Six selected dance performances by Israeli choreographers presented by Machol Shalem Dance House (MASH) Jerusalem.
A production of Machol Shalem Dance House (MASH) in co-production with DOCKART, Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
With the kind support of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Berlin.
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Program overview MASH Dance Berlin:
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 7 pm
double bill: [description see text below] 👇
Two Room Apartment by Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor
M I T B A R B E R O T by Anat Grigorio & Michal Herman
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7 p.m.
double bill:
a dance piece by Ori Lenkinski
perFORMing LOVE by Roni Chadash
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 7 pm
double bill:
Walking On Two by Mica Kupfer
Practicing Empathy #3 by Yasmeen Godder
followed by a panel discussion, moderated by journalist Elizabeth Nehring
Friday, May 23, 2025, 7 p.m.
Practicing Empathy #3 by Yasmeen Godder
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Two Room Apartment
Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor
A dance exploration of partnership and love and its complex moments of tension, intimacy and competition. Subtle, understated gestures expand into bold and explosive statements that reflect physical and mental boundaries.
The piece is a contemporary adaptation of the work of the same name by Nir Ben Gal and Liat Dror, which premiered in Tel Aviv in 1987 and is still considered a milestone in the development of independent dance in Israel and has received international acclaim.
Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor won the Israeli Dance Critics Circle's award for 'Best Work of the Year' for their adaptation of the work, and received the Performance Award from the Minister of Science, Culture and Sport.
By and with: Niv Sheinfeld, Oren Laor
Music: Ori Vidislavski, Elton John, Vains of Jenna Artistic advisor: Keren Levi
Costumes: Niv Sheinfeld, Oren Laor
Lighting: Netta Koren
Duration: 50 min
A co-production with the Centre National de la Danse (Paris) and the Grand Theater (Groningen). Funded and supported by the Israeli Ministry of Culture, MUNIZIPALITY TEL AVIV, CND, Theater im Pumpenhaus and Lotterierat für Kultur und Kunst.
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M I T B A R B E R O T
Anat Grigorio & Michal Herman
The meaning of the Hebrew word „Mitbarberot“: to get lost along the way while turning in several ways without reaching the goal.
„And throw away with the cymbals of the sea all their sins“ (Micah 7:19).
It's time to toss and throw away. Shake off. Because enough is enough. We choose to separate, to discard previous works, thoughts, personas, the performative, the expected, the unexpected, the connections, the effort, the ambition, the image, the object, the subject, the body, the body-to-body, the breath, the effort, the rest. What's left? Perhaps just the projection itself. Within episodes of indulgence, we allow ourselves to fantasize, surrender, be swans, give up and reinvent ourselves clinging to each other and our fragile islands of loss.
By and with: Anat Grigorio, Michal Herman
Duration 30 min.
Funded and supported by TMU-NA, CHOREOGRAPHERS and the Ministry of Culture and Sport
