תגובה של אלה גרינבום ל׳סולידריות׳ מאת נאור וולקר

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It was extraordinary to experience the entire theater as a living community. The audience surged with emotion, inhabiting the performance with their own bodies from their seats. The resonance could be felt everywhere, around us, above us and beneath us.Read more

תגובה של אלה גרינבום ל׳הארדקור [ריקוד האור]׳ מאת תמי לייבוביץ

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The dancers and musicians carry us with their voices toward a moment of transcendence. It feels as though the entire theater is washed in the colors of their voices, a moment of tenderness that stands in quiet contrast to the sounds of gunfire.Read more

הרהורים של אלה גרינבום בעקבות צפיה ב׳הפרדות / דום׳ של אנסמבל בת-שבע

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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

Ella Greenbaum’s Response to ‘Life in Lycra’ by Andrea Constanzo Martini and ‘Paradise’ by Matan Cohen

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‘Life in Lyrca’ is all very funny but also thought-provoking, raising questions about the power dynamic between the creator and the audience. How much power does he have to instruct us on how to watch, what to think, how to understand and interpret, and when to applaud?
The work ‘Paradise’ by Matan Cohen deals with the harsh truth of life in our country.Read more

Ella Greenbaum’s Reflections on 1|2|3 MIX- Program 1

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There’s something fairy tale-like about the Suzanne Dellal Center complex, even just arriving at the courtyard or the well next to Inbal Dance Theater feels like stepping into a princess’s palace. Being there, even for a moment, feels like a bubble separate from the city. And with all the support of 1|2|3, every princess immediately levels up to a queen.

So I went to take a peek at the next generation of dance royalty.Read more

אלה גרינבום מגיבה ל׳קול אדם׳ מאת רמי באר ללהקה הקיבוצית

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Rami Be’er created, from within what is happening to him and to us, a beautiful piece of art that dances this very hardship, so much so that it was hard to enjoy.Read more

Playing With Fire

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מחשבות של אלה גרינבום על Playing With Fire מאת יענקל׳ה פילצר     “I’m the most resentful one in my family. I didn’t cry so I got angry instead. It was ugly. There was fire on top of the fire. “   כך כתב יענקל’ה בתכנייה.   ערב, קרניים אחרונות של שמש בצבעי פסטל מבצבצותRead more

התגברות (והתבגרות) כה נעימה- מחשבות של אלה גרינבום על ׳קריוקי׳ מאת רייצ׳ל ארדוס

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That is the genius of this show.

The audience enters as they would a regular karaoke night with a menu comprised of songs. The dancers pass through the audience pouring shots for everyone.

It is a show that is life and life as a show and, of course, the songs amplify our feelings in rhyme and rhythm, an unavoidable soundtrack of our memories.Read more

 תגובה של אלה גרינבום ליצירתה של ענבל אושמן: M Stabat Mater

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צילום אייל לנדסמן “אם מוכת יגון עומדת, מול הצלב בוכה, רועדת, שם תלוי ישוע בנה. את לבה המתיפח להב הכאב פולח, מה נורא הוא יגונה. מה נוגה היא, מה סובלת הקדושה, האם לילד האחד ואין אחר, הכואבת, הדואבת, הרועדת למראהו של הבן המתיסר.” תרגום של עדו אברביה למילות המזמור הקתולי מהמאה ה13, סטאבט מאטר.  Read more

מחשבות על ערבסקה של נור גראבלי מאת אלה גרינבום

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Five women from different cities, meet, travel in time, build a bridge between the past and the present and imagine the future. We are practicing collective work in a period of individualism. Dismantling, recreating and establishing the Palestinian dabke for ourselves. We are rewriting history and offering a new narrative; an exalted, female, political, collective and personal body.Read more