The power of the work ‘4 Fantasies and a Monkey’ lies in its ability to allow and create an imagined space to wander through, even if only for a few moments. The audience is invited to walk through the forest clearing, and it does not fear crossing it, because it is faithfully guided by a multitude of images. Like Hughes’s eternal fox, ‘4 Fantasies and a Monkey’ turns the one-time moment into the eternal, and the human consciousnesses within it into a walkable, infinite space.Read more
It is clear to me even from this opening image that this time Godder is not inviting us to a party, as in “Shout Aloud,” her company’s previous show created in collaboration with the singer Dikla, which was a showcase of explosive and sensual feminine energy. Nor is she withdrawing inward with the same fragility that characterized “Practicing Empathy 3.” No, this time Godder is leading us through the gates of the underworld, deep into a universe of feminine lamentation and illusion.Read more
What if we created a similar tradition around dance and choreography, a gateway into bringing performance and creative process to life on entirely new levels of engagement following a show? An opportunity for the audience to meaningfully interact with the choreographer (perhaps the dancers as well?), as they metabolized a work? A “Dear Abby” for dance lovers to thoughtfully discourse with choreographers about their work, but life as well. The two are so intertwined in the arts.
I chose to create such an avenue of communication in response to experiencing Lior Tavori’s work 8th Day.Read more
…in this work, the seemingly simple initial circumstance — five performers standing onstage, blowing at feathers, insisting they stay aloft against gravity, is a ground for a chain of evolving states and images: decomposing, coalescing, sometimes funny, sometimes heart-piercing, always direct, clear, unpretentious, yet steeped in both physical and mental effort.Read more
צילום: דניאל רוזנקרנץ English Follows ביצירה ‘מה שנותר’ של עמרי חפץ שהועלתה בפסטיבל אסיף שהסתיים בשבת האחרונה אלה פולק רקדה במופע סולו. סולו שעונה על שאלת ה – להיות. הסולו העדין והחשוף הזה לא שואל על לא להיות וזה מנחם כל כך. אלה עולה לבמה ונכשלת בלי הפסקה מהרגע הראשון. מציגה מצבים שונים ומאתגרים לגוף.Read more
a dance piece ההופעה של אורי לא התחילה עם המנטרה הרגילה כיאה לתקופה: “במקרה של אזעקה, נלך למרחב מוגן”. ידעתי שצפויות להיות שתי הופעות, וקיוויתי שנתחיל מההופעה של אורי. אורי לוקחת נשימה עמוקה, ומתחילה להרים ידיים ופורסת אותן לצדדים, ואז מבצעת פיתול עם הגוף. דרך תנועות גופה אורי מזמינה לבמה את האימהות הקדומות של המחולRead more
My eyes delight in the soft rawness of a piece shown in its home, without the wrapping of a large, sophisticated production. The scarcity of means allows other qualities to surface and to touch the audience in a more intimate and direct way. “Exposed in the Studio” is a wonderful example of an evening featuring two very different works that speak to one another and connect beautifully: “Assembly Instructions” by Nir Vidan, and “The Silence of the Sirens” by Tamar Sofia Kisch.
It’s an intriguing, rich evening that operates on all senses and reveals a broad range of contemporary dance creation through two solos, choreographed and performed by the artists themselves.Read more
Mochiach chose to dedicate her current work to research about the inner world of women, which has been disturbed throughout the war. Only two years back it would never have occurred to me that older women, some my mother’s age and others my grandmother’s age had she been alive, would have to dream that they’re in the Holocaust and must seek refuge, as one of the older performers shared that she’s been dreaming (in a theatrical setting that was perhaps way too literal, when a dream about hiding in a drawer who presented to us by a performer who hid in a huge drawer). I guess our reality is stranger than fiction.Read more
*צילום אופיר בן שמעון כבר קרוב לארבע שנים אני רוצה ומנסה לראות את ההופעה של סתיו ומירב, עוד מאז הבכורה שהוצגה בהרמת מסך אי שם בשנת 2021 כשהייתי אמא טרייה לתינוקת יונקת. רכשתי כרטיס מבעוד מועד, וברגע האחרון היורשת לא הצליחה לנתק ממני את חבל הטבור, ואני לא הצלחתי לצאת להופעה. לסתיו ומירב ישRead more
If nothing else, Fusion proved that Gorfung’s prognosis is the last in a long list of things that make him special.Read more