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De Val van Granada
From Val van Granada
Event by: Hotel Modern
Location: Theater Ins Blau, Haagweg 6, Leiden - Vreewijk
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Talks & discussions, Theatre
About event
Hotel Modern and Abdelkader Benali join forces in The Fall of Granada, a historical performance full of storytelling, shadow play and percussion.
For seven hundred years, the south of Spain was part of a prosperous Moorish kingdom, in which Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together. The arts flourished, science flourished. This came to an end in 1492, when Catholic Spain conquered the last Moorish city: Granada. What follows is a long process of persecution and expulsion of Muslims and Jews by the Spanish Inquisition.
This history has a chilling parallel with the world we live in: exclusion and persecution are normalized and even encouraged. Hotel Modern and Abdelkader Benali present a compelling performance in which they bring the world of Granada to life with images and words: the stories, the dances, the sadness and the unimaginable climax of the Fall.
Abdelkader Benali ( Ighazzazen, Morocco, 1975) is a writer and program maker, and is known for his work exploring the themes of identity, multiculturalism and migration. He writes novels, essays, columns and plays. Hotel Modern and Abdelkader Benali together create The Fall of Granada.
For seven hundred years, the south of Spain was part of a prosperous Moorish kingdom, in which Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together. The arts flourished, science flourished. This came to an end in 1492, when Catholic Spain conquered the last Moorish city: Granada. What follows is a long process of persecution and expulsion of Muslims and Jews by the Spanish Inquisition.
This history has a chilling parallel with the world we live in: exclusion and persecution are normalized and even encouraged. Hotel Modern and Abdelkader Benali present a compelling performance in which they bring the world of Granada to life with images and words: the stories, the dances, the sadness and the unimaginable climax of the Fall.
Abdelkader Benali ( Ighazzazen, Morocco, 1975) is a writer and program maker, and is known for his work exploring the themes of identity, multiculturalism and migration. He writes novels, essays, columns and plays. Hotel Modern and Abdelkader Benali together create The Fall of Granada.