Laurence Yadi, Nicolas Cantillon & Compagnie 7273

It was during a cheerful party with Arab music and dance in an artists’ bar in Beirut in December 1995 when the life and love story of Laurence Yadi and Nicolas Cantillon began. With their Compagnie 7273 they have developed FuittFuitt, a flowing dance style strongly inspired by the ornamental culture of the Middle East. They have performed at the festival several times, their most recent production being «Nil» in 2012.
Now they return to where it all began. «Beyrouth 1995» is not a dance piece, but a piece for two dancers and two musicians. The Maqam virtuosi Adel Dedgaïchia and Ammar Toumi’s concert gradually merges into a ravishingly beautiful pas de deux by Aline Lopes and Nicolas Cantillon. Music and dance become a feast of love and a celebration of life… just as it was in Beirut in 1995. (esc)