Benno Voorham, Abdalla Omari
National Center For Culture & Arts
- Sept 26 2021
- Sept 27 2021
- 7 pm – 8 pm
Artistic Residency
Performance
The Smell of Musk
This is a multi-media performance project between visual artist Abdalla Al Omari (Syria/Belgium)and dance artist Benno Voorham (Sweden/Netherlands).
The Smell of Musk can be characterized as a documentary performance. A work that is compelling in the way that it addresses some of the most difficult things we can speak about: the impact of war on the individual and more specifically on the lives and experiences of children.
This performance includes an artistic residency which aims to develop stories that allow dance and visual art to speak about the world we live in, in a poetic and imaginative way.
Details
26, 27 Sept 2021 | 7 pm – 8 pm
Venue
National Center For Culture & Arts
Booking
Concept, performance: Benno Voorham, Abdalla Al Omar
Music: Nika Pasuri
Costume: Pipsa Perrin Poukka
This residency was made possible with the support of:

Benno Voorham
Benno Voorhamis a dance artist living in Sweden since 1995. In recent years he has created productions with different groups of marginalized children: HOME with social orphans in Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. In 1997, Benno Voorham and Sybrig Dokter has founded Lava-Dansproduktion. For more than 20 years, LAVA-Dansproduktion has been involved in numerous teaching and performance projects in Sweden and various Eastern European countries.
In many of the projects we have collaborated with dance artists, actors and physical performers. By returning regularly to many of the countries where we have been invited to bring our work to, we have built relations and collaborations with dance artists that stretch over many years.

Abdalla Al Omari
Abdalla Al Omariis a Syrian painter, performing artist and filmmaker currently living in Brussels. Most recently he has created The Vulnerability Series, depicting world leaders in highly vulnerable states, breaking their image of ultimate power.
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