Dance

Three Pains by H.B.

Pain of the Soul Ingiven – Noa Shavit Be in the pain Be the pain Explore the pain Let it out I know I did Thank You Noa Pain of Live Tissue Work of Flesh: Soundtrack for Five Slammed Bodies – Annabelle Dvir Flash The moment the flesh hit the ground Hoo Aaaa ChiiiRead more

Dance in a Digital Age by Ana Harmon

Google search “media influence on art” and you will primarily find articles on how Instagram has transformed the visual art market and how incredible it is that a smalltown girl in Idaho can virtually visit the Louvre. Few articles cover a question that I found hard to ignore over the past few days at Machol Shalem’s International Dance Week in Jerusalem: how does mass media and new technology influence our own creation processes and conceptions, specifically dance-making?

And here, from within a medium, drowsy egg

Peeks out a work that is a true pearl.

The song of human meat, pounded into the floor

And from the pain and the impact

Emerges a beautiful, delightful poem.

Hand Head Heart

If you break one

The continuation and movement become important

Careful, I’m about to explode.Read more

Lee Nahat Shalom on the International Choreography Competition – לי נחת שלום על תחרות הכוריאוגרפיה הבינלאומית

Warning: in the text before you I will mention nudity.

Partial nudity. Maybe just hinted?

Frontal nudity,

By no means anality!

Short nudity but oh so dangerous

Female nudity will be on the premises.Read more

Creative Writing at Jerusalem International Dance Week- Tomorrow we begin!

Tomorrow we kick off our writing exploration at Machol Shalem Dance House’s Jerusalem International Dance Week. Stay tuned for our two cents on a lot of dance. Read more

Dear Moshe Kahlon by Ofra Idel

Dear Moshe Kahlon,
My name is Ofra Idel. I am a choreographer and the Director of Machol Shalem Dance House in Jerusalem. These very days, you have the opportunity to prevent the Cultural Loyalty Bill, which will most probably lead to irreversible damage to the Israeli cultural world. With great ease, the Minister of Culture will be able to block artists and organizations who do their honest craft under difficult conditions for the benefit of Israeli citizens. Read more

Nobody Puts Ohad in the Corner

To see Echad Mi Yodea, which is, in my eyes, a polished, perfect and glorious jewel shoved behind a singer filled me with contempt. Echad Mi Yodea is not some backdrop, it is not some doily or cute planter to decorate something else with. It is content, form, meaning, beauty, pain, love, all wrapped into one. Exploiting something so true to make a singer look cute cheapens what we’re doing and yes, maybe, fighting for.Read more

Tragedy of Being – יוליה פריידין מגיבה לענת גרגוריו

אתחיל בזה שענת גריגוריו לא צריכה לעשות הרבה כדי להרשים. מספיק להסתכל עליה עומדת על הבמה מחזיקה ביציבות יתרה את גופה הבנוי שרירים-שרירים נקבים-נקבים. היא נקבה אלפא. הרבה לפניי שפצתה את פיה במונולוג רצחני- יש כבר תחושת .WOW היא עוצמתית. בעלת ביטחון עצמי. נוכחות בימתית חזקה. כריזמטית. מצחיקה. מהפנטת. דרמטית. בועטת. כואבת. אמיתית. וגם מזוייפת.Read more

Call for Applications: CW + Dance in the Exhibition- A Writing Exploration in collaboration with Israel Museum

*עברית בהמשך Why do dance performances happen in museums? What do they contribute to the space and how does the gallery environment contribute to the viewer experience of dance works? It is with great excitement that we open the Call for Applications to the Creative Writing + Dance in the Exhibition- A Writing Exploration inRead more