Duration:
50'
Part of The Gathering, a programme curated by Omar Rajeh
Standing event; 70 seats will be available. Please give priority to those who may need a seat more.
In case of rain: LAC, Hall
The Gathering:
Soul(s) Power
Hamdi Dridi
© bayremjpg
Agorà
Past event
13 June 2026
18:00
The Gathering:
Soul(s) Power
Hamdi Dridi
© bayremjpg
Agorà
Past event
13 June 2026
18:00
Blending urban dance with contemporary dance, and with that intense yet ever-joyful physicality that is his hallmark, the Tunisian choreographer and dancer Hamdi Dridi invites us to tap into the power of the soul that transforms his home and his country into a nomadic stage: a universe in which to dance and to make those around him dance, drawing the audience into a shared journey.
In Soul(s) Power, Hamdi Dridi takes turns as DJ and sound narrator, using the vinyl records he has collected on his travels; as a sound manipulator, in the way he mixes, transforms and pushes the tracks he chooses to their limits; a craftsman of sound diffusion, using mobile sources and microphones that distort or amplify sound, linking it to movement; a dancer who listens to the resonance of the groove and then transcends it.
Accompanied on stage by his team, Dridi engages our perceptions and actions, as well as those of his ancestors, to draw us into a living experience that inextricably intertwines music and dance, the foundational elements of our relationships and our being together. A ritual renewed by our presence, our gazes, our listening and our moving bodies, swept up in a sense of sharing that lies at the very heart of his artistic endeavour.
choreographer, sound creator, musician DJ, performer
Hamdi Dridi
sound and light creator, sound engineer, performer
Lucas Prud’homme
assistant choreographer, performer
Ewa Bielak
production, dramaturg, performer
William Petit
production
Chantiers Publics/Hamdi Dridi Cie
in co-production with
Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat,
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura,
Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia
Break Machine Festival and CCN Namur – Belgium,
Impulsions Program and residencies – Métropole/Ville de Montpellier,
Fabrik Nomade Multi Art Factory – Toulon
Festival Hype OCC - Montpellier
residency supports
Cité Internationale de la Danse| Montpellier Danse + CCN Occitanie, with the support of the Fondation BNP Paribas,
CDN des 13 Vents – Montpellier,
Évêché-Montpellier Métropole
institutional supports of
Ministry of French Culture – Drac Occitanie,
Occitanie Pyrénées – Méditerranée Région Council,
Montpellier City Council
with the support of
Spedidam,
Adami