Marah (b.1998) is a dancer, actress and maker from Kofor Yassif in occupied Palestine. She is currently based in Antwerp, where she graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Dance at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and then in 2023 withher master’s degree in Drama at KASK in Ghent. By merging these two disciplines, Marah challenges the delineation that separates text from movement, while simultaneously searching for possible ways to allow both into the performative space.
In her work, Marah investigates the definition of mother tongue in a multilingual context whilewhile exploring the power dynamics between languages. Marah has won the Roel Verniers Prize by Het Theaterfestival 2023 for her solo piece Language: no broblem.
Next to making her own work, Marah has worked with choreographers and theatre directors likeAlain Platel & Bérengère Bodin, Kris Verdonck, Tuur Marinus and Need Company. At the moment she is performing in the pieces of Badke (remix) by Amir Sabra &Atta Khattab/ laGeste and in Persians by Chokri ben Chikha/ Action Zoo Humain.