Finding your place, precarious as it may be. You fight for it. Fight to keep it. Beyond the inner workings of society. Beyond conventions. Beyond the common good.
Beyond individual liberties. You play around the rules to keep going. Even to the point of transgression. Even if it means doing wrong. Even if those put upon rise up. They believe in something better. They are committed. In the face of all opposition. Against all odds.
Single-handedly. They fight. At strength’s end, still they build. Something different. Differently. A foundation for the new. For their sake. To exist. Caught in the gears, they combine. Blend in with the crowd. Again. For how long?
“Brilliant command of movement, timing and stage space: the Dyptik dance company delivers on all fronts with this new piece, seizing the audience with its breath-taking energy and the well-dosed intensity of everything playing out on stage. Well played!” Danse avec la Plume, Amélie Bertrand
“He [Mehdi Meghari] ignites a scenario dealing with power and authority which displays quite a few stunning visual ideas. The seven interpreters are all exceptional breakers, open to different technics. They transcend hip hop segmentation and portray cutting, sharp-edged characters who can hammer down their dominance with a single pop of the shoulder.” Le Monde, Rosita Boisseau
‘’The hip hop moves are perfectly executed, movements are lithe and gestures feline… The action is flowing, not a second too long, not a moment too short. The implacable mechanics raze everything to the ground leaving all the dancing one may have seen before far behind …” Le bruit du off, Emmanuel Serafini
“A piece for seven dancers, Dans l’engrenage teems with a contagious energy… Drawing inspiration from the dances and rhythms of the Arab world, choreographer Mehdi Meghari brings to the surface an all-consuming trance, ever-mounting in intensity. Something akin to the thirst for light that drives butterflies insane.” Paris-art.com
