The Duet
About/Statement — Abd Al Hadi Abunahleh
I am an active performer, choreographer, cultural organizer and researcher with a focus on both movement and contextual analyses.
In August 2017, after coming back from a-two-year study of anthropology in Europe, reconciling my feelings about my heritage, acknowledging of the multi-culture that composes my identity, I felt a strong inner impulse to create a dance to tell my story.
“This dance work is telling a story and it is a truthful story.”
A few weeks later, I was joined by my brother, Anas, who is also a multi-disciplinary performer and choreographer. With intense and eager interest, he encouraged me to discover our unique dance language – and its power to repeat.
This is the birth of “Wojoud Wa Hodoud”.
The word “Wojoud” meaning “Existence” and the word “Hodoud” meaning “Borders” in Arabic, together draw personal stories of land, nation, division and struggle into the body and voice of two brothers.
“The Duet”
It is a forty-minute contemporary dance duet that combines technology with the human form, as well as scripted intentionality with spontaneity, into a kinetic narrative of the human condition.
First (work in progress) dance presentation
Date: November 8 2017 17:00-19:00
Location: French Institute, Amman, Jordan
Description: dance performance followed by a Q&A and discussion
Performer: Abd Al Hadi Abunahleh, Anas AbuNahleh
Photoprapher: Mohammad Nabeel alsarafndi
Wujoud wa Hodoud 