Sima Dance Company: NUN

Created by choreographer Alaa Krimed and performed by his acclaimed dance company as part of the Year of Ocean, NUN explores the relationship between human beings and the sea – “a cosmic mirror reflecting the complexity of life” as the promo puts it. Through expressive choreography, sound, and visual poetry, the performance explores how the ocean embodies our deepest dualities: drifting and returning, life and death, loss and rebirth … “Like the sea, the human soul is constantly reshaped by invisible currents, breaking and renewing itself in a perpetual cycle”.

The title carries ancient and universal resonance. In Mesopotamian and Egyptian cosmologies, Nun is the primordial ocean, the infinite waters preceding creation; in certain theological and philosophical interpretations within Islam, it also symbolises the cosmic sea linked to knowledge, creation, and the mysteries of existence. “Across time and cultures, Nun evokes beginnings, the unknown depths, and the hidden wisdom beneath the surface of the world.”