"Me, whose olive trees crack the solid rocks, drink the water of the rain, and let the olive oil flow in my veins...I am trying to fight against the sickness of the cells like I am fighting against occupation.”—Rim Banna, from Voices of Resistance
"REMOooOTE: Detroit-Palestine" is an experimental-medicinal participatory sequence produced by POETIC SOCIETIES that works with remote somatic-sonic alignments as unifying acts of protest and protest as radical care. The 30 min audio-visual experience will be screened as the opening act of JAM3A inaugural Arab Music Festival on September 23-26 with Ava Ansari, Dawn Ceballos, Checkpoint303, Will See (Owólabi Aboyade), Mary Hazboun, Sacramento Knoxx, Mohanad Smama, Saeid Shanbehzadeh, and Samaa Wakeem. "REMOooOTE: Detroit-Palestine" connects bodies of being, water, and land to cultivate celebratory memories of liberation, enhancement of natural powers, and commitment to the process for bending environmental and political limitations. Produced by POETIC SOCIETIES with the support of The Arab American National Museum (AANM) and collaborative support of Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre. Sound engineering and mastering by Salar Ansari at Feeder Loft. Special thanks to Amer Zahr for the Artificial land acknowledgment inspiration and Jacob Ermete for videography in Waawiiyatanong/Detroit. | In memory of Rim Banna. List of acts in order of appearance:
Opening Acknowledgment: Bodies, Lands, & Senses of Belonging | Dawn Ceballos, Ava Ansari
Opening Acknowledgment: Artificial Intelligence | Ava Ansari, (Amer Zahr)
Breathing Practice to Bend Water | Saeid Shanbehzadeh, Ava Ansari, Mary Hazboun, Will See, Sacramento Knoxx, Mohanad Smama
Body Tunes | Mary Hazboun, Mohanad Smama, Ava Ansari
Future Bodies | Mohanad Smama, Checkpoint303, Sacramento Knoxx, Ava Ansari, (Rim Banna)
Story of Spirit | Sacramento Knoxx, Will See, Ava Ansari, Mary Hazboun, Mohanad Smama, Salar Ansari
Samaa 3 x 13 | Samaa Wakeem with Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre
To Our Elevated Ancestors | Owólabi Aboyade, Ava Ansari
CREDITS:
Produced by POETIC SOCIETIES with the support of The Arab American National Museum (AANM) and collaborative support of Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre. Sound engineering and mastering by Salar Ansari at Feeder Loft
Creative Director/Producer/Editor/Videographer/Subtitles | Ava Ansari
Creative Care | Eric Williams
Videographer | Detroit | Jacob Ermete
Arabic Language Advisor & Subtitles | Mary Hazboun, Shahd Abu Ishak
شهیق (FUTUREBodies) | Choreographer/Performer | Mohanad Smama
شهیق (FUTUREBodies) | Senior Photographer | Ahmad Al-Danf
شهیق (FUTUREBodies) | Director | Mohammed Baroud
شهیق (FUTUREBodies) | Dancers | Naya Al-Madhoun, Minjad Akila, Tala Abu Ali, Wissam Abu Ali, Mohammed Al-Rifi
شهیق (FUTUREBodies) | Producer | Abd Al-Rahman Salaha
شهیق (FUTUREBodies) | Sound Engineer | Qasem Allah Khawaja
Samaa 3 x 13 | Story & Performance | Samaa Wakeem
Samaa 3 x 13 | Director | Eimi Imanishi
Samaa 3 x 13 | Creators | Samar Haddad King & Eimi Imanishi
Samaa 3 x 13 | Choreographer | Samar Haddad King
Samaa 3 x 13 | Story Adaptor for screen | Eimi Imanishi & Samar Haddad King
Samaa 3 x 13 | Producer | Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre
Samaa 3 x 13 | Editor & Colorist | Noelia R. Deza
Samaa 3 x 13 | Music | Lou Tides
Samaa 3 x 13 | Sound Designer & Mixer | Nikola Medic
Samaa 3 x 13 | Visual Effects Specialist | T.F. Bundy
Samaa 3 x 13 | Project Manager | Zoe Rabinowitz
3 x 13 was first developed at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU (where Samar Haddad King was a 2019/20 Resident Fellow) and is supported in part by the A.R.T./New York Relief Fund for NYC Small Theatres, Dance/NYC’s Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund, NYC Covid-19 Response and Impact Fund in the New York Community Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, and Takatof Grant for Palestinian Cultural Institutions as part of the A.M Qattan Foundation in Collaboration with Al Mawred Culture Resource.
