Mohamed Toukabri The Power (of) The Fragile 1-2 December 2022

Programme

The Power (of) The Fragile is a tender portrait of the close relationship between Mohamed and his mother. Their lives and dreams begin to merge, but time claims its space between mother and son.

The Power (of) The Fragile is a collection of images, reflections on the relationship between mother and son, on what it means to be at home and to go away. It is a performance about movement, about bodies and people., about weight and what it means to carry weight, about being together and being apart.

Mohamed moved to Paris to dance at the age of 15, but it was only after receiving permanent Belgian citizenship that he was able to move freely between his native Tunisia and the dance scenes of Europe. The citizenship also meant that he could now take his mum with him who, through his family, was eventually able to get a visa to visit Europe.

Mohamed Toukabri

Born in Tunis, Tunisia, Mohamed Toukabri started breakdancing at the age of 12. In 2008, he was admitted to the P.A.R.T.S. dance school in Brussels. He has collaborated with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet and was a member of Needcompany (2013-2018). His first self-developed work "The Upside Down Man" was presented at the Beursschouwburg in 2019. The work has toured in Belgium, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Austria. It was selected for Het Theatre Festival 2019 as part of the #NewYoung category. The Power (of) The Fragile is Toukabri's second original work as a choreographer.