We arrived here shaken. Born this way, you might say. Living within an existential and internal shake that are formed and embodied in the dancing body over and over again. Internal shake and quiver that are re-validated collectively during the last year. From the viewing point of these experiences, I created Oh My Electric Eye, a sci-fi fantasy for three dancers-angels that describes the finite experience that rests within the existential quiver.
We seek grip in a torn and shaken, reversed celestial landscape that lies to our feet. Our bodies are trapped in a dizzying dance, on the verge of falling into black holes that hide in between the stars beneath us. The name of the piece reveals an inner wish: we ask to be located and stabilized by finding an outside facilitator, an electric eye that can track us and re-affirm our grip in the space. The stars become our electric eyes. We pick them from the fallen skies and appropriate them to our bodies. We are not only stabilized for them, but win a magical cyborg entity that glorifies our presence, without alienating the inner quiver, but acknowledging it: It’s here for the better and the worst.
Nira Perry, Saloona:
“…a unique and fascinating show that will stay with you long after curtain down. The choreography is performed beautifully, and transfers the feeling of freedom and something new and un-known approaching…for those who appreciate artistic ambivalence and strong physicality..
Choreography and stage concept: Dana Naim Hafouta
Dancers: Gilly Geva, Yasmin Gariv, Shahr Hanin
Musical editor: Or Taragan in Collaboration with Dana Naim Hafouta
Costumes and styling: Shelly Bormad
Graphics: Micky Matalon, Mootag Studio
Photography and filming: Yoav Trifman, Eyal Refaelov
The piece was developed in the Residency Program of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, in collaboration with the Choreograpers Association.
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