Ark/Womb

Created for a collaborative Melaveh Malkah (post Shabbat gathering) performance at the Brandeis Collegiate Institute on the theme of “Achat Sha’alti Me’et Hashem Otah Avakesh - One thing I ask of the Lord, that I shall seek” from Psalm 27.

The grey/silver tendrils in the ark/womb served as extensions, refractions, differentiation from the inner oneness, or could be seen as umbilical cords to the womb of Oneness. Performers - dancers and musicians - interacted with the tendrils, pulling and extending one at a time, prior to performing each element, and all returned tendrils to the ark to close the performance.

Four worlds banners

Created in collaboration with Yoel Sykes of Nava Tehilah, and Yavni Bar-Yam (who designed the beautiful calligraphy), and the BCI participants. We aligned the four worlds of creation (as defined by Kabbalah) with the four elements, and the four directions. These then framed an outdoor dance space for a four worlds improvisational dance.