Zarbia: Show-in-development

Whether you have taken part in Company Zid’s parkour workshop or not, join us for Said and Brahim’s public sharing of their work-in-progress, Zarbia.

Zarbia, meaning ‘carpet’ in Darija, the Moroccan dialect, is Company Zid’s third creation exploring everyday objects.

Join Said Mouhssine and Brahim Ech Chibi as they present their exploration of the carpet, central to Moroccan culture.

The sharing is designed to be an opportunity to hear about and see Company Zid’s research and development of Zarbia – with the audience ultimately invited to share their insights, comments and thoughts.

The one we sleep on, eat on, talk on, pray on, and decorate with. The one that is sold, slowly hand-woven and found in homes all around the world – from luxurious palaces to the most modern houses.

The heavy carpet that women wash on rooftops, the one rolled up and carried on backs through the narrow alleys of the medina. The carpet seen in the streets, handing from windows on rooftops, in the countryside, during celebrations, weddings, fantasias, harvets, even on the backs of donkeys…

But who is behind these artisans, these merchants, these workers? Those who struggle to pass on their know-how to the younger generations, who find it hard to make a living from their craft, who worry about the future of their trade?

About the artists: 

Said Mouhssine is a circus performer, specialising in Chinese pole, parkour practice, acrobatics, flying and stunts. Said is committed to developing street arts in Morocco and has trained extensively in circus arts France.

Brahim Ech Chibi first discovered circus arts through the Kan Ya Makan Rdda school in the medina of Fes in Morocco. Brahim trained at the Shems’y National Circus School and specialises in fixed and swinging Chinese pole, shadow puppetry, krump dance and dramatic acting.

Sign up now to be among the first to see Zarbia here.