Storm End Come
Yasmeen Godder (IL)
choreography Yasmeen Godder
artisitc co-direction and dramaturgy Itzik Giuli
with Dalia Chaimsky‚ Shulamit Enosh‚ Tsuf Itschaky‚
Danny Neyman‚ Shani Granot‚ Sara Wilhelmsson
lighting design Omer Sheizaf
sound editing and design Eyal Shindler
costumes Michal Bassad
coproduced by culturescapes‚ Basel (Svizzera)‚ Grand Theatre Groningen‚ Groningen‚ (Olanda)‚
Centro per la Scena Contemporanea‚ Bassano del Grappa‚ (Italia)
Regional Debut
project supported by the Israeli Embassy in Rome
Wednesday May 16‚ 2012
9.00 p.m.
spazio > Teatro Astra
In Storm End Come the performers embark on a journey of fluid and unpredictable mental states that lead them to encounters and interactions in changing environments. In this volatile atmosphere‚ the work reveals a world that looks at the assumption of the “self” as if it were challenged by a basic fear of not existing and turning into someone else‚ alongside the attraction and the alarm raised at the same time by the possibility of transformation.
Yasmeen Godder was born in Jerusalem and moved to New York in 1984. Since 1999‚ she has been living in Jaffa in Israel. Her works have been presented at the Suzanne Dellal Dance Center in Tel Aviv‚ and throughout the world: Lincoln Center Festival in New York‚ at the Tokyo International Festival‚ Hebbel Am Ufer in Berlino‚ The Place Theater in London‚ Montpellier Dance Festival in France‚ Kunstenfestdesarts in Brussels‚ Sydney Opera House and many others. She has received many awards‚ including the Bessie Award in New York. She has performed at DTW‚ The Kitchen and Dancing in the Streets in New York‚ Lab Theater in Jerusalem‚ Curtain Up Festival in Tel-Aviv‚ CND in Paris‚ Les Subsistances in Lyon. She also received the Israeli Ministry of Cultural Affairs “Choreographers Award” in 2001 and in 2003; her company received the Ministry’s award for “Small Ensemble” in 2003 and in 2009. Among her other awards: the Hasia Levy Agron Choreography Prize and Tel-Aviv Municipality’s Rosenblum Prize for “Excellent Artist”. In July 2010‚ she created a site specific work at the Opera Estate Festival Veneto in Bassano del Grappa in Italy. The work was developed into “How to End Storm” (2011)‚ her latest creation in co-production with the Grand Theatre of Groningen‚ Culturscapes in Basel and the Center for the Contemporary Scene in Bassano del Grappa. She has created numerous works‚ including “Green Fields” for the Batsheva Ensemble and “UNDER2” in Berlin‚ co-produced by Sasha Waltz and Guests. “Only for Eran” was commissioned by Kunstfest Weimar GmbH in Weimar‚ and “Karioki Waltzing” commissioned by LES SUBSISTANCES - Laboratoire de création artistique in Lyon.