Win tickets to Sadeck Berrabah's 'Murmuration' on 30 September

Lorraine-born dancer and choreographer Sadeck Berrabah created his unique dance style, blending tutting, popping, and hip hop by combining his various passions: drawing, perspective plays, geometry, and dance. The result is a flurry of angular yet fluid movements, executed with clockwork precision, which have impressed even the likes of Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, the Black Eyed Peas, and Shakira, and have led him to dance at the handover ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

The spark to create his viral show, called Murmuration, came to him upon watching a flock of birds. The sight of them traversing the sky inspired him to bring such concepts as golden numbers, sacred geometry, and the Fibonacci sequence onto the stage. The challenge consisted in translating these fascinating yet perhaps intimidating mathematical notions in a manner pleasant to all; but nothing was more suited to giving them a physical incarnation, a body, than the expressive tool Berrabah has perfected.

Being not only a dancer and choreographer, but also an established artist, Berrabah has a very specific way to visualise his concept: he draws the choregraphy. Not only positions are fixed, but the whole image (or what he calls a "canvas") finds its way onto paper. Is it this kind of precision and dedication to the craft that makes the show so visually memorable?

Choreography concept (hand-drawn) / © Sadeck Berrabah

For him and his crew, Géométrie Variable, this show is about discovering the humanity we share, underneath and beyond our individual differences – just as one finds the same perfect proportions at work in all of nature's variety, from the simplest mineral to the most complex organism. What counts here, ultimately, is what connects us: from afar, there is humanity, one and whole; from up close: humans, kaleidoscopic multitude; from even closer up: humanity again –perhaps.

Today Radio interviewed Sadeck Berrabah and his main dancer, Diego Dellion, about their partnership, their approach to dancing, and the artistic process behind Murmuration. Listen to it here:

If you would like a ticket to watch Murmuration at the Rockhal, you are in luck, as Today Radio has some tickets to give out!

All you need to do is answer the following question: What is the name of Sadeck Berrabah's dance crew? Send us your answer on WhatsApp at Today Radio (+352 621 52 5000).

Best of luck and we hope to see you at the spectacle!