Performance

Iraqi Bodies – Aleph

Aleph is a dance for the lost ones, and a meditation upon the beginning of life and humanity’s desire towards finality.

“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”
Job 13:15

“…is the likeness of the spider who buildeth her a house.”
Qur’an, XXIX:41

Aleph is a dance for the lost ones.
The performance is a meditation upon the beginning of life and humanity’s desire towards finality. This desire towards an end of all things is evident from the oracles and prophets scattered across human history – they speak of a doom that can be traced to the very beginning of each human life. The mystery that veils such beginnings is a point of reference for intimating a dance beyond that which reason fathoms – the world of faith.

Over the past 15 years Iraqi Bodies has created highly visual performances with a distinctive style that lies at the intersection of movement, gesture and voice. The poetics of awareness is an absolute given in their continued search for a radical scenic language. The company is based in Gothenburg and led by artistic directors Anmar Taha & Josephine Gray.