Omar Rajeh Brings Solo Dance Piece "Danser, c'est pas pour nous" to CWB
Lebanese choreographer Omar Rajeh presents his solo work "Danser, c'est pas pour nous" at the CWB, a piece blending autobiographical narrative, performance, and contemporary dance. Alone on stage, Rajeh treats the body as a site of memory, archive, and resistance. The work draws on more than twenty years of creation across Beirut, the Arab world, and Europe, questioning the relationship between art, power, and existence. It asks what it means to dance in a territory shaped by war, loss, and fractures, who dance belongs to, and what the body can still do against structures of domination, erasure, and forgetting. Through speech, movement, and presence, Rajeh traces a personal and collective past, exploring the marks history leaves on bodies. Dancing becomes an act of resistance, a way to surface memory, challenge dominant narratives, and open a space where past, present, and future converse. The piece is described as powerful and luminous, with dance revealed as a vital, political, and deeply human gesture. The event is a partner event of Club Artistik Rezo.
Key facts
- Omar Rajeh is a Lebanese choreographer
- The work is titled "Danser, c'est pas pour nous"
- It is a solo performance presented at the CWB
- The piece combines autobiographical narrative, performance, and contemporary dance
- It draws on more than twenty years of creation between Beirut, the Arab world, and Europe
- The work explores art, power, and existence, and the body as a site of memory and resistance
- It questions who dance belongs to and what the body can do against domination and erasure
- The event is a partner event of Club Artistik Rezo
Entities
Artists
- Omar Rajeh
Institutions
- Club Artistik Rezo
- CWB
Locations
- Beirut
- Lebanon
- Europe