Batsheva Dancers Create Online 2020

Hi there!

 Each season since its inception, dancers from both the Batsheva Dancer Company and the Young Ensemble have had a chance to present new creations in a self-produced performance. This year, in light of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak, the dancers have rallied together to share their work online by initiating the first-ever digitized platform of Batsheva Dancers Create.
 
 In this year’s digital edition, 28 dancers and creators will present works from a large range of disciplines: film, durational live performance, photography, text, interview, interactive performance, and more.
 
 Each day new content will be uploaded to the digital platform including several exclusive world premieres that will be presented throughout the eight day festival. Be sure to check the schedule of events, and to view the gallery. The festival's website will remain active for only a brief period, accordingly. Make sure you don’t miss it!
 
 The workshops are supported for the 17th year by the Michael Sela Fund for the Cultivation of Young Talent, established in 2003
 
 You are invited to explore and enjoy the Batsheva Dancers Create Online 2020 website. It's FREE!

 WHEN: May 15-24, 2020

 28 CREATORS
 
 Sean Howe
 Title: Manifestur
 Directed, conceived, written by: Sean Howe
 Filmed by: César Brodermann
 Music: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (performed by Mitsuko Uchida)
 Format: Video clip
 Length: 4:28
 
 Reches Itzhaki
 Title: There were things over there that reminded me of Heaven
 Music: Meir Ariel/ "Summer Seeds"
 
 Luc Jacobs
 Title: STORY.
 Format: A short film.
 Performed by: Ben Green, Amalia Smith, Chiaki Horita, Kyle Scheurich, Hani Sirkis
 Music: Pablo’’s Eye - Ahead Of Us
 Text by: Luc Jacobs
 
 Title: A CONVERSATION
 Description: A series of conversational episodes ranging between 5 to 10 minute.
 Format: Video
 In collaboration with Yael Benezer.
 Music: Handel, Bach, ..
 
 Cesar Brodermann
 Title: Self Reflection
 Format: A live durational performance, approx 7 hours.
 Live music performed by Jordan Chiolis (New York City)
 
 Title: Are you holding me, or am I holding myself?
 Format: Short Film
 Duration: 11:47
 Music composer: Jordan Chiolis
 Cinematography: Angelo Vasta
 Extra Performers: Kyreed Jordan, Connor Speetjens
 Coloring: Winnie Cheung
 Assistant Director: Sebastian Abarbanell
 
 Title: Self Infinity Poem
 Format: Poem/Text
 Title: Tearing down the edges
 Description: Self Portraits
 Format: Photography/Art Piece
 
 Ohad Mazor
 Title: Flat/A one woman cabaret (Episode 1: Cigarettes)
 Description: A short film inspired by a solo process I started in the beginning of this year. Sometimes while attempting to strip down I find myself hiding under more masks and more noises. An intimate invite to six minutes with me, and not with me, through Myy’s camera.
 
 Music: Heiraten - Greta Keller, Hommage À John Cage - Nam June Paik
 Duration: 6:17
 Filmed, Edited, and Directed by: Myy Jeraffi
 Format: Short Film
 Special thanks: Ben Green
 
 Eri Nakamura
 Title: Grumpy Cat POPO
 Format: Video
 Duration: 3:03
 Description: I started to create short videos on YouTube about every second day, I never thought about making video before but this situation has brought me here ...
 
 Yarden Bareket
 Format: video clip
 Duration: 6:13
 Editing: Yaara Levi
 Music: Sinatra - Send in the Clowns
 
 Format: video clip
 Duration: 5:33
 Music: Dandelion Hands - Rachel's lullaby, Shlomi Shaban - Amok, Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind.
 
 Hani Sirkis
 Title: Spider-man 8
 Music: Milkshake - Kelis (karaoke version)
 Time : 5-6 min
 Format: Video
 
 Yoni Simon & Avigail Shafrir
 Title: Rooftop Fantasy
 Format: Video
 Duration: 3-5 min
 Music: Que Rico Mambo - Perez Prado, Mambo No. 8 - Perez Prado, Mambo del Politecnico (Remastered) - Perez Prado
 
 Federico Longo
 Title: Vissi drag
 Format: Video
 Duration: 3:10
 Music: vissi d’arte “Tosca”
 
 Title: Sempre drag
 Format: Video
 Duration: 2:00
 Music: Sempre Libera “Traviata”
 
 Danai Porat
 Title: A video work by Danai
 Format: Videodance
 Duration: 3:00
 Filming: Adam Porat
 Editing: Guy Barak
 Music: Girafot / "Yesh lo Bachurot kmo Maim"
 Description:
 In my creation process I was thinking a lot about the connection between my womanhood and everything it entails, physically and mentally, to my emotional state in this time while trying to maintain my happiness and not take myself too seriously.
 
 Shaked Werner and Alma Karvat Shemesh - A Joint Project
 Title: Delivery Guy
 Format: 24 h. Multiple live streams+ video showing.
 Duration: Creation process lasting 24h. The video screening of the creations will be depend on the amount of creations and their durations.
 Description: In a game concept each participant will throw game cubes on a game board (*rules of the game will be explained in further details in an additional document that is brought to his/her house by a delivery guy) to decide how the creation in this project will be, when he/she will go live to create, how long can it take to film it, and the location of filming (all locations are random rooms that every house has such as the toilet, kitchen, bathroom etc.). The delivery guy will also give each participant a box containing his/her reference for creation but which he/she can only open at the moment of going live (*also further explained in an additional document). Each participant then goes live at the alloted hour and films the creation process that he/she drew, for the duration that they drew. For the final showing all participants send their finished videos to an editor, who will edit all of the pieces together for one final video showing all the creations during this project.
 
