*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 ב12.10. היוצרים התבקשו להתייחס לסרטון הזה בעבודות שלהם: בְּיַחַד מֵאֵת גִּיל קֵרֵר נִכְנֶסֶת לָאוּלָם בּוֹ סָפֵק מִתְקַיֶּמֶת חֲזָרָה פְּתוּחָה, סָפֵק הִתְחִיל כְּבָר הַמּוֹפָע. אֲנִי בַּסָּפֵק. רַקְדָנִים מְלַמְּדִים קָהָל אַקְרָאִי כוֹרֵאוֹגְרַפְיָה בָּרַת בִּצּוּעַ לָאָדָם הַפָּשׁוּט. אֵיךְ לִשְׁבֹּר אֶת הַטּוּסִיק, לְהָרִים חָזֶה וּלְהַכְנִיס קְמִיצָה לַפֶּה – עַכְשָׁו שָׁלְחוּ נְשִׁיקָה.Read 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
MASH and Creative Writing present a 5-day writing exploration led by Ori Lenkinski. A WRITING EXPLORATION AT JERUSALEM INTERNATIONAL DANCE WEEK We invite writers and artists to apply to spend 5 days thinking, observing, discussing and writing about dance. Moderator of Creative Writing : Ori Lenkinski Applicants will meet with participating artists and international guests,Read 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
Why did I call it Venezuela? Actually, I have two stories. I’ll tell you the first one, which is that when I wanted to give the work a name, I took a globe and I rolled it, I closed my eyes and put my finger down. And when I opened my eyes, it was Venezuela. That’s a good story. But that’s not the reason. I made it up. Read more