Presented as one of the few dancers in his town, Kebili, a Tunisian governorate located in the south of Tunisia, Salah works to animate the Kebili art scene in particular toward dance that has witnessed a lot of challenges and discrimination based on traditions, stereotypes, regionalism, and gender. Regardless of the challenges that Salah has faced practicing dance, he has been developing his practice and experimenting with different styles starting with pop, crumb, hip hop, break, salsa, and Latino.
Debuting in 2008 at an art club in his town school, to become in 2016 a dance trainer at different cultural and youth centers in his hometown, Salah is working to change the locals’ opinion about moving bodies, moreover, to develop and revive the dance art scene in Kebili. Although the non-existence of dance schools in his town or Tunisian south surrounding regions, the change maker has developed his practice through his intern experience and his participation in different workshops, competitions, and events including the Carthage Choreographic Days, Kebili and Medenine dance festivals and regional competition, and Tataouine regional competition where he won 3 gold medals.
Continually following his passion and making a change in the Kebili dance art scene either by teaching or representing Kebili in different competitions, Salah keeps dancing to free himself and get out the young kid inside of him, “I dance to break free from the world and enter my own world, Dancing is a way of life for me.” Salah adds. Currently, he is more focused on contemporary dance, a style that he enjoys and expresses perfectly.
