"Remembering Iridescence" (2023)

Photo: Thomas Lenden

i feel you like the moon feels the earth

2024 storytelling performance (60')

"I did not want to sleep upstairs because it was cold, and I did not dare to sleep next to him after knowing so much about his partner then sleep on his side of the bed."


As I sat on a washing machine, carried from hand to hand by the audience, I recounted my day-long encounters with six strangers in Amsterdam. 'i feel you like the moon feels the earth' connects these memories to the present moment of holding space together.

Performance: Ahmed El Gendy, Clotilde Cappelletti, Estéfano Romani

Sound: Eleni Maragkou

Advisor: Miguel A. Melgares


2024 • DAS Choreography, Amsterdam

2025 • Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, Netherlands

2025 • On Bodies Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus

Photo: Thomas Lenden

Remembering Iridescence

2023 performance installation (45')

liquid mirror molding into reflective bodies
as we are the scatter of the same shimmer
like being on the edge of a waterfall
holding landscapes that we cohabitate
bearing the weights of seeing
through durations that are hardening and lasting

through distances that are equally vast on their scale
for being a space for the world as a matter of range
where the curiosity of our eyes is confronted by risk

Performance: Ahmed El Gendy, Clotilde Cappelletti, Estéfano Romani

Silver Sculptures: Aurélien Lepetit

Advisors: Chupan Atashi, Jassem Hindi


2023 • DAS Choreography, Amsterdam

Photo: Thomas Lenden

LocaMani

2022 performance installation (45')

In a floaty wobbly ecosystem like the one we inhabit, if a body-of-water wants to move, the whole system adapts to its desire.

Inspired by Astrida Neimanis’ Hydrofeminism, we consider ourselves water manifesting in different forms shaped by our different ways of living.

Six bodies of water – three dancers and three water mattresses – navigate a network of ropes, embodying the tensions and interdependencies of an entangled system.

Performance: Ahmed El Gendy, Netti Nüganen, Charlie Laban Trier

Costume Design: Publik Universal Frxnd


Project created with support from Mophradat.

Presented in the context of Amsterdam Fringe Festival.

2022 • Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam

  

Juntos

2019 performance (168 hours) + video (35')

Ahmed and Joaquin were tied closely to each other with a green belt for 168 hours continuously – one full week. Adapting to each other’s needs and to their surroundings, they attempted to become a collective body navigating public, private, and virtual spaces.

JUNTOS is a video capturing moments from their time together.

Performance: Ahmed El Gendy, Joaquin Wall


2019 • School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam

2019 • Festifreak International Festival for Independent Cinema, La Plata, Argentina

2020 • Basis voor Actuele Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands

Photo: Victoria Del Sel

One

2012 performance installation (20')

One creates bubbles of protection around oneself. Yet at certain moments, one attempts to break free from these constraints. In such moments, one feels the urgency to cross the protective membrane and reach towards another self.

Performance: Ahmed El Gendy, Raafat El Bauomy

Light Design: Saber El Sayed


Project created in the context of Contemporary Dance Night

2012 • Falaki Theater, Cairo, Egypt

2012 • Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt

2013 • BJCEM Mediterranea Biennale, Ancona, Italy

Photo: Bassem El Zogby