Playing with Fire
2025
A multidisciplinary dance experience, connecting dancers, an opera singer, and a Shibari rigger in a site-specific house. The piece brings together rope work, group dance, and live music into a complete experience that touches on the intense energy of life and war from an intimate perspective.
From the Piece
From the reviews
“An original and immersive work that transcends the boundaries of dance, steps into the space, and powerfully engages with real life… An artistic experience of high involvement, intellectual depth, and strong emotional resonance… A one-time event… The dancers create moments of breathtaking beauty – some filled with human connection, a sense of togetherness, and moving touch, while others evoke loneliness, struggle, collapse, exhaustion, and pain… It’s clearly painful, and at the same time, so very beautiful"
"Suddenly, the magic begins… It feels like being part of a play… a spellbinding ritual"
“It takes courage to bring to life such a complex project… Fascinating. Evoke a sense… of searching for deep pain that touches a profound point of pleasure”
Ruth Eshel, dance critique, founder of ‘Dance Now’ magazine
From the Process
Performers: Khaveevyah Hercules, Elia Magnezi, Ella Isman-Liwer, Eden Beckerman, Shaked Werner, Gali Davidovich, Tamar Kalimi, Maya Kahanov, Yankalle Filtser
Opera Singer: Anna Vorontsova
Shibari: Alina "Witch Salt" – in collaboration with Morikai Studio
Fire Keeper: Lika Filtser
Dancers of Previous Versions: Shoval Bitton, Yume Takojima, Sofia Levina
Live Painting: Kabaim Studio
Live Tatto: Eitan Goldson and Aviv Summer
Guest Dancers: Hailey David, Yulia Plotkin Oz
Rehearsal Direction and Show Management: Maya Kahanov
Music Production: Ella Lavie
Visual Design: Sofia Levina
Lighting Design: Rotem Elroy
Production Team: Yuli Lakhman, Alumah Fishman, Gal Ben Tov, Gali Davidovich
The piece features a custom made art collection:
Original Photography: David Scouri
Herzl House Artists Collection curated by: Yahel Nevo
Sculpture: Shachar Neuhaus
Painting: Alma Gershuni, Ze'ev Bogomolny, Eitan Goldson, Kabaim Studio
Monoprint: Ariel Gil Greenwald
Photography: Sahar Oren, Nir Hadar
Objects: Shlomi Amar
Metal Sculpture: Yahel and Rami Nevo
"Remnants" Exhibition curated by: Faten Abu Ali and Sara Lauan
Artists: Adina Kraus, Razan Shami, Faten Abu Ali, Tal Dota, Sarah Lauan, Dror Hibsh, Avital Shani
Developed as part of a residency at “Herzl House”
Artistic Direction: Yahel Nevo
Management: Alma Porat
Additional Rehearsal Direction: Shira Ben Uriel
Artistic Consultation: Dafi Altabeb
Additional Production Team: Carmel Bar, Odelia Bar Lev
Helpers: Sarah Imfeld, Hailey David, Maya Miller, Sony Levina, Hadas Ashborn
Shibari Development: Marquis Des Cat, Ollie Cage, Daniel Moreh
Special Thanks to Yahel Nevo, Uzi Golan, and Niros Gallery
Pop Up Version: Back Yard, by WORK OFF ART
Curation: Yaara Sachs
Costume Design: Ella Rubinger
Visual Artists: Pilpeled, Dioz, Always Never, Nir Chohen, Monkey RMG, Always Never, Ziv Ink, Yaara Sachs
Cinema Team: Alina Rumyantseva, Nikola Rabovsky, Katerina Citrin, Levi Lubarsky, Olga Lukina
Also Performed At: Fresh Paint Arts Fair
Curation: Danna Haras
Costume Collaboration: Comme Il Faut
Thumbnail Photo: Sofia Levina
Header Video: Aviad Fuchs
Photography: David Scouri, Hilal Soreq, Daniil Kontorovich, Sofia Levina
Video: Maor Alteras, in collaboration with 'Rafsoda' by Meir Ariel and Patrick Sebag
Process Video: Michael Smirin
Created with the support of the Pais Council for Culture and Arts, and a special grant by the Rabinovich Foundation
היצירה פותחה בתמיכת המועצה לתרבות ואמנות של מפעל הפיס, לצד מענק מיוחד מטעם קרן יהושוע רבינוביץ׳ לאמנויות תל אביב
Thank you, Mom, for keeping the fire.
