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Bouchra Ouizguen's Corbeaux: Women's Liberating Movements Offstage

opinion-review · 2026-04-24

Bouchra Ouizguen's performance piece Corbeaux, reviewed in artpress no. 438 (November 2016), features women breathing, agitating, and surrendering to cathartic release in unexpected offstage locations. The work emerges in streets in broad daylight, with a flock of women all coiffed... The review highlights how Ouizguen brings forth sensitive movements of body and soul. The performance takes place outside traditional theater settings, emphasizing raw, unscripted expression.

Key facts

  • Corbeaux is a performance by Bouchra Ouizguen
  • Reviewed in artpress issue no. 438, November 2016
  • Features women in offstage, unexpected locations
  • Involves breathing, agitation, and cathartic release
  • Takes place in the street in broad daylight
  • Focuses on sensitive movements of body and soul
  • Women are described as a flock, all coiffed
  • Performance emphasizes surrender and liberation

Entities

Artists

  • Bouchra Ouizguen

Institutions

  • artpress

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