More than Human

The wondrous human body, with its elaborate systems, depends on them to exist. The human soul, on the other hand, is limitless. It keeps growing, and love to it, is like water. When we look at our love to another, we understand what infinity is. We encounter on a daily basis the fragility of the body. For a brief moment, not long ago, we stood in front of this fragility together. What happens when a crack in the bodily systems meets the endless love of our dear ones. Can this love create openings of light where only darkness seems to appear and poor this light into the cells themselves

Premiered in 2022 at Habima, The National Theater, Tel Aviv. Represented Israel in Busan International Dance Festival, S.Korea

For the first time in history the entire world was facing the same fragility at the same time. Everyone was concerned about not being able to breathe.” (Kwon Mee-yoo, The Korea Times)

“A journey into the human spirit and the magical points of light within.” “The meeting of the tangible and the abstract is original, fascinating and compelling.” “A soul who knows that love for another is infinite.” (Nira Perry, Saloona)

Oded trained as a dancer at The Laban Center, Bodyworks and The Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance (UK), before dancing for Dimitris Papaioannou (Greece), CeDeCe Dance Company (Portugal), Kolben Dance Company and Fresco Dance Company (Israel). Oded has also danced for projects by Ana Lujan Sanchez (UK) & Elena Christodoulidou (Cyprus). Currently Oded dances in his own works. Oded is a member of the Israeli Choreographers Association, and produces his independent works with his own Tel Aviv based project company.

Oded has created in Israel for Jerusalem Ballet, The Bloomfield Science Museum, IntimaDance Festival, Kolben Dance Company and Tmuna International Festival. Abroad Oded made works for West Australia Academy of Performing Arts, Ochre Dance Company, STRUT (Australia), XPATS International Project (Switzerland, The Netherlands), Albania Dance Theatre (Albania), Estancias Coreograficas (Spain), Malta Festival 2018 – Opening Ceremony (Malta), Transitions Dance Company (London, UK), Plauen Zwickau Ballet (Germany) and Ghana National Dance Company, The Great African Heritage Ensemble and the Ghana Dance Ensemble (Ghana)

Oded’s works have been performed in Israel, South Korea, Australia, Albania, Kosovo, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta, Spain, the UK, Germany and Ghana.
 

Oded is supported by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and regularly supported be the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has received grants from The Tel Aviv Municipalit, The Rabinovich fund and West Australia Department of Culture and the Arts

Imagery in Motion (I.M) is Oded’s choreography and performance practice based on imagery.

Oded has taught this method In Israel at the Vertigo Dance Company Workshop, Jerusalem Ballet, KCDC training program and Jerusalem Dance Academy. Abroad he’s taught at Sydney Dance Company PPY, Queensland University of Technology, STRUT Dance, Ausdance QLD, Stephanie Lake Company, The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Australia), Urbanity Dance Company (USA), Aurinko Baletti (Finland), Dolgushin Classical Ballet School (Russia), Trinity Laban, The Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance and The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (UK), HfMDK and Plauen Zwickau Ballet (Germany), Egomio Cultural Centre (Cyprus), The University of Malta (Malta), Estancias Coreograficas (Spain) and The University of Ghana (Ghana).

Choreography Oded Ronen
Dancers Ligal Melamed, Neta Nevo, Tav Zfania & Oded Ronen
Original Music Ronen Kozokaro, Amitai Aricha & Oded Ronen
Soundtrack Ronen Kozokaro
Additional Music Kishi Bashi & Max Richter
Lighting design Ofer Lachish
Costume design Mali Aviv 
Set design Ehpraim Ronen & Oded Ronen
Video Aviad Fuchs