Duo | 40min | 2024
#feminism #tango #culturalheritage #arabic #French #spanish
MATRIMONIA spans from tango to contemporary dance and physical theater. With the support of dance and video projection, Oussaifi and Wanka take us into a contemporary feminist universe.
The show opens with the words of a tango projected on the wall, then translated into Arabic and recited in voice-over. This is not just any tango. It's not a tango about romantic love, nor is it a nostalgic tango about one's hometown or the past, to take up the most common themes of the genre. This tango is called "un crimen" - a crime - and poetically narrates the confession of a feminicide and its absolution as a crime of honor.
Oussaifi and Wanka have chosen this Tango to question the patriarchal principle and the legitimacy of the notion of Heritage/Patrimoine through tango (which has been declared intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO in 2009), searching for traces of specifically female lineage in our so called 'universal' heritages.
Trailer Matrimonia german
Idea | Concept | Choreography | Performance
Fatma Oussaifi - Rosalie Wanka
Costumes | Lighting design
Fatma Oussaifi - Rosalie Wanka
Text MATRIMOINE | Lay out | graphic design projections
Fatma Oussaifi
Sound composition
Fred Metayer
Sound track
Rosalie Wanka - Fred Metayer
Music
Tango 'Un crimen': Luis Rubistein (composer, author), Raúl Beron (singer) and the Miguel Caló. Orchestra - 'Send in the drums' – James Asher - Tango 'Como dos extranos': Pedro Laurenz (composer), José Maria Contursi (author), Fatma Oussaifi (singer).
Voice Confession Feminicide (tango text in arabic)
Mohamed Houcine Grayaa
Voices
Fatma Oussaifi - Rosalie Wanka - Irina Wanka - Azza Filali - Azza Baaziz - Sidonie Gaucher