Amazigh in situ

Filipe Lourenço

CHOREOGRAPHY: Filipe Lourenço
ASSISTANT: Deborah Lary
DANCERS: Kerem Gelebek, Ema Bertaud, Mithkal Alzghair, Alice Lada, and Youness Aboulakoul
ALTERNATING WITH Ana Cristina Velasquez, Morgane Bonis, and Jamil Attar.

PRODUCTION — FILIPE LOURENÇO COMPANY / PLAN-K
CO-PRODUCTIONS: Maison de la culture de Bourges – National Stage; Théâtre de l’Agora-Desnos – National Stage of Essonne; Théâtre d’Orléans – National Stage; Théâtre de Corbeil-Essonnes; L’Arc – National Stage (Le Creusot); Espaces Pluriels – State-Subsidized Theater of National Interest in the Arts and Dance (Pau); Maison des arts et de la danse – Limoges Opera; Espace 1789 - Saint-Ouen; CCN de Nancy – Ballet du Rhin; CCN de Grenoble; CCN de Roubaix; Danse à tous les étages - Traveling CDCN in Brittany.

Presented in July 2025 at the Belle Scène Saint-Denis, as part of the program of the Théâtre Louis Aragon – a state-subsidized venue of national interest for art and creation – dance (Tremblay-en-France), with support from the City of Tremblay-en-France, the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, and the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Île-de-France).

With support from the CND – Centre National de la Danse – ADAMI – ONDA.

The company Cie Filipe Lourenço / Plan-k is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication – DRAC Centre–Val de Loire Region in the development of its projects. It has received project funding from the Centre–Val de Loire Regional Council.

Support and studio loans: CND – National Dance Center, 104, Théâtre Louis Aragon.

© Ernest Mandap

Introduced to Maghreb dances and Arab-Andalusian music from childhood, Filipe Lourenço approaches traditional dances as a heritage to be reinvented. In his new work, he returns to the ahidous, a collective dance of the Berber tribes of the Middle Atlas, accompanied by singing and percussion, and performed during festivals, weddings, or rituals. Drawing on this ancestral form, the choreographer transforms this tradition into a space for creation, emancipation, and collective listening, where each performer draws upon their personal memory to embody the dance, approaching tradition not as a static monument but as a living substance, permeated by tensions, impulses, and forms yet to be imagined.

A dancer, choreographer, and musician, Filipe Lourenço began his artistic journey with the El Qantara association, where he trained for 15 years in the traditional repertoire of the Maghreb before going on to teach it himself. Passionate about Arab-Andalusian music, he also studied the oud and performed for about ten years with the ensemble El Albaycin. In 1997, he joined the CNDC in Angers and began a career as a performer with choreographers such as Catherine Diverres, Oliver Dubois, Boris Charmatz, and Christian Rizzo. In 2014, he founded the Filipe Lourenço / Plan-K company.

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Filipe Lourenço

Public workshop with Mithkal Alzghair
September 18, 2026, at 8:00 p.m.
La Passerelle Media Library, La Tour-du-Pin

As part of Heritage Days
Free admission; reservations required at 04 74 83 59 00 (press 1),
, or on the Vals du Dauphiné website

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Mithkal Alzghair invites you to explore the Ahidous dance, a traditional dance of the Berber tribes, by combining movement and musicality to capture its artistic essence. Participants will learn its specific movements and rhythms, then integrate these elements into Filipe Lourenço’s contemporary choreographic explorations. This dialogue between tradition and modernity opens up new creative horizons, blending rhythm, dance, and song to invent a new choreographic style.

AMAZIGH IN SITU
, September 19, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
La Passerelle Media Library, La Tour-du-Pin

As part of Heritage Days
Free admission; reservations required at 04 74 83 59 00 (press 1),
, or on the Vals du Dauphiné website

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The performance will be followed by a discussion with the artistic team.

Dancing from the Middle Atlas to the Alps
Double feature with Filipe Lourenço & Ribamb'alp
October 7, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.
Salle Françoise Seigner, Saint-Chef

Free, by reservation
‍As part of the Balcons du Dauphiné Shared Season

Free, by reservation:
As part of the “Saison partagée” series “
” presented by Les Balcons du Dauphiné

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A double bill presented by the Grenoble National Choreographic Center, inviting audiences on a journey through dance and music from the Middle Atlas Mountains to the Alps, as part of the Balcons du Dauphiné’s Shared Season.

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AMAZIGH IN SITU
, October 8, 2026, at 8:30 p.m.
Salle Le Triolet, Tignieu-Jameyzieu

Free, by reservation:
As part of the “Saison partagée” series “
” presented by Les Balcons du Dauphiné

Free, by reservation
As part of the Balcons du Dauphiné Shared Season

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The performance will be followed by a discussion with the artistic team.

As part of the Ministry of Culture’s “Danses en territoires” program, with support from the Isère Department and in partnership with:

The Grenoble National Choreographic Center is funded by the DRAC Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes / Ministry of Culture and Communication, the Department of Isère, and Grenoble-Alpes Métropole.