Le Gymnase - National Centre of Choreographic Development - Roubaix | Hauts-de-France

Badke(remix)

Ata Khatab, Amir Sabra / laGeste, Stereo48 | Belgium, Palestine

A programme by La Faïencerie - Scène conventionnée, with the support of Le Gymnase CDCN

  • 14+
  • 1h15
  • CREATED IN 2025 | REGIONAL PREMIERE

Badke(remix)

A programme by La Faïencerie – Scène conventionnée, with the support of Le Gymnase CDCN

Joy as resistance. Palestinian choreographers Ata Khatab and Amir Sabra reinvent the traditional dabkeh in a vibrant journey where celebration blends with everyday movements. Born out of a collaboration with the laGeste company, Badke(remix) brings together ten performers in a choral spectacle driven by momentum, solidarity and a contagious vitality. A collective dance that asserts, with unyielding energy, the right to exist to the full.

Cast and creatives

Choreography: Ata Khatab, Amir Sabra – Created with the performers: Abdallah Damra, Bresa Ayub, Dima Zahran, Hamza Damra, Marah Haj, Mohammed Al Tayeh, Rebecca Kaoud, Rima Baransi, Samer Raya, Shahd Jabarin, Jassi Murad (understudy) – Sound: Naser Al-Faris – Sound editing: Sam Serruys – Sound: Hanne Nuyttens – Lighting: Ine Van Bortel – Adapted from *Badke* (2013) by Koen Augustijnen, Rosalba Torres Guerrero and Hildegard De Vuyst

Production credits

Produc­tion: laGeste | Stereo48
Copro­duc­tion: KVS | Vier­nul­vier
Support: Ville de Gand, the Flemish authorities and the Belgian federal government’s Tax Shelter scheme via Flanders Tax Shelter