The Apprentice

An invitation to observe the wild beauty of the ‘almost becoming’ – the narrow space between presence and disappearance; a body training for a role yet unwritten, and the silence of one who stands at the edge of the stage, memorizing the steps of other feet.

Roy Assaf is a mammal of the hominid family, belonging to the species Homo sapiens, although some believe he possesses Neanderthal genes. He was born in 1982 in a place that some call Israel, and some call Palestine. He broke his front tooth at the age of five while dancing on the slippery floor of his family home. At six, he began giving tap concerts for his neighbor, who watched him dance on his concrete balcony from her window across the yard. At 16, Assaf met Regba Gilboa, who rooted in Roy the confidence that dance is where he belongs. In 2003, he met Emanuel Gat, who introduced him to Schubert and for whom he wore his first dress. After three years in France, he came home, and after one year of idleness, he gathered the courage to make a dance, after which he created another and another, and continues to this day.

Credits:

By: Roy Assaf

Created with and performed by: Sia Sivan

Light Design: Yair Salman

Costume Design & Execution: Tomer Halperin

Music Editing & Arrangement: Reut Yehudai and Roy Assaf

Music: Traditional folk song from the Passover Haggadah, arranged by Nikmat HaTraktor

Worcester Fragments: Longer – Orlando Consort

Sketches of Views of Smalltown – Written and performed by Yuichiro Fujimoto

Vocals: Maxim Warrat

Book Design: Ada Wardi

Photography: Aya Assaf

Артисты: Roy Assaf Dance, להקת מחול רועי אסף