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Salma Zahore is a queerture, drag queer performer and artivist against injustice. In 2022, Salma burst onto the performance scene, captivating audiences at venues such as Razzmatazz Club in Barcelona and La Bellevilloise in Paris. Her performances challenge traditional notions of gender and belief systems while proudly asserting her Lebanese and Arab identity, which deeply influences her work. She launched “SALMATI,” a show staged in both Paris and Barcelona, aimed at creating a platform that unites artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, fostering dialogue and understanding between queer Arab communities and other communities. Given her alter-ego as a filmmaker, she incorporates visuals into her shows, creating a roller coaster of emotions designed to evoke laughter, tears, and deep introspection.
Rolly Dib Aka LOULOU is a dancer and filmmaker from Lebanon. She has been teaching Oriental dance in Beirut as well she has performed in Barcelona, and is based between these two cities. Rolly’s work currently experiments with bridging dance and film and with exploring and deconstructing Baladi’s form’s movements boundaries and intersections with other music and dance genres. Her first short film The Rooster, that was selected and premiered at international film festivals, portrays the journey of a dictator and tackles our complex relationship and seduction to power.
In her most recent project “Cabaret Loulou” she deconstructs and reimagines the future of the Baladi dance form and its relationships with the feminine as it stretches across cultural, social and political influences.