SUNDAY, 28 MAY 2023 AT 18:00
THE POWER (of) THE FRAGILE • Mohamed Toukabri
Boris Hristov House of Culture

One flesh and blood, one root, two generations and two separate worlds. They will finally come together.
One flesh and blood, one root, two generations and two separate worlds. They will finally come together. On stage, mother and son reunite after years of separation to look at each other and, through dance, build a space where they feel at home. A home is a place, but it might be a feeling too – as fragile as strong enough to replicate anywhere. In the theatre room, in an unfamiliar city, in the past and in the future.
She always dreamed of being a dancer, he made dance his profession. The duet of the Tunisian choreographer Mohamed Tukabri, based in Belgium, and his mother Latifa is a crossing of the lines of their physical bodies, dreams, searches, and lives. They show the audience their reunion, which does not need to be acted out as it happens in a natural, delicate and intimate way.
The piece is a beautiful and tender dance story about the bond between mother and son, but also about the importance of home when you are near and when you are far.It is about striving to be in a safe place, under the roof of love and shared care with your closest ones. There, you are genuine, natural, and honest. And there, you can be anything – worthy, accepted, appreciated, vulnerable, weak, powerless.
Home is the strength (of) human frailty, value and fiction, windows and walls, and however we know or fantasize about it, we all return there, regardless of race, religion, social class, or sexual orientation, no matter anything.

ONE DANCE WEEK 2023 is supported by the Ministry of Culture and is part of the Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019 programme.

For more information: https://onedanceweek.com/the-power-of-the-fragile/