Throughout the work, if we peel away the aesthetic shell and strip away the period style, what remains is the exposed core: the words. When one listens to the voices of the characters, to sentences saturated with sorrow and ancient pain, a chilling phenomenon occurs: historical distance dissolves. Every sound, every cry, every accusation spoken in 1969 could just as easily be spoken today, word for word, in 2026.Read more
This is also the film’s deepest cinematic argument. The camera, even when it claims objectivity, always chooses. Always arranges. Always decides what enters the frame and what remains outside it. And if that is so, what is the difference between documentary and fiction?Read more
Both works powerfully express the emotions we’ve all been carrying through this past month and more: anxiety, terror, helplessness, the attempt to survive inside all this darkness.Read more
Nearly every night of the week, dance videographer Daniel Pakes can be found in a theater somewhere in Israel, positioned behind the lens of one of his many cameras. With a background in physical theater and performance, Pakes has developed a filming language deeply attuned to choreography, stage dynamics and the ephemeral nature of live art.Read more
…each choreographer speaks a distinct language. We often call this “movement language,” but it extends beyond steps to every choice a work contains: dancers, music, costumes, composition, props, design. Together, these elements form a syntax, a way of speaking.
And while in life I have only one mother, in dance I have had many mothers and fathers. These are the artists whose work shaped my understanding of what the stage is and what a performative act can hold. The ones who influenced how I “speak” today were those who allowed me to walk through their creative worlds, absorbing fragments of vocabulary along the way.Read more
Popalinda in the Kingdom of Imagination is a dance-theater work for children, but first and foremost it is a work of the body. Adi Eytan as Popa and Shachar Dolinsky as Roberto, inspired by Mary Poppins and Bert (a wink also to the parents’ generation), create movement work that both children and adults can enjoy.Read more
Each costume piece removed reveals not only Sirkis’ body but a transformation. A new character. A reference. A provocation. A version of how a body might be read.
She is not undressing.
She is multiplying.Read more
It is a physical theatre piece rich in imagery, with precise and flawlessly crafted scenography, and dramaturgy that sustains attention throughout. We encounter many characters, among them the problematic student in a fitness group who understands the exercise only once it is over, the sturdy weightlifter who surprises at the crucial moment, the samurai who stops time and crumbles bricks into particles, and the pole vaulter who manages to jump high, though it requires massive teamwork. The actors’ ability to precisely execute failure turns the performance into a continuous experience of laughter. Adults burst out laughing, children were giggling non-stop.Read more
Often it’s hard for her and Daniela to say goodbye after spending a full, fun Saturday together. At the end there’s always drama and tears; they don’t want to go home. They say they’re sisters. When they were younger, they used to say “sisterses.”
Daniela and Yaara are both only children. Alona is also an only child, and you feel her struggle as an only child facing the world, changing moods during the show, and the voice of the tree asking her to give up the leaf she considers as hers.
Next time, we mothers can remind them of that moment in the show. Not so there will be less drama, but maybe the memory of Alona parting from the leaf will help them see separation a bit differently.Read more
The greatness of a personal work, in my eyes, lies in its ability to touch even those who are far from its direct contexts. Podium does this wisely, and invited me to examine my relationship with rules, with the constant search for the firm hand and for excellence that are paired together in my imagination.Read more