Created and organized by MAQAMAT DANCE THEATRE
In partnership with SASHA WALTZ & GUESTS and SAREYYET RAMALLAH
In Collaboration with DANSGROEP AMSTERDAM & MANCOPY DANSKOMPAGNI
Interested applicants should have a good level and knowledge of contemporary dance and are
Takween-Beirut Contemporary Dance School (BCDC) is an annual, three-month intensive contemporary dance-training program for young dancers and performance artists interested in pursuing professional careers. Mostly attracting students from the Levant, the program consists of rigorous physical classes alongside courses in choreographic composition and conceptual thinking, which are given by renowned local and international artists, dancers and choreographers. Stemming from a regional lack of educational facilities and instruction and professional opportunity, Takween–BCDC not only provides its participants with the training and discipline needed to professionally establish themselves, but also with a platform for cultural cooperation and exchange necessary for them to become leaders and entrepreneurs in the long-term development and institutionalization of dance as an influential social and cultural practice; thus creating an artistic foundation to begin forging communal dialogue, social bonds and civil change.


Choreographers and Guest Speakers
Krisztina de Chatel • Marco Cantalupo • Luc Dunberry • Omar Rajeh • Radhouane El Meddeb • Jens Bjerregaard • Mia Habis • Rabih Mroue • Henrietta Horn • Damien Jalet • Ghassan Salhab • Walid Sadek • Francesco Scavetta • Vahid • Pierre Abi Saab • Anani Dodji Sanouvi • Marcel Leemann • Thierry Smits •Emilyn Claid • Marlon Barrios Solano •Isabelle Rocamora • Mathilde Monnier • Gilles Jobin • Henrietta Horn • German Jauregui • In-jung Jun • Massimo Molinari • Jens Bjerregaard
Sabina Stüker • Sara Christophersen • Helle Siljeholm • Louise Friis • Lodie Kardouss •
• Françoise Tartinville • Noura Mourad • Todor Todoroff • Yacine Sebti • Simon Laroche