מאיה מזמינה אותנו לעצום עיניים ולספור עד חמש, וכשפתחנו אותן, גילינו אוהל צבעוני מהלך על הבמה.
האמא כל הזמן מכניסה אותם בחזרה לאוהל, כמו מכנסת אותם אל חיקה. חיק האמא האוהבת והשומרת
עליהם מכל רע. מה שכל אמא רוצה לילדיה. לאהוב ולהגן.Read more
We have been debating extensively whether or not independent artists
should be punished/sanctioned for their country’s politics without being
able to reach a clear conclusion on the matter. Be that as it may, we
feel the atrocities committed in Palestine have not been sufficiently
sanctioned neither by the state of Norway or on the world stage, and
feel we need to take action. We feel it necessary to break all ties to
Israel and the ongoing attack on the people of Palestine. A unanimous
board has voted to withdraw your invitation to Bergen Fringe. Our
sincere apologies for how this decision affects you personally.Read more
Recently, while discussing the concept for a new piece with a colleague, she urged me not to give up on the physicality of the work. “You can say so much of what you want to say in text, but I want to see you trying to say it through movement, too,” she said.
It occurred to me that this is a good challenge to apply to my parenting and that the text/movement balance exists in my parenting as much as it does in my choreographic work.Read more
In live performance, every show is different. Every body is in a slightly different configuration each day, each person is in a unique mood during the show and there are all of the outside stimuli and conditions that influence the way things feel. A cold day can lead to a stiff performance and a sweltering day can garner a droopy one. Because dance is a form resting on the living body, not machines, it has to be infinitely flexible. It has to consider that no two days are the same and, as such, no two shows can be identical. What works one day won’t work the next.Read more
Through repetitive phrases, done countless times in different interpretations, Lechet splays out the intensity of life. When the piece comes to a close, I wondered how the dancers would get home as Lechet demands every ounce of energy they have, every breath and every heartbeat. And yet, within this extreme effort, the dancers appear to be truly enjoying themselves. They have found a freedom within the grind (choreographic) and that revelation is uplifting not only as a dance-lover but as a person who runs my own rat race day in and day out. Read more
Choreographers have always filmed auditions. Until recently, it was clear that this recordings were to be used for later reference and were private.
However, I have noticed that more and more choreographers are affording themselves the luxury of publishing audition videos online.Read more
In the past, I need the audience’s approval and affirmation more. There is a balance between pleasing myself and pleasing the audience and it has changed from process to process. I’m trying to learn how to fulfill my own desires and I believe that if I’m able to free myself to satisfy myself, it will also satisfy the audience.Read more
On March 6, when The Suit took part of the Women Festival at the Holon Theater, I finished two performances, checked the box in my mind that I had completed the engagement and looked onwards to a month and a season full of shows and tours. Little did I, or anyone else, know that it would be my last meeting with an audience for a long while. So when I walked down the stairs of the Alliance House on September 9, onto the site-specific “stage” that would be the stomping ground for Meet Me in the Market, a performative tour of Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market inspired by Jackie Kennedy, the impact was amplified exponentially.Read more
It seems that in her path to healing, Blikman has not only found a way to mend the factions caused by her own trauma but to bring together two worlds, martial and performance art. “We say ‘martial art’ but in it there is art. Here, I really want to connect these two words. I want to find that connection, that freedom that art can bring to martial arts.”Read more