The Dreamers

An interdisciplinary creation integrating dance, animation, and live music. Inspired by the delicate dialogue between body and mind during sleep, this work invites the audience to drift between the worlds of wakefulness and slumber. It serves as a meeting point for the closed and open eye, exploring the ethereal space that exists in between. Within this unfolding fan of time, the boundaries between darkness and light, reality and imagination, begin to dissolve. The piece suggests that while dreaming occurs behind closed lids, the inner eye opens toward the evocative depths of the subconscious..

Dance and Animation: Efrat Rubin

Performers and Co-Creative: Adaya Godlevsky, Gili Zinger, Mami Shimazaki, Shulamit Enosh, and Efrat Rubin.

Harp, Vocals, and Electronics: Adaya Godlevsky

Costumes: Rosie Canaan

Artistic Consultation: Yael Venezia

Rehearsal Management: Alex Shmurak

Post-Production: Yonatan Katzman

Photos: Shira Aboulafia, Arik Shraga

Special Thanks: Einat Gantz, Noa Shavit, Michal Oppenheim Landau, Dr. Anat Arzi, Ophir Orenstein, Anat Katz, Maya Brinner, Sharona Florsheim, Osi Wald, Avital Wexler, Natalie Katzman.

The piece was developed as part of the TRANSMEET Festival for Art and Science and with the support of the Pais Foundation for Culture and Arts.

It was created as an evolution of the work "Fermata," originally produced for Curtain Up 2025 (Haramat Masach) under the artistic direction of Maya Brinner and Anat Katz.

Efrat Rubin

A multi-disciplinary artist whose work integrates dance, choreography, painting, and animation. She is a graduate of the Visual Communication Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (B.Des), studied at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, and was awarded the Ministry of Culture Prize for Young Choreographers (2014). For over two decades, Efrat has been developing an artistic language that bridges body movement and visual media, showcasing her work in festivals and galleries both in Israel and abroad. Her projects explore the interface between painting, animation, and video art within the world of dance. Alongside her artistic practice, she is an experienced lecturer and educator in the fields of dance and media, having taught at academic institutions including Bezalel, Sapir College, and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

Efrat Rubin