{"id":19065,"date":"2025-11-12T16:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=19065"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:37:14","slug":"rayanne-fawaz-chanel-cheiban","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/artist\/rayanne-fawaz-chanel-cheiban\/","title":{"rendered":"rayanne fawaz + chanel cheiban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rayanne Fawaz<\/strong> and <strong>Chanel Cheiban<\/strong> are the recipients of the 25.26 <strong>CAM + MAI Joint Support Program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19095\" src=\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-78.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-78.png 1200w, https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-78-1170x488.png 1170w, https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Untitled-design-78-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open to professional choreographers from culturally diverse backgrounds, the mentorship program offered annually by the Conseil des arts de Montr\u00e9al and MAI (Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels) aims to foster the development of dance artists living in the territory of Montreal and to support them in a process of research, creation, and production of work.<\/p>\n<p>This joint support program offers the selected artist a package of mentorship and support, including a $5000-10,000 stipend and hours at the CAM and MAI rehearsal studios.<\/p>\n<p>The artist is invited to carry out an artistic and technical residency in the MAI studios and to present in season 26.27.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Rayanne Fawaz<\/strong> is a choreographer, performer, and dance researcher from Lebanon, currently based between Montreal and Beirut. Trained in classical ballet in Beirut, she holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Bioresource Engineering from McGill University. In 2024, she shifted towards professional dance, developing a practice that explores memory, migration, and the dance forms of the Levant, particularly dabke. She has participated in residencies in Beirut and Montreal. Her work approaches tradition as living matter, intertwining oral archives, everyday gestures, and community dances. Her interest in dabke stemmed from her studies of sustainable agricultural practices in Lebanon, where she rediscovered the repetitive everyday gestures in local dances, thereby questioning the movement&#8217;s origins.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Lebanon, <strong>Chanel Cheiban<\/strong> works as a choreographer and performer in a variety of artistic projects in Tio&#8217;tia:ke (Montreal). She holds a diploma in contemporary dance from Coll\u00e8ge Montmorency, a CID-recognized certification from UNESCO in the BIGBANG training program, and is a graduate of the \u00c9cole de danse contemporaine de Montr\u00e9al. Chanel also practices the art of the qanun, an Oriental stringed instrument from the zither family.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, she will present her multidisciplinary work El kamar bi zaher at Tangente, which she choreographed and performs, as well as PLAYGROUND, co-created with Maude Laurin-Beaulieu in 2022. She also founded Wholeness Mouvement in 2020, a dance video project in collaboration with \u00c9tienne de Durocher, which allowed her to develop her skills as an artistic director, director, and self-taught video editor. Chanel Cheiban explores processes of cultural transmission, interactivity in dance, and the intersections between traditional practices and contemporary languages. She reflects on how to revive rituals and traditions while creating moments of collective unity and individual authenticity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Buzur<\/strong> is a multidisciplinary project by Fawaz and Cheiban which unfolds through two complementary components: a documentary project and a choreographic creation. 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