Radouan Mriziga

The artistic work of Radouan Mriziga is noteworthy for its use of dance and choreography as a means to share knowledge with an audience, going beyond the purely aesthetic experience of a performance. What is paramount is the sharing of different forms of knowledge, be it knowledge about space, architecture, the body and its connection to mind and intellect, or, more recently, knowledge about forgotten and repressed narratives. His performances can be described as forms of ‘performed knowledge’, through which he puts forward a committed vision of art as a tool for processing and producing knowledge. Choreographer and dancer, Radouan Mriziga (Morocco, 1985) took dance courses in Marrakech and Tunisia and continued his career at PARTS in Brussels, where he graduated in 2012. Since then, he has worked on several productions such as Half Eleven Summer Night by Bart Meuleman (Toneelhuis), Re:Zeitung (PARTS Foundation and De Munt) where a young generation of professional dancers reworked Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s repertoire, Primitive by Claire Croizé, People in a Field by Simon Tanguy, and Becoming by Youness Khoukhou. From 2014 onwards, he started creating his own oeuvre for which he received support from Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre until 2019. From 2017 to 2021, Radouan Mriziga was a resident artist of Kaaitheater in Brussels. Since 2017, he has been an associated artist of Something Great in Berlin, and since 2021, he has been a house artist at deSingel in Antwerp. 

Rhythm is a force to a dramaturgy 

“Rhythm is more than a mere succession of beats—it is a fundamental principle of existence, a deep well of knowledge that shapes our experience of time, space, and connection. It is the invisible thread that binds individuals into a collective, and the underlying structure that gives performance its resonance and meaning. In this workshop, we will explore rhythm as a source of creation. Beginning with the breath, we will attune ourselves to the body’s natural pulse, allowing it to guide movement from the inside out. Through rhythmic exercises and coordination work, we will expand our awareness from individual sensation to group dynamics. As we progress, we will move beyond rhythm as structure and into rhythm as dramaturgy. How does rhythm generate emotion, tension, and transformation? How can shifts in tempo and pauses, reveal meaning beyond words? Through improvisation and composition, we will experiment with rhythm as a storytelling force – one that shapes the energy of a performance, guides the audience’s perception, and creates moments of impact, suspense, and resolution. The workshop will culminate in a collaborative presentation where rhythm becomes both language and narrative – a living architecture of movement that breathes, pulses, and unfolds in time.” Radouan Mriziga