F.A.S.L. is a dance of contrasts: from the city to the desert, from shadow to light, from the individual to the collective. A ritual of connection in which difference does not divide, but unites.
The Arabic word fasl means pause, transition or separation. The piece explores what takes place between two worlds, between two movements, between silence and sound, between the individual and the collective. F.A.S.L. is a choreography of encounter and friction, a space where body and voice, culture and vibration meet and reinvent each other.
The creation draws from the complexity of the relationships between Europe and the Maghreb and from the desire to turn contrasts into a shared language. Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten are inspired by the rhythms of the Mediterranean, the voices of the desert and the sounds of the city. These musical and physical oppositions become the raw material for the choreographic score.
The performance unfolds in nine movements, like nine breaths in which voices, rhythms and bodies intersect and respond to one another. The dancers move among microphones and microphone stands that do not merely record sound but become bodies themselves shadows and echoes of movement. Sound, music and dance merge into a living organism, both fragile and intense.
F.A.S.L. is an international co-production between ICK Dans Amsterdam and Ballet de l’Opéra de Tunis, under the artistic direction of Syhem Belkhodja. The co-production is made possible with support from the Dutch Performing Arts Fund, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, and the Tunisian Ministry of Culture.
