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
[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
LES SUBSISTANCES Laboratoire de création artistique Lyon FR (Karioki Waltzing) |
October 10-12, 2008 |
A-Genre Festival, Tmuna Theatre Tel-Aviv IL (Karioki Waltzing) |
February 19–20, 2009 |
August 07, 2009 |
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Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
November 27, 2009 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
December 05, 2009 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
December 11, 2009 |
Jerusalem Theatre Jerusalem IL |
December 14, 2009 |
Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel-Aviv IL |
January 26, 2010 |
Festival Pays de Danses, Liege BE |
February 02–03, 2010 |
LA PRIMAVERA DEI DIRITTI Bari IT |
February 18, 2010 |
Haifa University Haifa IL |
March 09, 2010 |
Inbal Theater Tel-Aviv IL |
March 18, 2010 |
de Singel, internationale Kunstcampus Antwerpen BE |
April 21, 2010 |
Inbal Theater Tel-Aviv IL |
April 28, 2010 |
Studio Yasmeen Godder Jaffa Tel-Aviv IL |
May 15, 2010 |
Hebbel am Ufer Theater (HAU1) Berlin DE |
May 19-21, 2010 |
DK Gavella, Zagreb Dance Week |
May 28-29, 2010 |
Studio Yasmeen Godder Jaffa Tel-Aviv IL |
June 5, 2010 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
June 22, 2010 |
Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel-Aviv IL |
November 03, 2010 |
Michael Cacoyannis Foundation Athens GR |
November 27–28, 2010 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
January 12, 2011 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
February 01, 2011 |
February 02, 2011 |
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Spanski Borci Ljubljana SL |
April 04, 2011 |
Belgrade Dance Festival Belgrade RS |
April 07, 2011 |
Bouge B Festival, de Singel Antwerp BE |
April 30, 2011 |
Studio Yasmeen Godder Jaffa Tel-Aviv IL |
May 13, 2011 |
Studio Yasmeen Godder Jaffa Tel-Aviv IL |
June 09, 2011 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
August 03, 2011 |
B-Motion / Opera Estate Festival Bassano Del Grappa IT |
August 27, 2011 |
Dance House Lemesos Lemesos CY |
October 04, 2011 |
White Bird Portland OR, USA |
March 29–31, 2012 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
April 27, 2012 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
August 01, 2012 |
Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, JP |
September 29–30, 2012 |
Dance Triennale Tokyo Tokyo JP |
October 05-07, 2012 |
SIDance Seoul KR |
October 12, 2012 |
Les grandes Traversees Bordeaux, FR |
October 19, 2012 |
Dansens Hus Oslo NO |
November 15, 2012 |
Suzanne Dellal Center Tel-Aviv IL |
June 09 – 10, 2014 |
Credits
Choreography: Yasmeen Godder
Dramaturgy: Itzik Giuli
Creating Performers: Yasmeen Godder, Eran Shanny
Dancing Performers: Yasmeen Godder/Shuli Enosh, Matan Zamir/Matan Daskal
Guest Performer and Live Fluorescent Installation: Yochai Matos
Music: Johann Strauss - The Blue Danube; Jean Sibelius - La valse triste;
Dimitri Shostakovitch- Valse n°2 ;
Arnold Schoenberg- Valse de Chopin from Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21;
Frederic Chopin-Opus 70 in G-flat major;
Pyotr Tchaikovsky- Valse Sentimentale;
Aram Khachaturian- Waltz from Masquerade Suite.
Costumes and Props: Inbal Lieblich, Eran Shanny, Yasmeen Godder
Lightings Designer and Technical Director: Uri Rubinstein
Sound editing and design: Eyal Shindler
Sound Engineer: Oren Cohen
Rehearsals Director: Anat Vaadia
Photography: Tamar Lamm
Administration and International Touring: Guy Hugler
World Premiere: Suzanne Dellal Center, "Curtain Up Festival 2009
European Premiere: February 2010, Théâtre de la Place, Liege, Belgium
Co-Production: Curtain Up Festival 2009, Tel Aviv, Israel, Théâtre de la Place, Liege, Belgium, Hebbel am Ufer,Berlin, Germany
The first part of the creation was commissioned by Les Subsistances , Laboratoire de création artistique ,Lyon, France and Kunstfest Weimar GmbH, Weimar, Germany.