that breath we held
MONNOT THEATRE (BEIRUT 2021)
“will you look me in the eyes?
i’ll do the same
maybe then we can breathe out
that breath we held
for far too long”
For an explosion to happen, the air is first sucked into the source of the explosion and then released with total destruction. On the 4th of August 2020, the air in Beirut was sucked out. The city held its breath and till this moment many could not breath out. The shock is beyond.
“That breath we held...'' is a performance about the implications of the 4th of August Beirut Explosion; an unimaginable collective trauma.
The performance asks one question:
“How can we breathe out again?”
A performance directed by Alaa Minawi
A collaboration with Vladimir Kurumilian & Ahmed Amer
Assistant Director: Georges Abboud
Stage Managers: Lea Abou Karim, Nare Kurkjian & Mariana Rozaik
Technical Director: Hagop Derghougassian
Technicians: Mohammad Farhat & Mohammad Assaad
Sound Engineer: Joy Moughanni
Scenographer: Alaa Minawi
Psychology Advisor: Karim Dakroub
Video Documentation: Bachar Khattar
Photo Documentation: Chiara Ferilli, Karim Ghorayeb & Tarek El Daccahe
Poster Designer: George Torbey
Producer: Josyane Boulos
In collaboration with: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Beirut
Supported by: Whispers & Laban
Special thanks to Aline Gemayel, Lina Abyad, Abdelnour Abdelnour & Tarek Moukaddem
