Suzanne Dellal Centre
Fri. 28.5.10 {22:00}
Choreography: Barak Marshall
Music:Taraf de Haidouk, Balkan Beat Box, The Yiddish Radio Project, Margalit Oved, Shye Ben Tzur, Shandor, Handel, Goran Bregovic, Verdi, Frank London, Terry Hall, Ray Noble.
Costumes: Maor Zabar
Lights: Jacov Beressy
Dancers: Arthur Astman, Ilana Bellahsen, Shani Badichi, Ariel Cohen, Zachi Cohen, Einat Gantz,
Yoav Grinberg, Inbar Nemirovsky, Liron Ozeri, Shani Tamari
A physical-theatre work for 10 dancers. The language of MONGER is theatrical, physical, sharp, fast and contains ethnic-contemporary motifs.
MONGER explores the dynamics of hierarchy, power, dignity and the compromises one makes in order to survive.
The piece’s narrative structure is drawn from several sources including the life and work of Bruno Shultz, Jean Genet’s play “The Maids” and Robert Altman’s film “GosfordPark”.
World premiere: First performed October 24 at Suzanne Dellal Centre
Barak Marshall | Choreographer
Marshall established his place in the Israeli dance world with his first work Aunt Leah, which won first prize in Suzanne Dellal's 1995 Shades of Dance Competition. His work Emma Goldman's Wedding received the first prize at the 1998 Bagnolet Competition in Paris. He also received the Bonnie Byrd Award for New Choreography and the ADAMI Award. He created Shoshana's Balcony for Suzanne Dellal's evening “Dance Scene”, which premiered at the 1998 Israel Festival in Jerusalem. Emma Goldman's Wedding, which he created for the 1997 Curtain-Up Festival, toured throughout Europe as part of Israel's 50th anniversary celebrations.
n 1999, Ohad Naharin, Artistic Director of the Batsheva Dance Company, invited Marshall to become house choreographer for both Batsheva's senior and junior companies. In 2001 he returned to Los Angeles where he lectures at UCLA . Over the past few years, Marshall has returned to Israel to perform as a singer including performances with Margalit Oved and the internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The composers Yuval Ron and Ariel Blumenthal created music pieces which he sang with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Orchestra. Marshall also runs the program Bridge: Choreographic Dialogues, which was initiated by Miki Yerushalmi, chair of the Tel Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership in cooperation with the Suzanne Dellal Centre, the UCLACenter for Intercultural Performance and the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures. Marshall studied Social Theory and Philosophy at HarvardUniversity. He created Monger at the International Tel Aviv Dance Festival 2008.