THE BEE'S PATH

The Bee’s Path witnesses the power of art in the lebanese protest; it's a journey in memory of the 17 October Revolution taken by five artists who come together to tell their stories through live music, songs, and dance.
It’s a participatory performance created especially for Fuori Programma and designed to take place without interruption between Quarticciolo neighbourhood and Tor Tre Teste Alessandrino Park. The journey is divided into four acts and it recalls the collective strength of swarms which the title “The bee’s path” refers to. A free workshop on traditional Lebanese dance will be held before the performance in order to engage the audience during the performance itself.

Act 1: “درب الھوا” (Parata dell’aria)

It’s a musical journey rooted in the stories of Lebanese folklore that evokes the initial stages of the 17 October Revolution, a series of civil protests that took place in Lebanon in 2019.The public is invited to be part of the dancing and singing, to immerse in the shared experience of cultural expression and rebellion, guided by two percussions, a Mezmar (Arab flute) player, and Samah, the narrator who also plays the accordion.

Act 2: Eternal 

The itinerary leads to the performance of Eternal, that conceives the dancing body as an instrument of rebellion against authoritarian political and social systems. Eternal embodies the gestures and the tensions of the Arab Spring, a dissident movement of Middle East and North Africa. The movements are rhythmic and synchronized against the authority. What if those gestures were abstracted from their context? What kind of relationship would there be with the music and the revolutionary songs? Dance patterns to rebel against Big Brother’s authority?

Act 3: قفير  “Hive” (Concerto) 

Ali Hout and Samah Boulmona, who live between Rome and Beirut, presents a sequence of arab folk music and classical pieces learnt during their musical journey. The artists experiment with both acoustic and electronic effects. 

Act 4:  هيصة (Party)

The concert develops into a collective celebration that draws us into frenetic dancing and singing of Lebanese folk and pop music inspired by the celebratory spirit of the country.