Glimpses of a Future
A few weeks into the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Yaraqa asked nine creative movers and eight creative writers in Lebanon, France, Iran, Jordan and the USA what the future looks like to them. Each writer was asked to visualize the future and write a story, something rather personal. As Yaraqa read through their reflections, it reached out to a select group of professional dancers and asked them to respond to the text they'd received with movement and dance. In their personal spaces, every dancer embodied the text and filmed their work with a mobile phone. Yaraqa then took the text and footage, pieced them together, curated narration and music to create 8 home-based short films around one central theme. The episodes depict a range of emotions and gently remind us that in times of extreme uncertainty a basic human need emerges, that of re-imagining the future.
- 2021-2021
- 1 season
- Netflix Worldwide Entertainment
- Other
A few weeks into the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Yaraqa asked nine creative movers and eight creative writers in Lebanon, France, Iran, Jordan and the USA what the future looks like to them. Each writer was asked to visualize the future and write a story, something rather personal. As Yaraqa read through their reflections, it reached out to a select group of professional dancers and asked them to respond to the text they'd received with movement and dance. In their personal spaces, every dancer embodied the text and filmed their work with a mobile phone. Yaraqa then took the text and footage, pieced them together, curated narration and music to create 8 home-based short films around one central theme. The episodes depict a range of emotions and gently remind us that in times of extreme uncertainty a basic human need emerges, that of re-imagining the future.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
Of angst and alignment
choreographer and performer Jadd Tank in the USA re-imagines a future full of empathy and fear with screenplay writer Mira Ouais in Lebanon
Episode 2
Of companionship and the sea
Dancers, choreographers, husband and wife Mollie Wolf and Charlie Dando in the USA respond with movement to a love letter by queer writer 'ohmyhappiness' in Lebanon.
Episode 3
Of survival and the storm
dance instructor, choreographer and theater director Caroline Hatem takes us on a journey of reflection with clinical psychologist Olivia Shabb, both of whom are mothers living in Lebanon.
Episode 4
Of clarity and perspective
Tunisian choreographer and performer Hamdi Dridi in France tunes into his hands to the words of actress, singer and songwriter Sara Abdo in Lebanon.
Episode 5
Of living and being
dancer, choreographer, researcher and writer Cynthia Dariane in France embodies the plans and revelations of author, teacher and hypnotherapist Tania Hadjithomas Mehanna in Lebanon
Episode 6
Of disorientation and remembrance
choreographer, performer and artistic director Sina Saberi in Iran takes us on journey with copywriter, story teller, psychologist and sky gazer Kim Heshme in Lebanon.
Episode 7
Of love and vulnerability
choreographer and director of the Art and Movement Dance School Alice Massabki in Lebanon embodies a fantastical future by dancer, choreographer, researcher and writer Cynthia Dariane in France.
Episode 8
Of justice and our shared humanity
movement creator, contemporary and classical ballet dancer Reem Naamani in Lebanon embodies the words of Syrian expert in tourism, nature and interfaith Osama Al Nouri in Jordan