 Guy Davidson
 Title: a solo for Roni.
 Format: a live creation process.
 Duration: approximately 30-45 minutes but subject to change.
 Description: a live creation process of a solo for one dancer (Roni Milatin).
 Music:
 Option 1: by Mike Vainio- "Set the Controls to the Heart of the Sun".
 Option 2: Travis Scott- "I can tell".
 
 Title: a solo for 4.
 Format: a live creation process of a "chain" solo with four dancers.
 Duration: approximately an hour but subject to change.
 Description: My ambition was to put aside ideas that I had for real life creations, and just enjoy the movement and uniqueness of the dancers I picked. The goal is to create one solo alternating between the 4 dancers, so starting to work with one of them, creating a few phrases of movement and continuing with another. When the dancers are not working one on one with the creator they're still learning the material so that they all know the whole solo. Towards the end of the livestream each dancer will perform the solo once. Participating Dancers: Kyle Sheurich, Tom Nissim, Gianni Notarnicola and Ido Toledano.
 Music: Travis scott ft. Kendrick lamar "goosebumps" (written by travis scott and kendrick lamar, produced by mike dean)
 
 Title: Overthinking Emotions
 Format: drawing.
 Drawn by: Eve Davidson (creator's mother).
 
 Alma Karvat Shemesh
 Title: (temporary) a video artwork by Alma
 Format: videodance
 Duration: 5 minutes.
 Filmed and edited by: Gavriel Schneider
 Music: original music by Avshalom Meidan
 
 Title: Text by Alma Karvat Shemesh
 Description: Thoughts about this period in time.
 
 Gianni Notarnicola
 Title: Lacrimosa.
 Format: video artwork.
 Length: 5-10 minutes approx.
 Description:
 It is inspired from my true story of unspoken unexpressed emotions of suffering and anger... There’s an uncontrollable system deep inside that contains those feelings and leaves them trapped in my soul.
 Like the lacrimosa of Mozart, the lacrimosa Virgin Mary and all the other figures from our history that were in despair and pain, I'm experiencing in this process how to engage all my body physically and emotionally into those common feelings that embrace our lives.
 
 Music: "Elation" written and performed by Aldous Harding, and produced by John Parish.
 
 Gallery artwork:
 No title.
 Format: 5 paintings.
 Drawn/painted by: Adva Eskenasy
 
 Tom Nissim
 Title:
 Format: videowork
 Length: 3:03
 Music: "I get along without you very well" by Chen Baker.
 
 Title:
 Format: videowork
 Duration: 3:49
 Music: "La noche de mi amor" by Chavela Vargas.
 
 Imre Van Opstal
 Title: ‘Weight’
 Length: approx 3 min
 Format: Video
 
 Title: ‘Wanderlust’
 Length: 3:10
 Format: Video
 Music : A.M Beef ( is copyright free, its a friend of mine)
 Description: Approaching ‘home’ as if it were a new and exhilarating place, feeling some of the same wonder we would normally feel being on the road. Appreciating the little things when wandering around in your neighborhood or in your own imagination.
 Created by
 Myrthe van Opstal
 Imre van Opstal
 Marne van Opstal
 Xanthe van Opstal
 Edited by Imre van Opstal
 
 Etay Axelroad
 Title:
 Format: Photography Piece/Gallery
 
 Roni Milatin
 Title: a video artwork by Roni.
 Format: video artwork.
 Duration: 6-7 minutes.
 Performers: Roni Milatin and Naomi Kats.
 Filmed and edited by: Roni Milatin and Naomi Kats.
 Music: Ploughing- Armand Amar, No drums - Tim Hecker, Lullaby- Jocelyn Pook
 Description:
 A letter to you my prison, when I cry, I go to your house and pray.
 
 Title: a collaborative gallery artwork
 Format: 2-3 artworks.
 Description: a collaboration with an artist (also the creator's friend) - Omer shachar.
 
 Nitzan Ressler & Maayan Sheinfeld
 Title: Dancers Talk
 Format: Video series
 Description: We asked people what they would like to know about Batsheva dancers and dance in general. In each episode, the dancers engage with a different set of questions and share their thoughts and perspectives.
 
 Amalia Smith
 Title: @telavivcottonninja
 Format: Gallery art piece
 Description: During the lockdown when shops were closed, my mother sent me fabrics from Canada that she inherited from my grandmother. Putting to use something that would otherwise be in storage to help others kept me fueled during the Corona period.
 
 Igor Ptashenchuck
 Title: Me Roar
 Format: Video
 Duration: 1:50
 Music: Komet - Licht
 
 Title: Easy Wealth
 Format: Video
 Duration: 2:43
 Description: Love in the early morning.
 Music: Tomer Bar - Fantasy
 
 Title:
 Format: Video
 Duration: 4-5 minutes
 Music: Ajar - Boom Boom
 
 Chun Woong Kim
 Title: Universe in me.
 Co Created with: HeeEun Jeong
 Duration: 4 minutes
 Format: Video
 Music: Mint Park
 
 Matan Cohen
 
 Gil Amishai
 
 Kyle Scheurich
 Title:
 Format: Live DJ Set
 
 You are invited to explore and enjoy the Batsheva Dancers Create Online 2020 website.

 Best,
 Talma

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