The performance “Between Poetry and Dance” brings together dance and spoken poetry in the space of the exhibition “Between a Kiss and a Fist”. In the space between the spoken word, the visual art piece, and the dancing body, a dialogue will take place between the different media, which are affected by each other and by the exhibition, as they combine into a duet for the stage. The exhibition deals with the range of possibilities that exists in a relationship and with the physical and emotional distance between partners, an emotional range of expressions of intimacy in conjunction with separation and a collapse of the relationship, which bring about pain. The performance will deal with relationships, between people and between different artistic media, and will examine how we can make the best of both the kiss and the fist.
Choreography: Maayan Liebman Sharon
Spoken Poetry: Tchelet Zohar
Dancer and Co-creator: Yulia Mejetskaya
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Elements
In times like these, it seems that the only thing left for us to do is to believe. Believe in the possibility of a better future, and in our power to bring it about. Elements – a selection of performances – will seek to enable art to evoke the beliefs that lie within us, the hope that has been forgotten, and to remind us that the power to survive or to make a change is hidden inside of us. We aim to awaken the desire for connection, for cooperation, for a more beneficial relationship with the environment, and for the power of art to tie all of these together.
With the Elements selection you can visit contemporary art galleries throughout the city and experience dance pieces, performance art, experimental music, choir concerts and more. All of these will combine into a diverse, multifaceted and multi-recipient prayer, which believes in different forms of action that are based on the aspiration for goodness and shared existence.
Exhibition at Koresh 14 | Between a Kiss and a Slap
Artists: Eyal Sasson | Curator: Vered Hadad
The exhibition Between a Kiss and a Slap will look from a retrospective standpoint on relationships and the physical and emotional distance between partners, and the spectrum of intimacy and distance within relationships. The distant yet narrow space between a kiss and a slap, which seem like opposites but are forever linked. The distance, or the space within it, will be the artistic and thematic core of the exhibition.
Eyal Sasson, Kiss, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 60X50 cm. Photo: Avi Amsalem