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
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
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
*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
ההופעה של הסבב הראשון של פרויקט 48 התקיים ב11.10. היוצרים התבקשו להתייחס לסרטון הזה בעבודות שלהם: This מֵאֵת מִיכָאֵל גטמן שָׁלוֹשׁ נְקֻדּוֹת בַּחֲלַל יוֹצְרוֹת קַו אֲלַכְסוֹנִי מִלָּה-רוֹדֶפֶת-תְּנוּעָה-רוֹדֶפֶת- מִלָּה-רוֹדֶפֶת-תְּנוּעָה. הַאִם זֶה- …זֶה? לֶגוֹ צוּרָנִי וּתְנוּעָתִי מַרְכִּיב מִשְׁפָּט מְפֹרָק. מִגְזְרוֹת נְיָר גּוּפָנִיּוֹת לֹא מְעֻנְיָנוֹת בָּאוֹרְגָּנִיּוֹת. לָהֶן יֵשׁ אִידֵאָה. אִידֵאַל יֹפִי מֻחְלָט וְסָגוּר. תְּדַפְדְּפוּ בפליפ בּוּק שֶׁל מַרְס-Read more
Six years ago, while participating in Jardin d’Europe’s Critical Endeavor at Impulstanz-Vienna International Dance Festival, I watched Jan Fabre’s Preparatio Mortis. The performance, a solo made by Fabre for Annabelle Chambon, made a lasting impression on me. In fact, of the hundreds of dance works I have seen in the past decade, it is amongRead more
I’m slowing down. I’m starting to catch my breath. I wipe a bead of sweat from my forehead, while still jogging lightly in place and tapping my chest. Ohad Naharin, the Artistic Director of Bat Sheva Dance Company is standing on a platform in the middle of a warehouse in Tel Aviv. Read more
When the end catches you by the throat
In utter darkness
Choking a tear
Buttons come undone on a shirt and the heart bursts out- pounding and beating.Read more
“…I suddenly understood that my whole life I was busy with looking out- as if I had only looked at the display window. Today, in order to see, I close my eyes and look inwards…”
“… When the doctor offered me a pill to make the shaking stop, I said ‘why? It’s a good thing to laugh about’…”
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The hand is discovered.
Exhale and inhaling,
The hand is a brush painting around me
Lines, dots, smears.
The common space became a huge canvas that began as white and turned crowded with layer upon layer of color. Read more