ROOF Collective is a Tunisian initiative dedicated to contemporary performing arts. It unites performers from diverse disciplines to create projects rooted in movement, collaboration, and shared research. Drawing inspiration from cultural heritage while embracing contemporary forms, ROOF’s works engage with the social and cultural contexts from which they emerge, producing performances that are both locally grounded and globally relevant. Through residencies, workshops, and partnerships with local and international organizations, the collective fosters dialogue, experimentation, and exchange, contributing to the growth of contemporary performing arts in Tunisia while connecting with global networks of creation. 

The collective joined the network in 2025 and were selected along with 9 other creations to participate in a coproduction support programme, offering residencies and programming opportunities for artists to thrive on a European scale. 

Their artistic project Guerret El Anz is a choreographic and performative Installation that reimagines North African rhythms, gestures, and soundscapes. Drawing on an Amazigh seasonal period “Guerret el anz” (“The Cold of the Goats”) an extremely harsh cold spell at the end of February that weakens even a species as resilient as goats—a dystopian metaphor is developed in which traditions and collective memory are threatened by sociopolitical instability and globalization. Amid these disruptions, cultural expression persists, even in decline. 

" We approach performance as a space where bodies carry memory, tension, and transformation. Our practice is rooted in movement research, shaped by hip-hop culture, street practices, and alternative performance contexts. Rather than reproducing fixed traditions, we explore how gestures evolve, fragment, and reappear through contemporary bodies. Working in unconventional or inconvenient spaces, we examine the relationship between body, environment, and audience, where space becomes an active element shaping perception and encounter. Through choreography and performative installations, we investigate how movement reveals traces of collective memory while responding to present realities. Our process is based on physical experimentation, improvisation, repetition, and transformation. We see performance as a space where artistic expression persists, even in fragile contexts, as an act of presence, resistance, and renewal. "