Dec 10Dec 20, 2025
ISRAEL GALVÁN, MOHAMED EL KHATIB
Israel & Mohamed • ORIGINAL

THE SURPRISING ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS AND TWO GREAT ARTISTS.
Brought together by the Théâtre de la Ville, two free-thinking, avant-garde artists, Israel Galván and Mohamed El Khatib, have formed a deep personal and artistic connection. Their conversation begins with their shared passion for football and similar knee injuries, but they soon discover they have something more intimate in common: a harsh upbringing and a difficult relationship with their strict and uncomprehending fathers. Seeking a common language at the crossroads of their two practices, Israel Galván speaks, while Mohamed El Khatib dances. Together they create a kind of documentary-dance, in which the body is a living archive.
Thomas Hahn
Creation and performance
Israel Galván
and
Mohamed El Khatib
Scenography and cocreation Fred Hocké
Sound Pedro León
Video Zacharie Dutertre and Emmanuel Manzano
Costumes Micol Notarianni
Production management Rosario Gallardo and Gil Paon. Production Zirlib & IGalván Company. Coproduction Festival d’Avignon – Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Festival d’Automne à Paris – RomaEuropa Festival – Le Grand T, Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique – Le Volcan, scène nationale du Havre – TANDEM, scène nationale Arras-Douai – Teatro della Pergola Firenze ... (en cours). Zirlib est conventionnée par le ministère de la Culture - DRAC Centre-Val de Loire, par la région Centre-Val de Loire. Mohamed El Khatib est artiste associé au Théâtre de la Ville-Paris, au Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles, au Théâtre national de Bretagne à Rennes et au Tnba - Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine. Israel Galván est artiste associé au Théâtre de la Ville-Paris. IGalván Company bénéficie du soutien de l’INAEM, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música. Zirlib est conventionnée par le ministère de la Culture - DRAC Centre-Val de Loire, par la région Centre-Val de Loire. Co-direction Théâtre de la Ville-Paris – Festival d’Automne à Paris.


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