Ori Lenkinski’s ‘A Dance Piece’ is nothing short of masterful. Revealing and revelatory in its’ autobiographical authenticity, vulnerability, and candidness, Ori charms and enthralls the intimate audience in the Menashe Dance House studio (the original sanctuary she began the journey of creating the piece) from the moment she walks in and begins an interaction reminiscent of the dynamic between friends.Read more
As children, we are often terrified to share our dreams with our parents for fear that they will try to shut them down.
As parents, we are terrified that our children will never find a dream they feel strongly enough about to pursue.Read more
Maybe a dance piece is also a dance peace, as in – a way to make peace with Ori’s almost life-long relationship with dance. Peace and love. And here we come full circle, as dance is love through time and space.Read more
Interweaving facts, anecdotes, imagery, recordings, and her own interpretation of this complex web of data, Ori’s ghost of Jacqueline Kennedy touched me deeply. It made me think of a beautiful poem I discovered earlier this year called “Bluebird”, by another American icon – Charles Bukowski. It starts like this: “There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him. I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you.” Jackie Pink and Black feels like opening the cage, enabling us to hear the bluebird sing a little. Read more