Love Fire

[Above: Untitiled, Yochai Matos; Video Loop]

Yasmeen Godder's "Love Fire", is performed completely to the soundtrack of well- known classical waltz pieces, ranging from Shostakovich to Strauss. Using her very personal and unique performance language, she responds to the waltzes through a private prism of ideas, with the desire to be moved and charged by it, without judgment. Taking into consideration the cultural and personal distance from this music, a complex and humorous journey evolves on stage dealing with different understandings of what is "romantic". The desire to fall in love, to lose control, to be transformed and taken by passion are explored through bold physicality and bizzare imagery, which give a new twist to stereotypes of male and female identity, and the roles they play within a relationships. At the end the visual artist Yochai Matos, known in Tel-Aviv for his street and gallery works, creates a performative response, perhaps even an intervention, which adds a surprising twist turning the choreography into a large installation on stage.

Duration 65 Minutes

  "Godder's creation are an opportunity to look at a work which has been born out of a long process which never really ends, and continues to be exist on stage and refuses to be fixated. This is an invitation to see an artist with a rare bravery....."Love Fire" is an amazing work". Gitit Ginat, Achbar Hayir Online

"Godder's success story in the last decade needs no explanation....in solo and duet images she exposes teeth of humor, and emotional excitements in the exploration of understanding the concept of Romanticism...The design in which Godder, and the dancer Eran Shanny, is outstandingly beautiful..." Zvi Goren, Habama

"Yasmeen Godder doesn't stop to surprise with  bravery and  great  talent, she does all that her heart  desires...." Ruth Eshel, Ha'aretz

"a complex and touching work and Yasmeen Godder and Eran Shanny are really wonderful. The movement between them is rich and full of detail and they transform on stage to self-defined bodies independent of the definition of a place or reference. Their movement ability turns them into absolute presences. The most beautiful of which is rooted in being at the  present moment."  Anat Zacharia, NRG website

"an invitation to visit the colorful cabaret of the choreographer who butchers her heart and guts out in front of the audience, but this time she does it with lots of humor. Luckily, the same explosive element which characterizes her previous works, received here a place full of air and smart sense of humor". Shelly Kling, Globes

Shortened Critics

"She does whatever she feels like, with daring and great talent." Ruth Eshel, Ha'aretz

"A piece not seeking comfort but rather creating a universe for itself."Rona Kuperboim, Yedioth Aharonoth

"A delightful, smart statement." Shelly Kling, Globes