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A solo on the edge of performance and stand-up comedy, about how art can NOT save the world.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Halaby wants to stand up for the Palestinian cause, but every attempt to confront the audience with flash lights or a megaphone fail due to his own lack of commitment. This failure full of personal vulnerability has seldom been this clever and funny.”<\/p>\nDe Morgen<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

An attempt to understand my socio-political disposition <\/em>is the result of a research process in which Tarek looks into the varying and matching points between collective and personal stories, inside the choreographic creative processes. By presenting this piece as a ‘product’ in process, to finish or resolve, Tarek relates the work to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He questions and explores the ironies and paradoxes of art works with a deliberate political content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXTRA INFO<\/summary>\n

Project year: 2005
Duration: 40min.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

CREDITS<\/summary>\n

Concept & performance: Tarek Halaby
Thanks to: Jan Ritsema, Sandra Ich\u00e9, Rabia Aghrib, mijne ooms Jean en Samir Halaby, Dr. M.
Special thanks to: Mijn familie en vrienden, voor hun liefde, steun en interesse in dit project
Co-production: P.A.R.T.S.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

PROJECT DATES<\/summary>\n

09\/09\/2009, PICA, Portland (US)
26\/09\/2009, MTSpace, Kitchener (CA)
27\/09\/2009, MTSpace, Kitchener (CA)
14\/11\/2008, E.g. CC Belgia, Mons (BE)
19\/10\/2008, Explore Festival, Boekarest (RO)
22\/10\/2008, Les Halles\/Maserat, Brussels (BE)
01\/05\/2008, Cultural Palace Rar, Ramallah (PS)
02\/05\/2008, Cultural Centre, Nazareth (IS)
07\/05\/2008, Stadsschouwburg, Kortrijk (BE)
17\/05\/2008, Fabbrica Festival, Porto (PT)
11\/04\/2008, DeSingel\/Bouge B, Antwerp (BE)
27\/04\/2008, Maqamat Theatre\/i, Beirut (LB)
06\/03\/2008, NoNA\/No new artis, Mechelen (BE)
24\/02\/2008, La Mekanika DBM, Barcelona (ES)
05\/10\/2007, iDans, Istanbul (TR)
12\/10\/2007, Meteor Festival, Bergen (NO)
13\/10\/2007, Meteor Festival, Bergen (NO)
29\/09\/2007, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
30\/09\/2007, Kampnagel, Hamburg (DE)
01\/03\/2007, Tanzhausnrw Tanz, D\u00fcsseldorf (DE)
02\/03\/2007, Tanzhausnrw Tanz, D\u00fcsseldorf (DE)
24\/03\/2007, Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp (BE)
30\/03\/2007, Vooruit, Ghent (BE)
03\/02\/2007, Musica per roma, Rome (IT)
24\/01\/2007, De Brakke Grond\/S, Amsterdam (NL)
04\/11\/2006, ccBE\/Moussem F\u00e9, Berchem (BE)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

PRESS<\/summary>\n

Review, The New York Times: TAR-an-attempt-New-York-Times-Gia-Kourlas-ENG.pdf<\/a>
Review, De Standaard: De-Standaard.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3282,"template":"","class_list":["post-1414","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAn attempt to understand my socio-political disposition - wpZimmer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An attempt to understand my socio-political disposition - wpZimmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A solo on the edge of performance and stand-up comedy, about how art can NOT save the world. “Halaby wants to stand up for the Palestinian cause, but every attempt to confront the audience with flash lights or a megaphone fail due to his own lack of commitment. 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