The environment and the health of our planet have always been and will always be one of my major concerns.

Today, more than ever, my involvement as a “Citizen-Artist” is far more than a duty. It is a MUST. An emergency.

Several years ago, my attention already focused on Art as a communication tool in favour of ecology :

- In 2005, with the dance-video piece, “ Les étoiles filantes meurent en silence” (Shooting Stars Die in Silence), created in collaboration with the video artist Sergio Gazzo.

- In 2008, through a workshop in the Tunisian countryside for 12 young dancers from Arab countries (Egypt, Lebanon, Morrocco, Syria and Tunisia).

- And, in 2010 with “La Feuille de l’Olivier” (The Leaf of the Olive Tree), a choreographic piece about the shared cultural, historical, political, environmental, economic and even playful role of this tree in the countries growing it.

 I am fully convinced that an “ecological culture” or a “cultural ecology” have a very important part to play in helping raise the awareness of people in a  cultural and playful way. 

For decades, my country, as many others in the region, has often been mistreated, not only at the democratic, political and social rights level but also in its environmental rights, too often victim of the greediness and/or the ignorance of its decision makers, in spite of some apparently “astounding successful achievements” … The situation is even worse in other countries due to various types of conflicts and severe drought as well as other natural disasters.

Furthermore, as a defender of dance as a major total art, I am also convinced that it is of utmost importance to allow and encourage young dancers to express themselves, cry out their fears, their anger, share their ideas and suggestions, utter their hopes about such a vital and universal issue as WATER. Water for each of us on OUR EARTH. In a part of the world where choreography is still considered as a minor art, one of my permanent struggles is to present it as a conveyer  of ideas and emotions

Every single artistical and citizen action can but help build up global awareness of this crucial issue beyond all borders.

From the very specific to the universal. From the little net to the WEB.