Atlas / the Mountain – Radouan Mriziga

Radouan Mriziga’s recent work focuses on the mythology and culture of the Amazigh, the indigenous people of North Africa. In the trilogy Atlas / the Mountain, Magec / the Desert and Atlantis / the Sea, Mriziga approaches these environments from the point of view of those who still consider them as a source of knowledge for the development of art, philosophy and sciences. BOOK YOUR TICKETS AT: https://www.164vanvolxem.brussels/en#festival In his latest solo performance, choreographer Radouan Mriziga takes us to the Atlas Mountains. In a ritual performance, he sheds light on the different layers of meaning surrounding the famous mountain: a symbolic, romantic place in our imagination; a difficult-to-access place and refuge in times of war; a door to heaven and connection to the Sacred. Mriziga’s embodiment of a variety of polymorphic figures becomes a gateway: these half-human, half-animal creatures form mysterious, occult forces that lead us to the distant peaks of the Atlas. At the same time, they also reveal Mriziga’s investigation into the knowledge and practices of the Amazigh culture, in which his own roots lie. Various traditions, clothing, music, dances, and instruments are discussed while Mriziga follows the abstract stage lines that are now familiar from his practice and that refer to the geometry of Muslim architecture.