Nancy Naous
Lebanon - France
Artistice Director, Choreographer, and Performer
Performing Arts
Nancy Naous is an artistic director, choreographer and performer. She was born in Beirut to a Palestinian mother and a Lebanese father. She studied theatre and dance in Beirut and Paris, where she founded the company 4120.CORPS, 4120 being the number of kilometers that separates Beirut and Paris. Nancy’s work is woven between dance and theater and feeds on the heritage, rituals, gestures, and dynamics of Arab societies.

Nancy Naous
Lebanon - France
Artistice Director, Choreographer, and Performer
Performing Arts
Nancy Naous is an artistic director, choreographer and performer. She was born in Beirut to a Palestinian mother and a Lebanese father. She studied theatre and dance in Beirut and Paris, where she founded the company 4120.CORPS, 4120 being the number of kilometers that separates Beirut and Paris. Nancy’s work is woven between dance and theater and feeds on the heritage, rituals, gestures, and dynamics of Arab societies.

Juror

Production Awards
2020

Grantee

Mawa3eed
Round 02
2016
Contemporary dance performance
Nancy Naous received a grant to travel from Paris to Beirut to prepare a contemporary dance performance in collaboration with the Lebanese dancer and choreographer Alexandre Paulikevich.

Grantee

Mawa3eed
Round 02
2015
The Third Circle
Received a grant for 5 artists to travel from Paris to Beirut to perform “The Third Circle”; a music and dance performance presented in the form of a seminar.

Featured Artist

No Commission
2014
The Third Circle
The performance integrates dance, music, and artistic installations, exploring the concept of dance and music through the lens of Islamic Shari’a. It features multiple discussions with a group of scholars and religious leaders in Lebanon, selected as a geographical focal point that encompasses a broad range of Islamic sects and schools of thought.

Grantee

Mawa3eed
Round 03
2013
The theater and contemporary dance performance "Those Shoes are Made for Walking"
Received a travel grant from France to present the theater and contemporary dance performance "Those Shoes are Made for Walking" at Al Madina Theater in Lebanon.