Meetings & Talks
Workshops
Performances
ABOUT BEIRUT CHOREOGRAPHY ENCOUNTERS
Beirut Choreography Encounters (BCE) is a festival dedicated to contemporary dance and choreographic practices, bringing together artists, performers, and audiences from Lebanon, the Arab region, and beyond.
Taking place in Beirut from 15 to 29 November 2026, the festival creates a space for artistic exchange, experimentation, and encounters between different bodies, ideas, and movement practices. Through performances, works in progress, workshops, and talks, BCE offers artists a platform to share their work, explore new possibilities, and connect with wider audiences.
Developed within the framework of the Arab Dance Platform (ADP), BCE seeks to strengthen artistic connections across the region and create opportunities for mobility, collaboration, and exchange.
Under this year's slogan, "The Body Is Not Alone," the festival explores dance as more than an artistic expression: a way of being together, listening, supporting one another, and imagining new forms of connection.
لقاءات بيروت الكوريوغرافية
لقاءات بيروت الكوريوغرافية (BCE) مهرجان مخصّص للرقص المعاصر والممارسات الكوريوغرافية، يجمع فنانين/ات ومؤدّين وجمهوراً من لبنان والمنطقة العربية وخارجها
تُقام اللقاءات في بيروت من 15 إلى 29 تشرين الثاني 2026، لتشكّل مساحة للتبادل الفني والتجريب واللقاء بين أجساد وأفكار وممارسات حركية مختلفة. من خلال العروض الفنية، والأعمال قيد التطوير، والورش التدريبية والحوارات، يوفّر المهرجان منصّة للفنانين/ات لمشاركة أعمالهم واستكشاف إمكانات جديدة والتواصل مع جمهور أوسع
تأتي لقاءات بيروت الكوريوغرافية ضمن إطار منصّة الرقص العربي (Arab Dance Platform)، وتسعى إلى تعزيز الروابط الفنية بين بلدان المنطقة، وفتح مساحات للتنقّل والتعاون والتبادل
تحت شعار هذه الدورة «الجسد ليس وحيدًا»، ينظر المهرجان إلى الرقص بوصفه أكثر من مجرّد تعبير فني؛ فهو طريقة للوجود معاً، والإصغاء، ومساندة بعضنا البعض، وتخيّل أشكال جديدة من التواصل
Schedule
10:00 AM-12:00 PM — Workshop with Romane Piffault (Koon Theatre)
8:30 PM – LABES, Selim Ben Safia (Al Madina Theater)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM — Traditional Tunisian dance with Mohamed Issaoui (Koon Theatre)
8:00 PM – Un peu du souffle de ma mère, خُبز, Mohamed Issaoui (Institut Français du Liban - IFL)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM — Music & Movement workshop with Marie-Lise Aad (coming soon)
1:00-3:00 PM — Contemporary dance Workshop with Manatsu Tanaka (Koon Theatre)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM — Contemporary dance Workshop with Hoor Malas (Koon Theatre)
1:00-3:00 PM — Dance Workshop with Dominique Tegho (Koon Theatre)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM — Embodied Voice workshop with Kim Baraka (Koon Theatre)
1:00-3:00 PM — "LINK" with Mehdi Dahkan (Koon Theatre)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM — “Placebo Dances" Workshop Flavia Zagnelli (Koon Theatre)
1:00-3:00 PM— Oriental Dance with Andrea Fahed (Koon Theatre)
6:00 PM – Driven Exhibition by Rima Maroon (Noha Al Radi Gallery - Al Madina Theater)
7:00 PM – Descending from Below, Sarah Al Moneem (Al Madina Theater)
8:00 PM – To Dance Is All I Can Do To Console You, Omar Al Bakeer, Rima Maroon and Marielise Aad (Al Madina Theater)
8:30 PM – Tfou aalik, le château de mon père, Yohann Hebi Daher (Al Madina Theater)
9:30 PM – The Dance Of Enkidu On The Collapsing Mountain, Bassam Abou Diab (Al Madina Theater)
10:00 AM-12:00 PM — Dance workshop with Yohann Hebi Daher (Koon Theatre)
3:00-4:00 PM — Dabke with Bassam abou diab (coming soon)
5:00–6:30 PM — "The art scene after the war", panel facilitated by Noura Murad; screening of "Unwanted Lullaby", Dance film by Leish Troupe (Institut Français du Liban - IFL)
7:00 PM – Portrait of a Moving Body, Ehab Suwwan (Institut Français du Liban - IFL)
8:30 PM – A Frozen Street Changed My Walk, Angela AlDebs (Al Madina Theater)
9:15 PM – If my body had a name, Hoor Malas (Al Madina Theater)
10:00 AM — Contemporary workshop with Wajdi Gagui (Amalgam)
6:00 PM – Meters of Cement, Khalil Hajj Ali (Zicco House)
6:30 PM – To Remain, Christophe Al Haber (Laban)
7:00 PM – Used To Be, Nadia Khayrallah (Laban)
7:15 PM – Only a Horizon Away, Manatsu Tanaka (Laban)
7:30 PM– شبكة صيد السمك, Olivia Mohsen (Laban)
8:30 PM – ROUH, Ahlam Al Morsli (Al Madina Theater)
9:30 PM – VESTIGE, Studio 8 (Al Madina Theater)
9:30 AM — Arrival & Breakfast
10:00–11:20 AM — Arab Dance Platform (ADP) Introduction
11:30 AM–12:00 PM — Five Senses – Pierre Geagea (Lebanon)
12:00–1:30 PM — Ecosystem of Contemporary Dance
1:30–2:00 PM — Open Space / Informal Talks
1:00-3:00 PM — Contemporary dance Workshop with Pierre Geagea (coming soon)
5:00 PM – Tell you my day, Pamela Hayek (Beit Beirut)
5:15 PM – Architecture of Remembering, Lisa Al Munaizel (Beit Beirut)
5:30 PM – Chames performance (Beit Beirut)
7:00 PM – Sound Body, Kim Baraka (Al Madina Theater)
8:30 PM – AWAKE, Momen Nabil (Al Madina Theater)
9:00 PM – You Should Linger Longer, Bente Bulens (Al Madina Theater)
12:00 PM – فرخ البط عوام, Ahmad Masri (UnionMarks)
7:00 PM – BUZUR, Rayanne Fawaz & Chanel Chaiban (UnionMarks)
7:30 PM – Time, Desire, and Fog - الوقت، الرغبة والضباب, Dominique Tegho (UnionMarks)
8:00 PM – Running in Place, Eyes Closed, Lori Kharpoutlian (UnionMarks)
9:00 PM – KMs of Resistance, Cie JilZ, Mehdi Dahkan (UnionMarks)