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MARIA HASSABI | US

NEON Grants | Next stop Sharjah Art Foundation | 31 October

17/05/2026 - 20/02/2027

Maria Hassabi, Us | Athens Epidaurus Festival, July 2026 | Photograph © Karol Jarek
Maria Hassabi, Us | Athens Epidaurus Festival, July 2026 | Photograph © Karol Jarek

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MARIA HASSABI | US

17/05/2026 - 20/02/2027

Bozar x Kunstenfestivaldesarts | Athens Epidaurus Festival | Sharjah Art Foundation | Tanzquartier Wien

CREDITS

Concept | Maria Hassabi

Dancers | Elena Antoniou, Georges Labbat, Oisín Monaghan, Thanos Ragousis, Sara Tan

Assistant | Charilaos Meletiou

Sound Design | Stavros Gasparatos & Maria Hassabi

Lighting Design |  Aliki Danezi Knutsen

Technical Director | Hugues Girard

Styling | Sabina Schreder

Architectural Study | Elina Zampetakis & Maria Hassabi

Production and Studio Manager | Vassia Magoula

US management | Natasha Katerinopoulos

PERFORMANCES

Bozar x Kunstenfestivaldesarts | Premiere | 17 & 19  May 2026 | 8 – 9 pm & ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​18 May 2026​​​​ | 9 – 10 pm followed by a talk moderated by Michelangelo Miccolis (EN)

Athens Epidaurus Festival | 22 – 23 July 2026

Sharjah Art Foundation | 31 October 2026

Tanzquartier Wien  | 19-20 February 2027

MORE INFORMATION

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A long bench placed along the lip of the proscenium redefines the stage as a narrow, linear space. Along this line, five dancers move through meticulously composed tableaux. They sit, stand, recline, and drape. They drift between rest, anticipation, and observation, while maintaining a continuous tension within their unfolding narrative.

A soundscape of voices moves alongside them; speech slips into tone, rhythm, and sentiment, carrying an emotional charge beyond meaning. Images form and dissolve through subtle shifts, and stillness becomes a condition shaped by duration.

The bench becomes at once a support, a display, and a frame, positioning the performers directly opposite the audience. Them and us, seated in parallel. A quiet exchange of attention, duration, and perception.

Maria Hassabi’s performance Us is supported by NEON through its annual Grants Scheme.

Sharjah Art Foundation

Cultural Palace

Al Falaj – Al Riqa Suburb

Sharjah

United Arab Emirates


Cultural Palace - Al Falaj - Al Riqa Suburb - Sharjah - United Arab Emirates

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