Bouchra Ouizguen

Bouchra Ouizguen is a Moroccan dancer and choreographer. She lives and works in Marrakech, where she has been involved in the development of a local choreographic scene since 1998. Her work is informed by her interest in cinema, literature, and music. In the liberating piece Madame Plaza (SACD “révélation chorégraphique” award), she shares the stage with artists from the Aïta tradition. She continues this collaboration in Ha! (2013). In 2014, she created Corbeaux, a sculptural piece for 17 dancers, presented at the Art in Marrakech Biennale. In 2015, she brought together four performers from her previous works to create OTTOF, marking her first collaboration with the Festival d’Automne à Paris. In 2017, she created Jerada for the dancers of Carte Blanche, the Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance (awarded Best Dance Performance by the Norwegian Critics Association). In 2022, she created Éléphant, a choreographic and musical piece also presented in Paris at the Festival d’Automne. They always come back, a performance conceived for and with a group of amateur participants, was presented at the Avignon Festival. Her works are shown internationally in institutions such as Tate Modern, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Power Station of Art in Shanghai.