Editions:
First Edition (11-12 Februry 2020)
Event lineup for the first day (11th February 2020) of the festival:
| Event | Speaker/Moderator | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouverture du festival (Maison de la culture de Béni Mellal) | - | 09:00 | 09:30 |
| The dialectics of Body and Soul and the question of diversity | Pr. Cherki Karkaba (Sultan Moulay Slimane University) | 09:30 | 09:50 |
| Le corps subversif dans l'espace des halqa, au Maroc | Pr. Fatima Zahra Salih | 09:50 | 10:10 |
| Le corps dans l'imaginaire narratif marocain: le cas des écrits de Mohamed Berrada | Pr. Abderrahmane Ghanimi (Sultan Moulay Slimane University) | 10:10 | 10:30 |
| Le pouvoir de l'image et la naissance du Mouvement | Rodrigo Gonzales (Artist) | 10:30 | 10:50 |
| Débats | - | 10:50 | 11:30 |
| Association Intilaqa pour l'environnement, le développement et la culture, Afourar | - | 14:30 | 18:30 |
| Allocutions de bienvenue | - | 14:30 | 14:45 |
| Présentation de l'association Intilaqa | Président de l'association Intilaqa | 14:45 | 15:00 |
| Arts Wings Forums par l'artiste peintre Khira Jalil | Khira Jalil (Artist) | 15:00 | 15:40 |
| Projection et présentation du projet Éveil par le collectif Dream Voyager et Compagnie KG (Marseille, France) | - | 15:40 | 16:20 |
| Atelier de peinture, Lamia Hadouche | Lamia Hadouche (Painting Professor) | 16:20 | 16:50 |
| Activité sportive: Soccer for tolerance (mini-foot mixte) | - | 16:50 | 18:00 |
| Musiques et chorégraphies du monde avec la participation de Abdellatif Chaouki (acteur, chorégraphe, musicien) | Abdellatif Chaouki | 18:00 | 18:30 |
| Projection du film documentaire: Pina: dansez, dansez, sinon nous sommes perdus, un film de Wim Wenders pour Pina Bausch (Maison de la culture de Béni Mellal) | - | 19:30 | 20:30 |
Event lineup for the second day (12th February 2020) of the festival
| Event | Speaker/Moderator | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body Politic and Individual Liberty: Intimate Injustice | Dr. Ilham Bettach (Université Sultan Moulay Slimane) | 09:00 | 09:15 |
| The Implications of the Body in Late Capitalism | Dr. Hamid Masfour (Université Sultan Moulay Slimane) | 09:15 | 09:30 |
| Mark Twain's Body: From the Physical to the Metaphysical | Dr. Frédéric Dumas (Université de Grenoble) | 09:30 | 09:45 |
| Anthropologie du corps en mouvement dans la danse Gnaoua | Dr. Brahim Jhabli | 09:45 | 10:00 |
| Parole de sculpteur | Driss Souhil | 10:00 | 10:10 |
| Débats | - | 10:10 | 11:00 |
| Atelier de théâtre | Adil Draissi (ECAL, Béni Mellal) | 11:00 | 12:00 |
| Atelier de photographie | Céline Poulet et Rodrigo Gonzales (Collectif de photographes Dream Voyager, Marseille, France) | 11:00 | 12:00 |
| Atelier de chorégraphie | Karine Ghalmi (Compagnie KG, Marseille, France) | 11:00 | 12:00 |
| Randonnée « Corps et âme »: Itinéraire Laqsar | - | 15:00 | 17:00 |
| Présentation théâtrale: « Voir autrement » | ECAL (Établissement de Créativité Artistique et Littéraire, Béni Mellal) | 19:00 | 20:00 |
| Chorégraphie: « À la découverte du corps inconnu » | Salaheddine Moumni | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| Chorégraphie: « Ce que l'œil a oublié » | Compagnie KG, Marseille, France | 20:40 | 21:00 |
| Clôture – ouverte sur le monde | - | 21:00 | 21:30 |
Second Edition: (27-28 Februry 2025)
Event lineup for the first day (27th February 2025) of the festival:
| Event | Speaker/Moderator | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location: Béni Mellal Cultural Center | Moderator: Pr. Fatima Zahra Salih | |||
| Opening Ceremony | Pr. Mohamed Belechheb, Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of Béni Mellal, Mr. Daniel Varela, Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Colombia in Morocco, and Mr. Lahsen Echarfy, Regional Director of Culture of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region. | 9h00 | 9h15 | Speeches by members ofthe organizing committee: Pr. Abederrahman Ghanimi, Manal Dghoughi, Hamid Reyad, and Rodrigo Van Peteghem. |
