An original production for the International Writers Festival at Mishkenot Sha’ananim
A multidisciplinary project bringing together text, music, and space, created in collaboration between the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and the Mishkenot Sha’ananim Center for Culture. The performance features students of composition, instrumental performance, vocal studies, and dance, who were invited to a unique residency at Mishkenot Sha’ananim to develop a shared creative process.
The audience is invited to wander through the distinctive spaces of Yael Garden and encounter live ensembles of musicians, singers, and dancers performing in site-specific work based on and inspired by the poetry of Dan Pagis. Like Leah Goldberg, who wrote in 1939 that “the role of poetry is to remind us that we are still human”—especially in times of war—Pagis, too, saw the act of maintaining humanity in the face of darkness as “an art beyond all others.” This perspective feels especially resonant today, and aligns with the festival’s central theme this year: Hope.
The event is supported by the Abraham and Shlomo Kaplan Fund for the Creation of Beautiful Music
Participants:
Musical Guidance: Prof. Michael Klinghoffer and Prof. Zvi Semel
Dancers Guidance: Sigal Bergman, Shlomit Fundaminsky
Composers Guidance: Dr. Yair Klartag
Stage Direction: Dr. Yaeli Greenblat
Producion: Roy-Dan Zeevi
Composers: Ori Beiser, Alon Lifshitz, Ariel Berry, Boaz Dorot, Noam Bartov, Saar Raifen, Amit Cohen Sela, Rony Bachaldin, Shay Znati
Musicians: Avner Emanuel Bach - Recorder, Ofer Brada - Saxophone, Eitan Shemesh - Violin, Anna Abitbol - Violin, Binyamin Stern - Cello, Jenny Gerchikov - Violin, Daniel Cavari - Cello, Moshe Ben Shimon - Clarinet, Noga Abbo - Oboe, Nadav Ram - Percussion
Singers: Alina Zlatopolski - Mezzo-Soprano, Liron Givoni - Soprano, May Azagi - Soprano, Nofar Hurwitz - Mezzo-Soprano, Nur Amer - Soprano, Sireen Tarboush - Soprano
Dancers: Mika Peleg, Bar Itamari, Yuval gov, Tal Fink, Alma Zilberman schonwald, Maayan
lev rose, Alona Kasher, Carmel Hcohen, Shaked sonnenfeld, Gabriella Davydov
