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
צילום יאיר מיוחס בשנת 2016 ראיתי לראשונה מופע של מיכל סממה. היא הופיעה בהרמת מסך על אותה במה, כמו היום, וכבר אז ראיתי בה ייצורה אחרת ושונה בנוף המחול הישראלי. (כתבתי רשמים על “מסך 1” ב-creative writing). בעבודה “האנדרטה לתרנגולת” נזרעו הזרעים הראשוניים של מה שאנחנו רואים היום אצל מיכל, שכבר מקרקרת בקול גדול ונחושRead more
Blue Zone” explores the tension between things “as they are” and “as they are expected to be” as well, but with less anger. Their strength lies in their number and the deep partnership among them.Read more
Suppressed feelings, stunted Intuition. This is the design: confusion and disorientation have their own violence to them. Every time Yossi began to FEEL something, moments of disbelief, confusion, something new, something strange, something real, his repetition of “Yo, yo, yo!” reinforced what was unfamiliar. He was simultaneously resisting and spell-casting with each “Yo”–a quiet opposition to Patriarchal Forces that had silenced, banished, and cursed the internal guidance systems responsible for questioning the absurdity of such force, manipulation, and control. The red fabric stuffed in the mouths of the 4 male dancers representative of this silencing by the Patriarchy.Read more
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
Though I could not have imagined it when we embarked upon the project, performing for children at this time in this country is one of the great privileges of my life. And looking around the studio in Sha’ar Hanegev, I was grateful for that hour away from the world, and for the opportunity to dance for a handful of hopeful small faces.Read more
The term “to run wild” means to grow unrestrained, undisciplined, like a wild animal or an imagination that isn’t held back by rules.Read more
רשמים של ג’ני בירגר בעקבות אירוע כלגוף בכלים – שלוש יצירות מחול שנוצרו בשיתוף א.נשים עם מגוון יכולות
At its essence, the Mothers’ Parliament wanted to create hope- and they succeeded. Read more
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