| Body and Soul in Motion | Pr. Cherki Karkaba (Founder ofthe International Traveling Festival “The Body & Culture in Motion”) | 9h15 | 9h30 |
| Cultures en mouvement | Pr. Mohamed Saki (Dean ofthe Faculty of Letters, Victor Segalen, UBO Brest, France) | 9h30 | 9h50 |
| Culture and photography in motion | Rodrigue Van Peteghem (DV PHOTOGRAPHIE, France-Colombia) | 9h50 | 10h00 |
| Body, choreography, and calligraphy | Karine Ghalmi (Choreographer from Marseille, France) | 10h00 | 10h10 |
| Ma Ter: From Woman to Mother | Céline Poulet (Photographer-Choreographer from Marseille, France) | 10h10 | 10h20 |
| Traditional polyphonic songs | Nahia Robert (ENTREXATAK, Pays basque, France) | 10h20 | 10h30 |
| Ancestry and biodiversity, different ways to connect with one's territory | Durley Miranda (Consultant in Geopolitics and Sustainable Development, France -Colombia) | 10h30 | 11h00 |
| Hello from Dublin | Peter McCabe (Special guest from Dublin, Ireland) | 11h00 | 11h05 |
| Debate | Open Discussion | 11h05 | 12h05 |
| Location: Association Al Intilaka, Afourer | |||
| Welcome speech and participant introductions | Hamid Reyad (Moderator) | 14h30 | 14h45 |
| Presentation of the Al Intilaka Association | Al Intilaka (Presentation of the association's mission and activities) | 14h45 | 15h00 |
| Workshops | Céline Poulet & ENTREXATAK (Workshop on "Mater" and traditional Basque polyphonic songs) | 15h00 | 16h30 |
| Discussions over mint tea | Open to all (Networking and informal discussion over mint tea) | 16h30 | 17h00 |
| Meeting with the Afourer women's football team: Jawhara Football Club | Club de football Jawhara | 17h00 | 18h30 |
| Location: Béni Mellal Cultural Center | |||
| Film screening about Colombia | 20h30 | 22h00 | |
Event lineup for the second day (28th February 2025) of the festival:
| Event | Speaker/Moderator | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location: Faculty of Letters, Beni Mellal | Moderator: Pr.Noureddine Bourima | |||
| The Body: A Palimpsest of Narratives | Dr. Hamid Masfour | 9h00 | 9h20 |
| Bodies of Difference: Disability as Otherness | Dr. Ilham Bettache | 9h20 | 9h40 |
| Mark Twain’s Pilgrims in the Middle East: Culture Conflict over the Question of the Native Female Body | Dr. Fréderic Dumas | 9h40 | 10h00 |
| Debate | Open Discussion | 10h00 | 10h30 |
| Workshops for students (theatre, singing, choreography and calligraphy) | 10h30 | 12h00 | |
| Workshop 1: Dance workshop inspired by movement and calligraphy | Karine Ghalmi (Choreographer from Marseille, France) | ||
| Workshop 2: The body on stage | Adil Draissi (Béni Mellal, Morocco) | ||
| Workshop 3: Traditional polyphonic songs | ENTREXATAK (Pays basque, France) | ||
| Conference - Debate 4: Body and Writing | Ilham Saqlane, Youssef Oubihi, Anas Mayou. (Moderators and rapporteurs) | 16h00 | 18h00 |
| The speaking body: Nonverbal narrative in the film adaptation of Twelve Years a Slave by John Ridley | Dr. Imane Farsi | ||
| The representation of the Female Body in Rabih Alameddine’s An Unnecessary Woman and I, the Divine and Leila Abouleila’s Minaret | Dr. Assmaa Moujane | ||
| The body and the philosophy of Dress in Thomas Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus | Mohamed Amesnaou | ||
| Location: Béni Mellal Cultural Center: Closing evening | 18h00-22h00 | |||
| Association Soul Lil Moussiqa | Various Artists | ||
| Traditional Basque polyphonic songs | ENTREXATAK (Pays basque, France) | ||
| Dance, choreography, and interpretation | Karine Ghalmi (Choreographer from Marseille, France) | ||
| Amazigh women’s songs | Various Artists | ||
| Groupe Ahidous Izlafn Azilal | Various Artists | ||
| Caftan in motion | Various Artists | ||
| Ramadan greetings: Neffar + Rouh Lilmadih wa Samaa | Various Artists | ||