Production of Adham Hafez Company and HaRaKa Platform (Egypt)
Performed in English, Arabic, French, Latin
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To Catch A Terrorist is a cryptic work that looks at the formation of disciplined bodies, borders and the instrumentalist usage of fear as a sovereign act. Through data analysis, exorcist dances, demographic research, court hearing documents, visa applications, and disappearing traditional choreographies -- this new work enmeshes science, history, performance and law.

A new Choreopera; utilizing different movement writing techniques, a sound archive, and space making strategies to create an ominous score that wonders whose lives (and therefore intangible heritage) matter. At the crux of the piece -technically- is the question of what choreography is, as the company’s artists engaged with notions of choreo-policing and city making, both from the perspectives of urban studies and dance studies.

CREATIVE TEAM

Performers: Lamia Gouda, Mona Gamil, Ismail Fayed, Adham Hafez, and guests.
Choreography and Music by: Adham Hafez
Text by: Ismail Fayed, Adham Hafez, Sawsan Gad and Mona Gamil
Research by: Lamia Gouda
Dramaturgy by: Ismail Fayed
Designs and Data Analysis Advising by: Adam Kucharski and Sawsan Gad
Costumes by: Redaa Gharib
Visual Research and Photography by: Rana Elnemr
Space Design by: Samir Kordy and Mohammed Hafez