ELGHA’

Lebanon | 2013 | Theater Performance | Alexandre Paulikevitch

“Elgha’ (“إلغاء” in Arabic) is Paulikevitch’s resistance manifesto in response to the Arab Spring. A man dances to exist, to express his anger, to decry the injustice inflicted on women and sexual minorities, all the while using his body as a visual backdrop and pushing beyond the normal boundaries of the dance genre.” *

Visual Effects: chroma keying & compositing for a segment of the performance, and body projection mapping.

Dancer: Alexandre Paulikevitch

Music: Jawad Nawfal

Costumes Design: Krikor Jabotian

Set Design: Amal Saadé

Choreography: Éric Deniaud

Lighting Design: Mohammad Ali

*from ‘Art & Culture Today’, by Nelida Nassar