Malika Fankha studied theatre in Zurich and contemporary dance in Salzburg (SEAD) and NYU (Tisch School of Performing Arts) and works predominantly as a dancer, poet and DJ. Mal is interested in diverting predictable narratives and carving out spaces for both precarious intimacy and campy melodrama. Their work unfolds structures and politics of desire by looking for softer weavings between sensation and sociality with the aim to build an obstinate yet malleable matrix of connections. Mal loves cat cuddles, armpits, streak challenges on Duolingo and fully charged batteries.
Co-production and residency partners include Tanzquartier Vienna, Brut, WUK, ImPulsTanz, Wiener Festwochen, Sound:Frame, Tanzhaus Zürich, Südpol Luzern, Dampfzentrale Bern, Art Basel, Zentrum Paul Klee, Pianofabriek Brussels, workspacebrussels, Kaaitheater, CAMPO Ghent, BUDA Kortrijk, Cullberg Ballet Stockholm, Life Long Burning, Golden Days Festival Copenhagen, Mladi Levi Festival Ljubljana, Swissnex and Counterpulse San Francisco, Théâtre National du Luxembourg.
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