Please be invited to this panel, where festival curators Farah Saleh and Amir Sabra will be in conversation with Mohanad Smama, Nur Garabli and Misan Samara. The artists will discuss what it means to create under occupation, apartheid, and genocide. The panel will reflect on the importance of dance in Palestinian Sumud (steadfastness) and the role it plays as a decolonial gesture.
Where: Dansens hus foyer
When: Friday Nov 14 at 20.15
Free, open to all
About the artists:
Misan Miso Samara is a Palestinian dancer, actress, and creator whose body speaks in poetry. Trained between her homeland, New York, and Los Angeles, she weaves stories of resilience, grief, and liberation. She develops her own works and collaborates with artists worldwide, shown locally and internationally. She invites audiences to experience dance where words fall short, carrying the existence of oneself & memory through her storytelling.
Nur Garabli is a Palestinian choreographer, dancer, curator, and artistic director. She holds a B.Ed. in Dance and Education from Kibbutzim College. Her work sits at the intersection of dance, activism, and somatic practice. As an independent artist, she develops contemporary dabke that blends tradition with experimentation.Her performances and workshops explore liberation, de-colonization, resistance, and the continuity of heritage. Nur reclaims public and performative space through the body, engaging personal, social and political themes.
Mohanad Smama is a Palestinian dancer and choreographer from Gaza, and one of the pioneers of contemporary dance in his city. He founded the first contemporary dance studio in Gaza and is the founder of Hayy Contemporary Arts Group. With extensive experience in both contemporary dance and Palestinian folklore, he works on developing training methodologies related to movement. Mohanad has produced a number of artistic works that address social issues, and is currently working on how different art forms can be integrated into his artistic work.
Amir Sabra is a dancer and choreographer who was born in Nablus, Palestine and is based in Dublin. Still closely connected to his native country, he is director of the Palestinian dance company Stereo48. While his practice is rooted in breakdance, he combines traditional and contemporary dance in his shows. Amir holds a master's degree in contemporary dance and performance from Limerick University in Ireland. His first solo work, Within this Party, is an improvised dance performance inspired by dabke and hip hop that premiered in 2022, and will also be shown during Praxisfesivalen this year at Dansens hus.