Production Details / Press Releases
To walk… to… with… away from…
The fall… The shift… The common weight… The counterpoint…
A research on walking.
A very basic yet highly sophisticated and intricate form of movement.
A continues weight shift that takes a direction.
Touching the boarders of off balance as it stays centered.
Endless oppositions and spirals within a body as it moves forward.
Two bodies… as they walk together, patterns and shapes appear, subtle dynamics can be interpreted, images can be drawn, and narratives can form.
SHAYMAA SHOUKRY thrives through a passion for choreographing, performing, and creating video art. She is a multidisciplinary artist coming from a visual arts background, interested in integrating diverse disciplines in her creations. She is always motivated and inspired by working collectively, while developing her personal work in an organic build up process: each project is paving the way for the next. Currently she is interested in researching the origin of movement, repetition and transformation. She is always questioning approaches to share her artistic practice with a public from diverse backgrounds and various landscapes. Shaymaa studied Visual Arts and Theatre in the American University in Cairo, and Dance at the center of creativity, Cairo Opera House School, school of 2006. She followed the contemporary dance program at Studio Emad el Dien 2008-2011 as well as Seeds, training for dance teaching 2012-2014. She is also Artistic Director and cofounder of Dayer company for artistic productions based in Egypt.
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Cast & Credits
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY: Shaymaa Shoukry
PERFORMANCE: Salma Salem, Aly Khamees
MUSIC: Ahmed Saleh
LIGHTDESIGN: Saber el Sayed
A production by Contemporary Dance Night 2018 and Dayer Company.
TANZTAGE BERLIN 2019
ARTISTIC DIRECTION: Anna Mülter
MANAGEMENT: Johanna Withelm
ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT: Ece Tufan, Raisa Kröger
DRAMATURGICAL ADVICE: Alexandra Hennig, Isabel Gatzke
The 28.th Tanztage Berlin are produced by SOPHIENSÆLE.
Funded by Senate Chancellery for Culture and Europe.
Supported by Goethe-Institut Kairo, mapping dance berlin and Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V.
Sophiensæle
Video Documentation
The video documentation is produced on behalf of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. The purpose of this contract is to document productions in the field of contemporary dance in Berlin. The master recordings are archived by the University Library of the Berlin University of Arts. Copies of the recordings on DVD are available for viewing exclusively in the reference collections of the following archives (at media desks in these institutions):
University Library of the Berlin University of Arts
Mediathek für Tanz und Theater des Internationalen Theaterinstituts / Mime Centrum Berlin
Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT)