This charity project, staged for the APEPAC in close collaboration with the Monuments Historiques, invites audiences to reflect on the destruction of Syrian heritage through a show quite unlike any other, held within the walls of the legendary château de Coucy!
What awaits you is a genuine musical tour, in the company of four groups representing France, Armenia, Croatia and Syria.
Ahmad Joudeh dances at the heart of the château, in an immersive and unusual setting, introduced by a stereoscopic video mapping of our own design!
This show is an original creation by Chronix®, in collaboration with Greg Rider (video editing) and Capricorn Production, with technical support from XLR Production.
My country, Syria, has been deeply wounded by several years of war and this tragedy is still going on. Kids, women, and men have been killed or wounded, and families have been destroyed and forced to flee from the bombs.
So many lives have been taken. Further, the essence of Syria itself has been targeted through the destruction of its historical heritages. The willingness to erase the roots of existence of Syria is there and I cannot accept this situation. That’s why I have used my art to draw the attention of the world to this tragedy and in particular through my performance in the ruins of Palmyra. With dance I want to convey a message of hope and resistance to destruction.
On this quest, I am not alone. Some good friends have come on board. Denis Lamy is one of them. He has proposed that I should perform in an event that will take place in the Castle of Coucy (close from Paris) on the 8th of May 2018. This event will be the opportunity to provide a strong message regarding the situation of Syria and to show how culture expresses values of humanism all over the world.
Whatever the weapons used by those armies of darkness, Art, Hope and Love will never surrender!
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