choreography: Fouad Boussouf
choreographer’s assistant: Bruno Torres Domingue
performers: Élias Ardoin, Sami Blond, Mathieu Bord, Maxime Cozic, Loic Elice, Justin Gouin, Nicolas Grosclaude
light: Françoise Michel
scenography: Camille Vallat
costumes: Camille Vallat
music: Roman Bestion
coproduction: Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry-sur-Seine, Le Prisme d’Elancourt, Institut du Monde Arabe de Tourcoing, Fontenay-en-Scenes (Fontenay-sous-Bois), Théâtre des Bergeries (Noisy-le-Sec), FLOW-Centre Eurorégional des Cultures Urbaines (Lille), La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne, ARCADI Ile-de-France, ADAMI and Institut Français de Marrakech
financial support: Région Ile-de-France and Conseil départemental du Val-de-Marne
logistical support: La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne, Pôle Culturel d’Alfortville, Centre National de la Danse, FLOW – Centre Eurorégional des Cultures Urbaines (Lille) and Cirque Shems’y – Salé (Maroko)
duration: 40 min
First you will hear the rhythm, immemorial and haunting. On these beats, seven male dancers come together, mixing hip hop and traditional dance patterns. Amid communion and violence, ‘Näss’ takes you to the streets of Morocco where modernity and traditions meet.