SAÏD GHARBI

Born in Morocco, Said moves to Belgium with his family in the late '60s. He becomes  blind at the age of 14. As youg adult, Said meets flemish choreographer Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez in 1992 while studying at the Braille League.  Vandekeybus is  looking for blind dancers  for one of his productions. After numerous collaborations with Vandekeybus (1992-2001) Saïd foundes the company Les  BGM  and creates several dance theater pieces together with Ana Stegnar.  His solo performance Clair Obscur (Les BGM, 2015)  was directed by Ivan Vrambout. In 2016, Saïd joins Ultima Vez again- -he plays in the production Mocumentary of a Contemporary Saviour.

Since more than a decade Saïd is involved  in dance and theater projects in Belgium and abroad (France, Germany, Nederlands) and works as actor and/or dancer for various productions for cie Acajou, Cie La Coma, Dries Verhoeven. Saïd often gives workshop of sensibilisation to visual impairment for different associations.

In the last years Saïd participates to pedagogical project, he teaches for:

Down the Barriers (2013, Tunis)

Atelier de transmission pédagogique et d'échange artistique (2014, Antananarivo, Madagascar)

Festival de Marseille, Danse et arts multiples (2015)

Capacitas (2015, Barcelona)

Festival Pottfiction (2016, Germany)