Ali Chahrour was born in Beirut in 1989. He received a

Theatre Diploma from The Lebanese University in

2010. He has participated in many workshops in

contemporary dance and theater. He is a graduate of

Takween-Beirut Contemporary Dance School 2010

and is a member of the Takween Collective. He has

been working with Maqamat Dance Theatre Company

since 2008. He recently completed a residency with

Sasha Waltz and Guests in Berlin in March 2011.

Emilie Thomas is French living in Lebanon. She is a

dancer, writer and researcher in comparative literature

exploring the relationship with the body, the organic

experience of the city and the routine violence in daily

life. She worked with French choreographers Jean-

Mars Matos, François Veyrune and Denis Plassard to

name some of the few between 1999 and 2003. In 2010,

she participated in Takween Beirut Contemporary Dance

School. In 2011, she performed in “Mushrooms and Fig

Leaves” by Omar Rajeh and participated to the Arab

Dance Platform in Beirut as a dancer in the performance

“On the Lips, Snow” created by Ali Chahrour

I want to live in my freezer, with my memory and some of

its remaining. I try to collect it, pack it, mummify it,

but it imposes itself in the unsuitable time, digging its

roots in a new gap.

The performance tackles the trilogy of body-memoryobject

with respect to effect and effectiveness,

rejection and attraction, leading to the creation of a new

trilogy: body-mind-new body, a trilogy that highlights its

own inherent rejection and neutrality.

choregraphy and direction Ali Chahrour performers: Emilie Thomas, Ali

Chahrour duration 45 minutes scenography Ali Chahrour stage manager

Umama Hamido special thanks: Zoukak Theatre Company and Cultural

Association, Khaled Msayteh, Ayat Chahrour

produced by Maqamat DanceHouse