A Love Supreme is a journey between worlds – from New York to Tangier to Rotterdam, and from jazz clubs to sacred Sufi rituals – in which music acts as a bridge between spiritual traditions, eras and continents. New compositions by Rajae are inspired by Gnawa structures, the spiritual intensity of Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, and in between, insights from musicians, historians, musicologists and thinkers. A Love Supreme is a dynamic dialogue between cultures, traditions and disciplines.
At its heart are two elders: Maâlem Abdellah El-Gourd, Moroccan Gnawa master, rhythm carrier, cultural anchor. And Maïmouna Guerresi, Italian-Senegalese, visual mystic, mother of sacred photography and vessel of ancestral language. Through their presence, sonic and visual, A Love Supreme becomes a multidimensional offering: An invocation. A refusal. A return.
This work in progress is an act of archival reclamation, and a call for institutional and cultural accountability…. honoring elders, confronting historical erasure, and insisting on continuity through justice. The work will culminate in a vinyl, a call to action, and an embodied demand for care that extends beyond aesthetics. It is not a tribute. It is an invocation in the making.
Contact Information:
Contact: Rajae El Mouhandiz
Position: Founder
Address: Corverstraat 22A, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, 3025 TC
Country: Netherlands
Mobile:(068) 743-3173
Area code:(003) 168-7433
Email: info@rajae.net
Website: www.rajae.net
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Production Information:
Title of Piece: A Love Supreme
Artform: Combined Art
Age suitability: Not available
Use of text: Light
Music: Live
Does performance require a clear understanding of English or another language?: Yes
Language:Arab/English/Dutch
Key Personnel:
Touring Information:
Scale of show: Small
Appropriate setting: Indoor / Outdoor
Running Time: 70 minutes
Number of performers on stage: 7
No of people on tour: 9
Touring Availability:
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach & Educational work:
Ellae is a young cultural foundation located in Rotterdam with a local, national and international focus. The mission is to bridge the cultural, socio-economic and gender gaps in the arts and cultural sector via advisory, curation, coaching, production, and creation.
