dance

Pleine Lune

icône Facile à lire et à comprendre (FALC)

Toto - Focus mahraganat

Cairo

Creation

The dancers and choreographers Toto (Mohamed Mahmud Mohamed Ibrahim) and Islam Elarabi each explore a fusion of mahraganat—often described as “the sound of the Egyptian revolution”—with contemporary dance, in the duet Pleine Lune and the solo Just One Tile. These are two highly personal reappropriations of a cultural and social movement that embodies the heart and soul of Cairo’s working-class neighbourhoods, at the intersection of history and modernity, traditional music and electronic sound.

Pleine Lune brings Toto and Islam Elarabi together for the first time around a shared passion: mahraganat. Emerging before the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and amplified during that period, this genre ignited the streets and popular districts of Cairo where both artists grew up. Though rejected by the cultural establishment, it achieved meteoric popular success.

An event organised as part of the 2026 Mediterranean Season.

A programme supported through the partnership between the Institut français d'Egypte and the SUD Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur Region.

Co-organised with the Mucem.

Practical information

Duration: 50'

Suitable for all ages

Warning: loud sounds

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20h

Where ?

Mucem > Auditorium

Do consider carsharing!

entrance Panier, in front of Saint-Laurent Church, Esplanade de la Tourette, 2nd arrondissement

tel. 04 84 35 13 13

mucem.org

• Métro - 1 Vieux-Port station, 2 arrêt Joliette (10’ walk)

• Tram - 2 République-Dames station ou Joliette station (10' walk)

• Bus - 49 Église Saint-Laurent station, 83 Mucem Saint-Jean station, 60, 82, 82S Mucem St Jean station

• Night bus - 582 Mucem St Jean station

• Bike - Quai du Port or Mucem station

• Car park - Indigo, Vieux-Port Mucem

Prices

Prices: € 5 / € 10

Ethical prices: € 15 / € 20

Book

Toto (Mohamed Mahmud Mohamed Ibrahim)

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Interview with Islam Elarabi et Toto

Credits

Choreography: Toto (Mohamed Mahmud Mohamed Ibrahim)
Interpretation: Toto, Islam Elarabi
Music: Yunis
Lights: Toto, Islam Elarabi
Costumes: Aya Mahmud
Administration: Wiwaa for arts
With the support of: Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy
Residence: La briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne, la Ménagerie de Verre Paris, L ’Échangeur CDCN de Château-Thierry, Bodies in Space Bruxelles, le Dancing (compagnie Beau geste) Val-de-Rueil dans le cadre du dispositif Studio D Emergence piloté par l ’Atelier de Paris CDCN

Photography: Nataliya Nikolska