Ch'ttahh

BOX OFFICE OPENING – 2026_2027 SEASON

June 18 to 21: exclusively for CCB Card holders

From June 22 onwards: general public

In Ch'ttahh ("dancer"), Bilal El Had returns to the first form of dance he ever knew: Moroccan chaabi, a popular style of music and dance, played at weddings, street parties and home gatherings.

Ch'ttahh combines his personal experience of dance with the rhythms, songs and ancient symbols of chaabi. It explores social gestures that carry a long history of men challenging gender norms through dance, poetry and music.

Between homage and invention, humour and conflict, Ch'ttahh captures the energy of the present while looking at the collective past with attention and care. Through the strong expressiveness of chaabi, it brings us a dance that is a way of transgressing or breaking social rules, while preserving cultural memory and the possibility of imagining possible futures.

Performance in English and Arabic, with subtitles in Portuguese and English.

On November 21 (Saturday), a post-show conversation will take place.

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