Dance and Video works: E-sheket/116 Reasons (2016), Heavily Ever after (2019)

By Maayan Liebman-Sharon & Yaara Nirel

45 Minutes

48 Hours

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E-sheket/116 Reasons (2016)

A dance and video piece by Maayan Liebman-Sharon & Yaara Nirel E-sheket/116 Reasons is a collaboration between choreographer Maayan Liebman-Sharon, video artist Yaara Nirel and scientist Prof. Ofra Benny who studied over the past year the synthesis of nanoscience and visual art and created a piece that investigating the point of interface between the technological alienation and the human existential anxiety state. The living body is examined under the lens of microscope – enlarged, duplicated, dismantled and creates a molecular complex world, remarkably close to the chaotic reality in which we live in.

The work was created as a part of the “Nano-art” project, that combines art and nanoscience, initiated by The Jerusalem Municipality, The Hebrew University, Machol Shalem center, Hazira and Maamuta. The piece premiered at Machol Shalem Festival 2016

 

 Heavily Ever after (2019)

A dance and video piece By Maayan Liebman-Sharon & Yaara Nirel Through a duet between a dancer and video screening, the work ‘Heavily Ever After’ looks back at the iconic saying that haunts us – Happily ever after. What actually happens on the day after “ever after”?

Based on the iconic solo “The man I love” by Pina Bausch we look at the gap between fantasy and reality; between the inner will to the expectations of society; and examine which images are so often inserted into our hearts and heads making us embrace this narrative.

The piece premiered in ‘Intimadance’ festival 2019, Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

E-sheket/116 Reasons (2016)
Creators
Maayan Liebman-Sharon & Yaara Nirel
Choreography
Maayan Liebman-Sharon
Video and Space design
Yaara Nirel
Partner and scientific consultant
Prof. Ofra Benny
Dancers
Maya Resheff, Erin Shand
Artistic guidance
Ruby Edelman
Original Music and Sound Editing
Amit Ben-Atar
Music
Terry Riley
Costume Design
Gali Librayder
Photographer
Ido Cohen
Stills photography
Bart Grietens
 Heavily Ever after (2019)
Creators
Maayan Liebman-Sharon & Yaara Nirel
Choreography
Maayan Liebman-Sharon
Video and Space design
Yaara Nirel
Co-dancer
Almog Kidron
Musical soundtrack
Yaara Nirel & Maayan Liebman-Sharon
Artistic guidance
Renana Raz and Ofer Amram
Costume
Reut Shaibe
Lighting Design
Amir Castro
Photographers
Daniel Pakes & Ophir Ben Shimon
Stills photography
David Kaplan, Natasha Shakhnes

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