Dancer, choreographer, pedagogue and author, exploring the body as a living archive of memory, presence, and human experience.
Haroun Ayari is a Tunisian contemporary dancer, choreographer, and pedagogue. He first performed with several Tunisian companies before developing a national and international solo career, teaching in cultural centres, and collaborating with the Ministry of Culture of Tunisia.
Haroun later moved to France to continue his artistic and pedagogical work. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Dance Teaching from the University of Lille.
His artistic research explores the idea that movement is a form of heritage, a living archive where emotions, experiences, and cultural narratives are deposited and reactivated. He has collaborated with choreographers across Tunisia, France, and the United States, including residencies in New York.
He is also the author of two books: The Living Archive and The Illiterate Body, which together form a profound inquiry into embodied memory, kinesthetic literacy, and the intelligence of the moving body.
A spiritual gathering rooted in Sufi tradition. Direction by Fadhel EL Jaziri. Through repetition, voice, and breath, the performance guides performers and audience toward wajd, a profound spiritual ecstasy. 34 years on stage.
Watch ↗Reconstructing Bedouin wedding ceremonies from different regions of Tunisia through a contemporary lens. Over 100 participants. Presented at the Festival de Carthage. Co-choreography with Malek Sebai.
Watch ↗An exploration of liminality, the disorientation of the in-between. The dancers paint a landscape of desolation inspired by the feeling of not belonging, while expressing a deep need for freedom and fulfilment.
Watch ↗A duet exploring the urgency of real human connection. Created with American dancer Alysia Forte following a New York residency. A physical conversation about coexistence. Premiered December 2018, New York.
Watch ↗The journey everyone takes from a starting point toward another state of life, through internal conflict, descent into the self, and the deep struggle that leaves behind unexpected emotional and psychological responses.
Watch ↗A collaborative duet with Filipino-American choreographer Benny Royce Royon, born from DanceMotion USA. Performed in Tunis and New York, exploring conflict, resolution, and a shared movement vocabulary between two cultures.
Watch ↗A visceral journey into the space between what we are taught to be and who we truly are. The existential paradox between social codes and the pursuit of self-knowledge, touching identity, sexuality, and masculine codes.
Press ↗Three dancers in a space of tension, a triangle of bodies exploring the fragile line between the inner world and external reality. A living theorem: the self, the superego, and the other. The stage as a space of unanswered questions.
Watch ↗Together they form a complete arc, the intimate practice and the cultural argument. The body felt from within, and the body seen from outside.
A poetic reflection on how the body remembers. Through movement, memory, and emotion, this meditative book explores the body as a living vessel of presence and transformation, inviting readers to rediscover the quiet intelligence of the moving body.
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