Residency of Harald Beharie

hosted by actoral

Participating countries:

  • France
  • Italy
  • Norway
  • The Netherlands
  • Dance
  • Theatre
  • Visual Arts
© Magnus Nordstrand

Period

  • From 01-03-2026 to 31-10-2026
Generation #4

Website

Address

MARSEILLE

Project summary

Actoral Festival, together with Santarcangelo Festival and SPRING Festival – three leading European performing arts festivals in their respective countries – join forces to support and promote Harald Beharie’s work by presenting his two latest creations, UNDERSANG and SWEET SPOT. Harald Beharie’s choreographic practice explores alternative modes of being, dancing, and existing together while challenging established norms of corporeality and identity. Beharie experiments with the vulnerable space between clarity and uncertainty, using the body as a motor for dramaturgy – a site of transformation through embodiment, movement, and materiality. As part of this collaboration, Beharie’s will also take part in a series of public talks and lead a masterclass at each participating festival.
© Magnus Nordstrand

Artist

Harald Beharie

Biography: Harald Beharie (he/they) is a Norwegian-Jamaican performer and choreographer.
Beharie's choreographic practice are collaborative voyages, navigating through realms of ambiguity and phantasm, punctuated by themes of deconstruction, hope and uncertainty, disinterest and emotional intensity. Beharie is interested in how the body can function as a motor for dramaturgy—a force in itself that transforms through practice. In his works "Batty Bwoy" and "Undersang"—he has engaged with monstrosity as a force for empowerment. By playing with disgust and transgressive energies, he challenges established bodily narratives about the Black body. His work also explores friction, longing, and deep listening — how small “glitches” can disrupt our perception and open up unforeseen ways of being and moving.
Contact: Harald.beharie@gmail.com
Website: http://Haraldbeharie.com
Social media: https://www.instagram.com/harald.beharie/ – Instagram
Work: https://youtu.be/RdGs037KxsY https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/832066143/43a855567a

Participating festivals

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