Back to Front - Dalia El Abd (Best of Cairo Fringe)

“Dalia El-Abd's latest creation could be fairly described […] as a true product of the 25 January Egyptian Revolution, an honest reflection on the deep ideological fissures in the fabric of Egyptian society this revolution has revealed, with a particular reference to women's identities in relation to their bodies and to politics.”     

review in Al Ahram 5-7-‘12 by Nehad Selaiha : 
 
There are two female dancers, one dressed in black with the body completely hidden from head to toe, the other is more of an obsessive sexual display of herself Their characters develop separately as they simply notice the existence of each other and throughout the performance the dynamics between them gradually unfolds as their observation and interference with the other increases. The idea of this performance is originally based on an Indian music theory in percussion where two or more time signatures start on the same first beat, then separate then, overlap again.