Ingo Taleb Rashid
Ingo Taleb Rashid, is Sheikh of the Tariqah Naqshbandi-Rashidiya, director & choreographer, founder of El Haddawi,
Life and work
He was born in Iraq, is head of the Naqshbandi-Rashidiya Sufi tradition and founder of Movement Concept - a system of teaching and learning, which is influenced by long years of studies in the following fields:Bujinkan Budo Tai Jutsu, classical Japanese Sword Fighting, judo, Feldenkrais Method, Capoeira, Stanislawski Method, Noh-Theatre, Modern Dance, stuntman training. He spent significant times in Japan studying martial arts and the local culture, and, since 1993, regularly works together with Kazuo Ohno and his son Yoshito.
He choreographed, amongst others of the musical "Peace Child", one of the first theatre productions in Israel in which Jewish and Arabic children were working together.
His last bigger production "Danse Macabre", a mystery play about death and dying was inspired by the death paintings of the Spreuerbridge in Lucerne and first brought to stage there.
Rashid regularly takes out performances, seminars and lectures in Europe, Asia and South America. He is producer of the International El Haddawi-Winterschool on Frauenchiemsee since 2001, of the Chiemgau-Dance-Theatre-Festival and seminar-travels.
Productions (Dance-Theatre)
Warrior Soul: A journey through the soul of a warrior... Memories about honour, heroism and peace.- Cadaques, Spain; 1994
- Taschkent, Uzbekistan; 1997
- Munich, 1999/ Bad Endorf, 2000;
- Wasserburg, 2005;
- Mostar, Bosnia; 2006
- St.Petersburg, Russia, 2008;
- Kazan, Russia; 2011
- Rosenheim, 2012
- Würzburg, 2015
- Berlin, 1993;
- Bad Endorf, 2001;
- Wasserburg, 2004;
- Maria Luggau, 2014
- Lucerne, 2002;
- Graz, 2002;
- Wasserburg 2007
- Český Krumlov, 2016
- Wasserburg, 2016
- Baltimore, USA; 2004;
- Bad Endorf, 2008;
- Würzburg, 2009/10
- Munich, 1994 und 1996
- Tel Aviv, Israel; 1990