Dance - Performance
The Power (of) The Fragile 2021 - Mohamed Toukabri
The Power (of) The Fragile is a meeting between Mohamed and Latifa, his mother.After being apart for several years, they find each other again on stage. The Power (of) The Fragile is a meeting of two worlds, two bodies, two minds. Latifa always dreamt of being a dancer, Mohamed made it his profession. The borders of their bodies blur, making it hard to decipher where one ends and the other starts. Their lives and dreams start to merge, and only time claims its space between mother and son.

The Power (of) The Fragile is a collection of images, reflections on what the relation between mother and son can look like, on what it means to be home and to go away. It is a performance about movement, of bodies and people, about weight and what it means to carry weight, about being together and being apart. It is a tender portrait of a close relationship, and a pamphlet for our right to go wherever we want to go.

Concept and choreography  Mohamed Toukabri Performance Mimouna (Latifa) Khamessi and Mohamed Toukabri Dramaturgy Diane Fourdrignier Technical Direction and scenography Lies Van Loock Sound design and artistic advice Annalena Fröhlich Costume design Ellada Damianou Research & development Eva Blaute Internship Constant Vandercam Special thanks to Estelle Baldé, Radouan Mriziga, Rim Toukabri, Bachir Toukabri, Sofian Ouissi, Julia Reist, Maria-Carmela Mini, Synda Jebali, Yasmin Dammak, Elise Cnockaert and Liz Kinoshita Executive production Caravan Production Coproduction Needcompany, Vooruit, Beursschouwburg, Dansens Hus Oslo Residency support Cultuurcentrum De Factorij, Needcompany, Vooruit, Charleroi Danse With the support of The Flemish Authorities and the Flemish Community Commission