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Stephanie Kayal<\/a> is a Lebanese choreographer, theatre maker, and performer based in Brussels. Her work blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction, weaving dance, music, text, and video into absurd, personal-political, and often darkly humorous performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her projects include Evidence of Things Not Seen <\/em>(2021), The Time It Took You to Realize It Was a Dream<\/em> (2023), Galactic Crush <\/em>(2022) and Galactic Crush 2: Into the Cold<\/em> (2025) co-created with music composer and performer Abed Kobeissy in collaboration with multidisciplinary artists Firas El Hallak and P\u00f4l Seif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2025, she has been produced by Hiros. Her artistic trajectory has also been supported by Plateforme Parall\u00e8le (2025), Common Stories (2023\u20132025), and Campo (2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her works have been developed and presented at venues including Kunstencentrum Buda, Beursschouwburg, Fabrik Potsdam, Frankfurt LAB, Zoukak Theatre, Kaaistudios (workspacebrussels), Th\u00e9\u00e2tre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, and La Friche Belle de Mai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a performer, she was a member of Koon Theatre Group in Beirut (2015\u20132019) and has collaborated on numerous projects with various makers. Most recently, she joined Maison Ravage\/Adeline Rosenstein for their latest production, Ravage tout court<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kayal holds a Master\u2019s degree in Choreography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (ARBA-EsA \/ ISAC) and a Master\u2019s degree in Theatre Studies from the Lebanese University \u2013 Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abed Kobeissy<\/a> is a Beirut-based musician, composer, and producer working across contemporary music, performance, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Centering the buzuq within experimental and contemporary contexts, his work explores an unapologetically confused present-day Levant, drawing from urban sonic environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His work spans solo performances, collaborative projects, and original compositions for theater, and film. Since 2014, he has developed an extensive body of work for contemporary dance, notably through long-term collaborations with choreographer Ali Chahrour and as co-creator and composer with choreographer Stephanie Kayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kobeissy\u2019s works have been presented internationally since 2013. He has received numerous commissions in music composition and research, including from The Berlin Biennale & The Berlin International Film Festival (2018), UNESCO (2018), CTM Music Festival Berlin (2020), and the Irtijal\/Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival commission (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has released multiple albums and collaborative projects since 2017. He is co-founder of  the Lebanese electroacoustic duo Two or The Dragon<\/em> and the Lebanese-German beat-noise quartet Stellar Banger<\/em>. He is currently preparing three forthcoming albums in collaboration with Two or The Dragon & Hala Omran, with Lynn Adib, and with Sary Moussa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kobeissy holds a Master\u2019s degree in Advanced Studies on the semiotics of music in Arabic cinema and has lectured at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. He has also contributed as a juror for academic arts programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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