Separations / Dome (Arison Hall), Арисон Аудиториум, 17 февр., 21:00

Two original creations by Roni Chadash and Bosmat Nossan, created especially for the Batsheva Ensemble dancers.

For over a decade, Chadash and Nossan have been shaping the local dance landscape, bringing to the stage a daring and powerful contemporary feminine voice.

Dome / Bosmat Nossan

Dome, by choreographer and dancer Bosmat Nossan, emerges from an intense present in which life is under constant threat, even as it continues to press forward. The dancers of the Batsheva Ensemble embody the reality in which they came of age: a generation that grew up between a pandemic and a war and now faces an unknown future. On this unstable ground, dance shifts from a choice into a necessary response. It is no longer only about freedom of expression or self-fulfillment, but also an organizing and unifying tool that restores a sense of control within an ever-shrinking breathing space.
When the future is not guaranteed, choice becomes more tangible – choosing to stay, choosing to dance, choosing one another. Dome asks: What happens to passion when it acts without a clear horizon? Can this heightened alertness summon a new form of freedom, or only a new form of violence?

Separations / Roni Chadash

In Separations, choreographer Roni Chadash examines a seemingly straightforward act: separation. In her signature physical language – one that fragments the body and allows each part to act independently – she turns a spotlight on separation mechanisms that are also at play in the social sphere.

Situated within the tension between the private and the social body, the piece looks at how definitions, classifications, and labels attempt to organize reality, while at the same time reducing and splintering it. In a space teeming with words and definitions spoken over and over again, the body glows in its desire to escape – to remain abstract, independent, unaffiliated.

With the encouragement & support of Dafna and Tomer Kariv and the Matanel Foundation

Артисты: Batsheva Dance Company