4+4 Days in Motion Festival

Choreographed and performed by

Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor

Inspired by

Liat Dror a Nir Ben Gal (1990): The Third Dance

Rehearsal manager & adviso

Yael Venezia, Melanie Berson

Artistic consultant

Keren Levi

Light Design

Rotem Elroy

Still photos

Efrat Mazor  

Music

Gustav Mahler, Elton John, Steve Harley, Alphaville

Performance lenght

60min

English friendly

 

Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor, partners in art and life, are returning to Prague for the third time to broach extremely personal subjects. Their "Third Dance is willing to risk everything", to quote a critic. Fifteen years of working and living together have led them to a reflection on love, immortality and the personal need of recognition. Romantic dance gestures, Mahler's sentimental music and a basket of flowers are some of the cliches which comment on their shared artistic past, the "show" which binds them together. In a space as open as possible and a close proximity to the audience, the compassionate gestures of their mature bodies reveal their personal histories as well as the truth about time and love.

The Third Dance is inspired by an eponymous choreography created by a pair of prominent Israeli choreographers, Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal in 1990. It is the second remake of a famous choreography which Niv and Oren subject to artistic contemplation (the first one was A Two-Room Apartment from 1987). Thirty years ago, choreographers Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal defined certain characteristics which still remain iconic features of Israeli dance today. Niv and Oren explore these characteristics from their own contemporary viewpoint.

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Photo: Efrat Mazor
Photo: Efrat Mazor
Photo: Efrat Mazor
Photo: Efrat Mazor
Photo: Efrat Mazor

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