Wondering

Mayar Alexan  |  Performing Arts  |  2025  |  Syria
Wondering is a performance that employs the symbolic and performative act of walking to explore the relationship between “incapacity” and “miracle” — two words sharing the Arabic root: ع-ج-ز. The work investigates the theme of resistance, drawing on the story of Hagar and her search for water in Semitic mythology and the character May’s repetitive footsteps in the Samuel Beckett play Footfalls. Through movement, text and music, it traces the body’s oscillation between repetition and transformation, reflecting on how everyday acts of defiance can open space for contemporary miracles.