In relation to whom? مرتاحة؟

Marah Haj Hussein (PS/BE) & Nur Garabli (PS) / Monty

Tue 6 Oct ’26 and Wed 7 Oct ’26

An intense and intimate encounter between two powerful dancers.

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Wed 7 Oct ’26

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Tue 6 Oct ’26

20:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

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Wed 7 Oct ’26

20:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

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This project gathers Marah Haj and Nur Garabli, two Palestinian artists. Marah grew up in Kofor Yassif (PS) and is currently based in Antwerp. Nur was born in Ajami, in Jaffa (PS) where she still resides. In a context of continuous dislocation, they seek connection through working together for the first time. Bearing the common realities of occupied Palestine in their bodies, yet carrying them differently, they ask what can such a body encounter reveal?

In In relation to whom? مرتاحة؟ they look into the internalized violence they carry from having studied movement techniques infiltrated by militarization and thus, in response, activate ways of moving through rewriting a language in their own terms. They intersect lines in a non-linear way, resist to solidified meanings of the past as well as a ready-made future, and propose to embody more intimate transmission from their mothers and grandmothers.

This creation is a journey of how their experiences collide. It is an archeological process where they dig into the body as a living and transformative matter anchored in the present. In relation to whom? مرتاحة؟ is a meeting of contradictions and vulnerabilities, humor and tension. An attempt of reshaping the mind by befriending the body in liberating and transformative ways.

Language: Arabic with Dutch and English surtitles

Credits

concept and performance Marah Haj Hussein & Nur Garabli dramaturgy & artistic collaboration Krystel Khoury light design Pôl Seif scenografie Agnese Forlani music composition and execution Verena Rizzo
sound engineer Korin Rizzo costume Smila Zinecker production manager Ehren Verrelst production Monty coproduction Kunstencentrum BUDA, Saraya Theater, Theater Rotterdam, Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale Cergy-Pontoise / Val-d’Oise, Fondation Royaumont, EPPGHV La Villette, Centre national de la danse (CND), De Singel, La Briqueterie CDCN, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Frascati Producties, Le Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg with the support of Ammodo, De Vlaamse Overheid with many thanks to Rabeah Morkus Dance Studio, Kofor Yasif, The Work Room Glasgow, Battersea Arts Centre London, KAAP Bruges, Hana Dance House, Haifa and all the persons that supported us all along

About the makers

In 2025, Marah Haj Hussein won the Flemish Actor's Guild Award for Best Acting Performance in the category of under 35. She is a dancer, actor and maker from occupied Palestine who currently lives in Antwerp. After her first work interested by the power dynamics between spoken languages in colonial contexts, she pursues her research focusing on colonial body languages and their imposing power.

Nur Garabli is a Palestinian choreographer and dancer from occupied Yaffa. Her work mixes Palestinian folklore and contemporary techniques, where tradition transforms into a living and evolving movement. It explores memory as a site of resistance and continuity. Nur co-curated Moving Together (2022 & 2023), a festival gathering women through dance and shared heritage.