Moroccan chaabi, a popular style of music and dance, played at weddings, street parties, and gatherings at home. Ch’ttahh combines his personal dance experience with the rhythms, songs, and ancient symbols of chaabi. It explores social gestures that carry a long history of men challenging gender norms through dance, poetry, and music. Between homage and invention, humor and conflict, Ch’ttahh captures the energy of the present while looking at the collective past with attention and care. Through the strong expressiveness of chaabi, it brings us a dance that is a way of transcending or breaking social rules, while preserving cultural memory and the possibility of imagining possible futures. Show in English and Arabic, with subtitles in Portuguese and English. On November 21st (Saturday), there will be a post-show talk.