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Residency Co Kontamine - The Blonde and the Arab

25 March > 5 April 2019

Presentation:
When two completely opposite people meet and fall in love with each other, we cannot prevent desire from existing and bonding them together.?
Emmanuelle Jay and Mohammed Kouadri-Sameut, the choreographers, were inspired by Yolande Zauberman’s documentary film Would you have sex with an Arab?,
which shows the nightlife of Tel Aviv’s young people in Jerusalem: Jews and Arabs, all citizens of one same country: Israel. No wall separates them. ?
La Blonde et L’Arabe / The Blonde and the Arab is in line with the work of the Kontamine company.

Credits titles:
choreographers: Emmanuelle Jay, Mohamed Kouadri-Sameut
performers: Axelle Catta, Reyhan Özdilek, Emmanuelle Jay, Germain Ducros,
Mohamed Kouadri-Sameut

original music: Darryl O’Donovan
music: Galbi / Soapkills & Ya Jarata / Zeidhamdan
video direction, editing: Kenza Oukhemanou
costumes, sets: Cie Kontamine
visuals: José Pazos
With the support of: Espace l’Abri Genève, La Manufacture Vendetta Mathea, Incubateur chorégraphique Aurillac, Théâtre de l’Oulle Avignon