
Universidad del Cairo y Universidad de Berlín – My country
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(Obra en árabe e inglés) “My country” is a solo show that stands between the biographical material which created it and the metaphoric style that shapes it. It expresses the journey of self-discovery that takes a young German woman from her homeland to the other sides of the world in order to find her true identity and to connect to the universal elements that nourrish her being. From the German songs of her childhood which cover her memories with simple happiness and innocence, to the warm and sensationnal words of love and passion coming from the Middle East (Egypt-Alexandria) to accompany her encounter of her other half, to the profound Indian dance rituals which take her soul further than she thought, and to the wild dance of the gypsie exploding with the love of life and survival, the journey of the young woman is as big as life itself, the journey is her own country and she is free to belong wherever she feels home. “My country” is a poetic piece in words, dance and movement. It is an intercultural dance ritual that expresses this journey and lively re-creates it, but above all it is a fusion of cultural expressions and symbols (authentic movement, modern dance, oriental dance, Indian dance and gypsie dance), a fusion of styles, languages,colors and…identities.