[English below]
Umjetnici se često nalaze u središtu zbivanja, bilo namjerno ili spletom okolnosti. Uloga koju umjetnici igraju iznimno je važna, ali oni sami pritom često bivaju izloženi velikom riziku. Kako možemo odvagnuti rizik u odnosu na dobit? Postoji li način da se stvarna opasnost s kojom se suočavaju smanji?
O umjetniku:
Hazem Header je egipatski suvremeni plesač i koreograf. Diplomirao je tjelesni odgoj, a dodatno se obrazovao u području osobnog treninga, biomehanike i kineziologije te je dugo radio kao osobni trener i trener odbojke. Godine 2009. odlučuje se u potpunosti posvetiti suvremenom plesu. Plesno obrazovanje stekao je u vladinom centru „Cairo Contemporary Dance Center (CCDC)“ pri Kairskom opernom kazalištu, gdje je ujedno stekao i prva koreografska iskustva. Godine 2013. Hazem osniva vlastitu plesnu kompaniju NÜT Dance Company (NDC). Riječ je o kairskoj, zakonski priznatoj plesnoj organizaciji koja producira i stvara suvremeni ples, tjelesne izvedbe i kulturna događanja. Kompanija je brzo privukla pozornost umjetnika, producenata i publike, zahvaljujući ansamblu plesača i glumaca te odvažnom tjelesnom izrazu koji proizlazi iz dubokog humanizma, a izražava se kroz ludilo i radost imaginacije. NDC se bavi temama koje su još uvijek tabu u egipatskom društvu, poput religije, pitanja roda i homoseksualnosti, feminizma i aktualne političke situacije. Od osnutka 2013. godine, Hazem je s kompanijom producirao više od 100 kulturnih događanja i izvedbi, uključujući naslove kao što su: Life as a Party, La cena Di Casanova, Inside-out, Contempt, The Other I, BOLT!, Feu de Neige, NÜT, GEB i mnoge druge. Izvedbe su predstavljene u Egiptu, Nizozemskoj, Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu, Francuskoj, Švicarskoj, Italiji, Ruandi, Tunisu i Šri Lanki. Od 2018. do 2020. godine Hazem je predavao kazalište i suvremeni ples na kreativnom centru Sveučilišta u Kairu. Godine 2017., pod okriljem vlastite kompanije, osniva Breaking Walls Festival, prvi međunarodni festival site-specific izvedbi u Kairu. Festival je do sada održan pet puta – 2017., 2018., 2020., 2021. i 2022., dok se šesto izdanje održava 2024. Godine. Tijekom pandemije 2020. godine Hazem stvara svoj prvi plesni film Between Heaven and Home, koji je prikazan na 27. izdanju Kairskog međunarodnog festivala eksperimentalnog kazališta. Također je realizirao niz flash-performansa u sklopu Breaking Walls Festivala, održanih u kafiću, na rijeci Nil, na mostu i u pustinji. Godine 2021. Hazem osniva Breaking Walls Dance Film Festival, prvi festival plesnog filma u Egiptu i regiji. Iste godine odabran je za člana mreže IETM / International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts u sklopu globalne inicijative „Global Connectors“. Godine 2024. postaje alumnus The Festival Academy (inicijativa Europske udruge festivala – EFA), nakon sudjelovanja na njujorškoj radionici za mlade festivalske menadžere.
U sklopu Queer Zagreb sezone, umjetnik će u razgovoru s novinarom i književnikom Srđanom Sandićem otvoriti prostor za razmišljanje o tome kako umjetnost može biti oružje, ali i potencijalni izvor opasnosti za same autore.
[English]
Artists are often in the nexus, either by intention or circumstance. The role artists play is critical but they themselves are often at great risk. How do we weigh the risk against the gain? Is there a way that we can reduce the real danger faced?
About the artist:
Hazem Header is an Egyptian contemporary dancer and choreographer. With a BA of Physical education, studies of Personal training, Biomechanics and Kinesiology and a long career as a personal trainer and volleyball coach, Hazem decided to focus on contemporary dance in 2009. Hazem studied at the governmental center “Cairo Contemporary Dance Center (CCDC)” at Cairo Opera House. There he gained experience in choreography. In 2013 Hazem founded his own dance company ‘ NÜT Dance Company’ (NDC); NÜT Dance Company is a Cairo established & legally recognized entity that produces and creates contemporary dance, physical performances & culture events. The company quickly captured the attention of fellow artists, presenters, and audiences, ensemble of dancers, actors and a fearless physicality grounded by deep humanity and expressed through the madness and joy of the imagination and adopted subjects that consider taboos in the Egyptian society that are barely touched by fellow artists such as religion, gender matters and homosexuality, feminism and current political climate. With NDC, Hazem has produced over 100 cultural events and performances since 2013 to date. Performances like “Life as a party”, “La cena Di Casanova”, “Inside-out”, “Contempt”, “The other I”, “BOLT!”, “Feu de Neige”, “NÜT ”, “GEB ” and many other performances that have been presented in Egypt, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Italy, Rwanda Tunisia and Sri Lanka. From 2018 till 2020; he conducted lessons of Theater and Contemporary Dance at Cairo University’s creative center. In 2017 under the umbrella of his company, Hazem founded “Breaking Walls Festival” to be the first international festival for site specific performances in Cairo. The festival has five editions in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and the 6th edition is taking place in 2024. In 2020 during the pandemic time Hazem Created his first dance/film “Between Heaven and Home” that took part at the 27th Edition of Cairo international festival for Experimental Theater; Also created Flash-performances for Breaking Walls Festival in A Cafe, in the Nile, on the bridge and in the desert. In 2021 Hazem created a Dance Film Festival “Breaking Walls Dance Film Festival” to be the first festival of Dance Films in Egypt and in the region. He also was chosen in 2021 to be one of IETM/International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts‘ global connectors crew. In 2024, Hazem became an alumni of The Festival Academy (an initiative of The European Festivals Association – EFA), New York Atelier for Young Festival Managers.
As part of the Queer Zagreb season, the artist, in conversation with journalist and writer Srđan Sandić, will open a space for thinking about how art can be a weapon, but also a potential source of danger for the authors themselves.
