Tunisian Contemporary Dance, Tunisia, France
Haroun Ayari
Dancer, choreographer, pedagogue and author, exploring the body as a living archive of memory, presence, and human experience.
Tunis, Lille, New York
Dancer, choreographer, pedagogue and author, exploring the body as a living archive of memory, presence, and human experience.
Haroun Ayari is a Tunisian contemporary dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue. He first performed with several Tunisian companies before developing a national and international solo career, teaching in cultural centres, and collaborating with the Ministry of Culture of Tunisia.
Haroun later moved to France to continue his artistic and pedagogical work. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Dance Teaching from the University of Lille.
His artistic research explores the idea that movement is a form of heritage, a living archive where emotions, experiences, and cultural narratives are deposited and reactivated. He has collaborated with choreographers across Tunisia, France, and the United States, including residencies in New York.
He is also the author of two books: The Living Archive and The Illiterate Body, which together form a profound inquiry into embodied memory, kinesthetic literacy, and the intelligence of the moving body.
A spiritual gathering rooted in Sufi tradition. Through repetition, voice, and breath, guiding performers and audience toward wajd — a profound spiritual ecstasy.
Reconstructing Bedouin wedding ceremonies from Tunisia through a contemporary lens. Over 100 participants at the Festival de Carthage.
An exploration of liminality — the disorientation of the in-between, painting a landscape of desolation and a deep need for freedom.
A duet exploring real human connection with American dancer Alysia Forte. A physical conversation about coexistence. Premiered December 2018, New York.
The journey from a starting point toward another state of life — through internal conflict, descent into the self, and unexpected emotional responses.
A collaborative duet with Benny Royce Royon born from DanceMotion USA, exploring conflict, resolution, and a shared movement vocabulary between two cultures.
A visceral journey into the space between what we are taught to be and who we truly are — touching identity, sexuality, and masculine codes.
Three dancers — a triangle of bodies exploring the fragile line between inner world and external reality. The self, the superego, and the other.
Together they form a complete arc, the intimate practice and the cultural argument. The body felt from within, and the body seen from outside.
A poetic reflection on how the body remembers. Through movement, memory, and emotion, this meditative book explores the body as a living vessel of presence and transformation, inviting readers to rediscover the quiet intelligence of the moving body.
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