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Achraf El Abed and Kaia Portner
Double Bill (Contemporary Dance) September 10–13, 2026 – Q&A with the artists on September 11, 2026
Crédit: Charbel Saade
1435 Rue De Bleury, Quartier des Spectacles, Ville-Marie, Montréal, Montréal (région administrative), Québec, H3A 2H7, Canada
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SEPTEMBER 2026
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Achraf El Abed - Howa walla heya Today
Howa walla heya Today embodies rebirth. Between the homeland and the land of exile, identity fractures and transforms. Neither quite from here nor from there, the artist learns to inhabit the space between herself and him and to turn absence into presence, movement into a new anchor. This solo explores وجيعة, a deep and multifaceted pain: leaving one’s country, living with HIV, discovering oneself after a breakup and separation.
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Kaia Portner - Capital Erotica
A fantastical illusion, the showgirl is born of economic tensions and sensual extravagance. In a performance where glamour and vulnerability synchronize, Capital Erotica explores the deconstruction of the codes of burlesque and go-go dancing, desire as a hybridized contemporary state, and femininity as a system of navigation through the tension between intimacy and power.
The activity takes place in all weather conditions, unless safety is compromised
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