Destins Croisés

Of French-Moroccan origin, Ismaël Mouaraki discovered urban dance at the age of 12 in Nancy, France. He discovered contemporary choreographic language through contact with choreographer Xavier Lot, in residence at the Centre culturel André Malraux (Scène nationale de Vandoeuvre), with whom he collaborated as a performer for over three years, enabling him to grow. Since 2003, Ismaël Mouaraki has been pursuing his work with the Destins Croisés company, of which he is the founder. His choreographic creations reflect his obsessions as a common thread running through his life's work: bringing to life the infinite facets of humanity. The artist creates in a thousand ways, but always with the same obsession. Whether in Loops (2008), the duo Slam en/Corps (2009) in collaboration with slam artist Queen KA, her solo RefleXction (2010), Lien(s) (2016), oZe (2019) or Phenomena (2019), everything revolves around notions of polarities, control, domination and the perception of the individual within the group. In his latest creation, Le sacre de Lila (2022), dancers from Quebec and Morocco join forces on stage to celebrate the sacred rituals of his homeland.