Explore the body's musicality by combining various contemporary dance techniques. With Nawal Aït Benalla
Nawal Aït Benalla co-composes the music for her choreographic works and views the body as an instrument of music and dialogue. Influenced by jazz, African, contemporary, and hip-hop dance, she seeks to share her passion for dance without boundaries.
From grand opera arias to traditional North African music, with stops along the way at electronic and repetitive music, the diverse musical worlds she explores serve as a foundation for her research and choreographic creation, which is based on organic movements.
Using a variety of techniques drawn from classical, jazz, and contemporary dance—and driven by rhythm and momentum—everyone will be able to enjoy giving themselves over, body and soul, to the movement.
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Nawal Aït Benalla
A Franco-Moroccan choreographer and versatile artist, Nawal Aït Benalla has danced in theater productions directed by Jacques Weber, in opera productions directed by Yannis Kokkos, and to the electronic music of Laurent Garnier, who invited her to join his world tour in 2000.
Passionate about passing on her craft and armed with a state-certified degree, she joined La Baraka as a performer in 2006. She quickly became a leading figure in the company, which she has co-directed since 2018 with Abou Lagraa, as well as at the residency space La Chapelle en Ardèche.
An internationally acclaimed choreographer (Do you be, Premier(s) Pas, Sur tes épaules), she is also the driving force behind projects that blend art and social activism (Mediterranean Cultural Bridge: Algiers’ First Contemporary Ballet, Women in the Spotlight, Premier(s) Pas).
Explore the body's musicality by combining various contemporary dance techniques. With Nawal Aït Benalla
Nawal Aït Benalla co-composes the music for her choreographic works and views the body as an instrument of music and dialogue. Influenced by jazz, African, contemporary, and hip-hop dance, she seeks to share her passion for dance without boundaries.
From grand opera arias to traditional North African music, with stops along the way at electronic and repetitive music, the diverse musical worlds she explores serve as a foundation for her research and choreographic creation, which is based on organic movements.
Using a variety of techniques drawn from classical, jazz, and contemporary dance—and driven by rhythm and momentum—everyone will be able to enjoy giving themselves over, body and soul, to the movement.
Learn more about ...
Nawal Aït Benalla
A Franco-Moroccan choreographer and versatile artist, Nawal Aït Benalla has danced in theater productions directed by Jacques Weber, in opera productions directed by Yannis Kokkos, and to the electronic music of Laurent Garnier, who invited her to join his world tour in 2000.
Passionate about passing on her craft and armed with a state-certified degree, she joined La Baraka as a performer in 2006. She quickly became a leading figure in the company, which she has co-directed since 2018 with Abou Lagraa, as well as at the residency space La Chapelle en Ardèche.
An internationally acclaimed choreographer (Do you be, Premier(s) Pas, Sur tes épaules), she is also the driving force behind projects that blend art and social activism (Mediterranean Cultural Bridge: Algiers’ First Contemporary Ballet, Women in the Spotlight, Premier(s) Pas).
