Born in Syria 1981, Mithkal Alzghair is a choreographer and dancer.
Born in Syria in 1981 and currently based in France, Mithkal Alzghair is a performing artist who explores the body as a concept of humanity, a space for memory, poetry and imagination. After studying at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, he did the “ex.er.ce” master’s programmer in choreography at the Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier from 2011 to 2013.
In 2016 he created Displacement. This show was awarded first prize at the Concours Danse Élargie 2016.That same year, the HEK-MA association was founded to support her artistic projects. In 2017 he created Transaction, a performance-installation; in 2019, the show We are not going back; and in 2022, his solo Clamors.
Through his artistic approach as a choreographer and performer, and his experiments with space, image and video, he questions the way in which the body shapes our perception of the world, and how it becomes the site of struggle and resilience. Sensitive to human rights violations, he highlights the tensions between oppression and freedom, between erasure and reconstruction.
For him, creation is a space where the body becomes a terrain for experimentation, a place where meaning, contradictions and infinite possibilities intersect. For him, dance is not just a physical act, but a constant quest, a space for questioning. He sees his art as an instrument of transformation, a silent revolution for peace, where each movement seeks to restore humanity to its purest expression.
He has performed for a number of choreographers. He was also an actor in the piece “Kliniken” of the stage director Julie Duclos. In 2021, he was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.