A journey into the womb, creating a dance that mirrors the womb to the globe, exploring how time and space can shift through a dialogue between music and the pelvic movement. The performance allows the creation of a discography through multiple layers of the inherited and contemporary conditioning of our physical perception and means of expression. It works through the center, the origin of life force, the space of power manifestation, to come back to the depth of the familiar ground…the core.
Womb is choreographed and performed by Shaymaa Shoukry, a multidisciplinary artist with a background in visual arts and theater. She thrives on a passion for dancing, choreographing, and creating video art. Shaymaa is interested in researching the origin of movement, repetition, and transformation, while steadily questioning approaches to share her artistic practice with publics from diverse backgrounds and landscapes, locally and internationally.
Womb features live music and artistic collaboration by Ahmed Saleh, a musician, composer and sound artist from Alexandria, Egypt. Saleh is one of the founders of the renowned band Telepoetic, and participates in a number of other musical projects. He composes music for films, contemporary dance and theater performances.
