CKCU Literary News
Wednesday July 23rd, 2025 with Hans G. Ruprecht
Choreographer Radouan MRIZIGA in conversation with CKCU Literary News correspondent Sylvan Hecht-Aussenac and his colleagues Akiko & Cy about the dance performance "Magec / THE DESERT" at the 79th edition of the Festival d'Avignon, 2025.

"Presentation In Magec / The Desert, Radouan Mriziga explores the wisdom of the desert and its relationship with time, light, and movement. From the Sahara to the steppes of Central Asia, the desert becomes a space of reflection where myth, literature, and cultural knowledge intertwine. His dance, inspired by the rhythms, crafts, and embodied practices of desert peoples, reveals a harmony that escapes all forms of domination. Driven by a polyphony of texts, sounds, and gestures, the performance invites us to perceive the abundance that exists within this silent vastness, and to reconnect with the intelligence of the natural world.  Distribution Concept, choreography and scenography Radouan Mriziga
With Robin Haghi, Bilal El Had, Hichem Chebli, Feteh Khiari, Sofiane El Boukhari, Nathan Félix
Music Deena Abdelwahed
Video Senda Jebali
Costume Salah Barka
Costume assistant Rim Abbes
Research Maïa Tellit Hawad
Text Mahmoudan Hawad
Technical direction Zouheir Atbane
Technician Dries Van de Velde
Production Emna Essoussi, Cees Vossen Production Production A7LA5
Coproduction Sharjah Art Foundation, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Festival d’Automne (Paris), De Singel (Antwerp), Festival d’Avignon, Pact Zollverein (Essen), Culturescapes (Basel), anz im August/HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin) 
Performances in partnership with France Médias Monde
Thanks to Destelheide, L'Art Rue/Dream City  Les Mutuelles d’assurances et le Groupe AXA, Grands mécènes de l’édition 2025 du Festival d’Avignon." Photo credit: Christophe Raynaud de Lage Source: https://we.tl/t-ybyKCdAkuN Courtesies: Sylvan Hecht-Aussenac would like to warmly thank his colleagues and friends Satsuki Tomouchi (Seidosha publisher, Japan), Akiko Sameshima (Choryu-Shiha poetry review, Japan), Cy Sameshima (Quiero publisher, France) and Frédéric Point (Le Chiffon, France) for their passionate collaborative work and for their generous hospitality in the village of Goult and in the city of Avignon during the whole Avignon Festival 2025.