Created for seven male performers, Näss is a piece at the crossroads of the traditional and the modern. Moroccan Fouad Boussouf, dares to confront cultures and generations by creating intense and acrobatic choreography.
Inspired by Gnawa, taskiwine, reggada and ahidous Moroccan dance traditions, Boussouf questions his own roots by combining them with hip-hop, modern-jazz, and contemporary circus. The new identity created through the convergence of the traditional with the modern is assumed by the dancers as their movements transcend cultural borders.
55 minutes
In English
Fouad Boussouf
A choreographer, a dancer and a teacher, Fouad Boussouf founded Massala Company in 2006, a company bringing together hip-hop, contemporary dance and new circus.
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Born in Morocco, he moved to France in 1983 and began learning hip-hop dance, modern jazz and circus. From 1997, he pursued his training in Paris, focusing on contemporary dance and hip-hop.
Boussouf holds an MA and a Master in Social Sciences at the University of Paris XII, Créteil, where he also teaches for the module «Dance and culture of the world». He has worked in various dance conservatories in Ile-de-France and he regularly leads workshops in France and abroad. As a performer, he has worked for Ahmed Lahcen, Farid Berki, Pierre Doussaint,Trick Nasty Crew and Megajam.
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Company MASSALA
Company Massala, founded in 2010 by choreographer Fouad Boussouf, draws its artistic vocabulary from hip-hop culture, contemporary dance, the New Circus, as well as the folk dances and music of its native Morocco and the Arab world.
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Prompt to mix styles and practices, rhythms and influences, his creations are above all a place of sharing and transmission: that of emotions, thanks to the technical mastery and the inexhaustible expressiveness of dance. At the heart of the artistic development of the Massala company is the issue of the sensitive and carnal relationship to our roots, to our heterogeneous and mixed culture.
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Cast & Creative Team
Choreography: Fouad Boussouf
Assistant Choreographer: Bruno Torres Domingue
Performers: Élias Ardoin, Sami Blond, Mathieu Bord, Maxime Cozic, Loïc Elice, Justin Gouin, Nicolas Grosclaude
Light: Françoise Michel
Scenography and costumes: Camille Vallat
Music: Roman Bestion
