A G A D A
AGADA (Hebrew: tale) is derived from the Hebrew song 'Japanese legend’, written by Ehud Menor and composed by Ariel Zilber. Tales and legends possess myriad characteristics that resonate with human experience. Often featuring archetypal characters, fantastical settings, and moral lessons, they transcend time and culture. Their enduring appeal lies in their ability to captivate the imagination, evoke emotion, and convey timeless truths. Whether transmitted orally, in written form, or through multimedia adaptations, tales continue to shape our collective consciousness and inform our understanding of the world. In today's fast-paced, interconnected world, these narratives serve as anchors, providing solace, inspiration, and guidance amidst the complexities of modern life. From fairy tales teaching resilience to epic myths exploring the human condition, the power of tales and legends endures as a vital element of our existence, reminding us of our shared humanity and the timeless quest for meaning.
Choreography: Rotem Weissman
Performers: Raz Mantell, Jin Lee, Ariel Hayun, Ruby Frances Jones, Susanna Ylikoski / Lena Klink.
Dramaturgy: Zuki Ringart
Music Editing: Roi Becker
Lighting Design: Oded Komemi
Duration: 40 minutes
Premiere: Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin, 2022. Further performances at Dock11 during the Blank Check Festival (Berlin) and Habait Theater (Tel Aviv–Jaffa) in August 2022.
PRISMA
Piece for young audience 6+
The pop-up dance performance PRISMA by Choreographer Rotem Weissman, takes three popular children's books and brings them to life. Concrete figures, images and stories become abstract movement qualities and fantastic beings that constantly transform themselves. The stories merge into a world that is mysterious, humorous, lively, unexpected and doesn't seem to follow any logic. The piece invites you to follow your own imaginative creativity instead of searching for the one right meaning. Like a prism breaking white light into the colors of a rainbow, the piece celebrates a colorful diversity of perspectives.
Choreography: Rotem Weissman
Dance: Rotem Weissman, Shay Kukui, Susanna Yilkoski
Concept: Rotem Weissman, Jin Lee, Jihun Choi
Original Music: Tai Rona
Costumes: U.Kaiju and Han Lai
Dramaturgy: Susanne Schneider
Artistic support: Ceren Oran
Press photos: Mehmet Vanli
Tanznetz.de: “...sophisticated, expressive, dynamic and wittily choreography by Rotem Weissman, captivates the
audience with imagination, acting, and versatility...”
Duration : 45 min
Production: Fokus Tanz | Explore Dance
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A Concerto for Dancer and Drummer
The piece is a concerto for two soloists - a dancer and a drummer. focuses on two relationships at the same time: the relationship between dance and drums and the relationship between dance and conduction. As in any concerto, the orchestra accompanies the soloists and sometimes becomes the soloist itself.
Choreography and Dance: Rotem Weissman
Composition and Conducting: Keren Kagarlitsky
Drums: Gal Hochberg
Collaboration: Symphonette Raanana
Photography: Eli Calacuda
Duration: 15 minutes
Premiere: 2022
UNDER
Choreographer Rotem Weissman and the performer Márton Gláser collaborate for a solo work that explores the complex tie between control and influence. The performer invites the audience into a shared experience, using gestures that command attention yet remain inviting and inclusive. These movements strike a delicate balance between intimacy and authority, drawing viewers into the performer’s world and demonstrating how deliberate motion shapes perception and experience.
The performer delves into the desire to control and direct the audience through everyday gestures, transforming mundane actions into meaningful communication. The work involves invitations, commands, and moments of confusion interwoven with humor, attentive listening, and engagement, exploring deeply the essence of human interaction and the subtleties of influence.The dramaturgy is structured around a predetermined score, yet allows the performer freedom in decisions and responses, blurring the lines between control and participation.
The Dance
In The Dance, four performers—an actress, a musician, a choreographer, and a dancer—converge to navigate the delicate boundary between losing and being lost. This multidisciplinary piece draws inspiration from three villanelle-structured poems: "The Dance" by Israeli poet Dori Manor, "One Art" by American poet Elizabeth Bishop, and "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The repetitive nature of the villanelle form mirrors the performers' exploration of confinement and the human desire to delve into the unknown.
Concept, Direction, and Choreography: Naama Manor, Rotem Weissman
Performers: Naama Manor, Rotem Weissman, Raz Mantell, Roi Becker
Original Music Composition: Roi Becker
Lighting Design: Oded Komemi
Production: Shahar Sharit Sharshuv
Residency: Arava Community Cultural Center
Photography: Eli Calacuda
Duration: 50 minutes
Premiere: August 2023 at Habait Theater, Tel Aviv, Israel
Support: Israeli Lottery Council for Culture and Arts
"Goddesses farewell, I shall see the shade you became" 2022
This piece inspired by the “Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun". The work refers to the iconic references drawn from the poem of Stéphane Mallarmé, the music of the composer Claude Debussy, and the ballet of Nijinsky. The dancers celebrate nostalgia and history, instincts, sexuality, fantasy and breaks perceptions regarding the historical impact that Nijinsky's work from 1912 caused. the nymphs and the fauns integrate into each other to celebrate passion, an imaginary landscape, an aesthetic world, a movement treasure that communicates in spirit with the three works.
Choreography: Rotem Weissman
Dancers: Ella Gill, Ela Pollak, Ziv Besor, Amit Zaretsky
Original Music: Tai Rona
Rehearsal Director: Melenie Barson
Photography: Yair Meyuhas and Doron Horwitz.
Duration: 20 minutes
Premiere: Curtain Up Project 2022
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Dancers: Amit Landau, Tamar Rosenzweig and Rotem Weissman