RCDF 2021 Brochure English

Special Thanks Dalia Taha, Emil Perugini Saleh, Fiona Menzies, Kristy Somer- ville, Nicola Perugini, Rushdi Ra’fat, Saleh Ra’fat, Sabreen Hamdan, Sawsan Shunnar, Shareef Sarhan, Sophia Lycouris and StudioWindows fromGaza for Contemporary Art.  Lucas Kao Concept and Choreography: Farah Saleh , in collaboration with: Abdallah Damra, Amir Sabra, Dima Kurraz, Duaa Sabbagh, Fadi Waked, Farah Saleh, Hamza Damra, Jamal Bajali, Mohammad Emrany, Mohanad A. Smama, Yasmeen Koheil , Video Artist: Lucas Kao , Videographers: Alaa Aliabdallah, Mohamed Hassan, Mohammed Al Ghoul , Music and Sound Design: Muqata’a, Set and Costumes: Zephyr Liddell, Producing Support: Claricia Parinussa. Funded by: Creative Scotland and Culture Resource , Supported by: Dance Base. About the Artist Farah Saleh is a Palestinian dancer and choreographer based in Scotland. She took part in local and international projects with Sareyyet Ramallah Dance Company (Palestine), the Royal Flem- ish Theatre and Les Ballets C de la B (Belgium), Mancopy Dance Company (Denmark/Lebanon), Siljehom/Christophersen (Norway), and Candoco Dance Company (UK). She is currently an Associate Artist at Dance Base in Edinburgh, UK. PAST-inuous is an interactive video dance installation created through an international digital collaboration with 11 Palestinian dancers and video artist Lucas Kao. The dancers, most of whom are third generation refugees, currently live in Palestine and the diaspora including Edinburgh, Berlin, Gaza and Nablus. The idea was conceived to reflect on the ongoing Palestinian refugee prob- lem since 1948, by the creation of Israel on Palestinian land and the expulsion of Palestinians all around the world, now estimated to be 5 million. The work considers the bodies of the eleven artists as living archives. It attempts to dig into these archives to find connections between the artists’ daily gestures of the present, and the gestures of their expelled families in the past. In doing this, it aspires to think about the future of the Palestinian refugee cause and its connection to the current global refugee condition. PAST-inuous 12 minutes Farah Saleh - Scotland/Palestine Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center 8:40 pm Tuesday 13 July About the performance Dance Films