Art Moves Africa – Retracing Roots and Tracing New Routes: Mobility and Touring in North Africa

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Country-Specific Information
L’ART RUE
CENTRE ARABO-AFRICAIN DE
FORMATION ET DE
RECHERCHE THÉÂTRALE
LAB619
JISER
FANNI RAGHMAN ANNI
AND AL-MADINA
WADI MHIRI
HAFEDH ZALLIT
PROJET BERKA 174
LANG’ART
ASSOCIATION DANSEURS
CITOYENS
JOURNÉES CHORÉGRAPHIQUES
DE CARTHAGE
Examples of mobility projects
Multidisciplinary arts centre L’Art Rue has hosted
a number of African artists through its residency
program, as well as through its flagship bi-annual
event, Dream City (Biennale of contemporary art
in public space).
The Centre arabo-africain de formation et de
recherche théâtrale has trained more than 367
theatre practitioners in the Arab world and Africa
since its opening in 2001.
Lab619 attended their first residency at Festival
de la BD in Alger. They now have a partnership
with Algerian artists.
The JISER network aims to stimulate exchanges
around contemporary art and research. It links
Algiers, Tunis and Barcelona.
Tunis-based arts and cultural rights organization
Fanni Raghman Anni and Al-Madina (Alexandria)
have a cultural exchange partnership.
Visual artist Wadi Mhiri is now a co-organizer
for Ségou Arts in Ségou, Mali, after attending
several editions of the festival.
Dancer/choreographer Hafedh Zallit recently led
masterclasses at Karemba Studios in Bamako,
Mali as part of Projet Berka 174. Named after the
old slave market in Tunis’ medina, the project
aims to excavate the mémoire du lieu to bring
into focus and interrogate present-day questions
of racism and religious, nationalist and
economic conflict.
Lang’art arts centre and Association Danseurs
Citoyens are launching the first Tuniso-African
festival of dance this year.
The 2019 edition of the Journées chorégraphiques
de Carthage, directed by Mariem Guellouz,
had a focus on Africa and the Arab world.
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