'EUPHORIA, A TEMPORARY NAME' CAME AS A NEED, OUT OF THE DAILY LIFE IN JERUSALEM,ISRAEL. IN A REALITY WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN ESCAPE FROM THE CHASE OF THE EVENTS ; HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU FELT EUPHORIA? HOW IS IT FEELS WITHIN AND OUT THE PHYSICAL BODY? ; HAVE YOU EVER FELT THE JOY OF THE BODY AND THE SOUL AND FELT PIECE WITH DREARINESS OF LIFE?

THIS IS A DANCE FOR TWO FEMALE DANCERS WHICH CREATED FOR AN INTIMATE SPACE WITH A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE.

THE AUDIENCE SITS CLOSE TO THE DANCERS CAN FEEL THE VIBRATION, EMOTION AND THE BODY MOVEMENTS; APPROACH THE COUNTIES OF DESIRE AND DISAPPOINTMENT. THE AUDIENCE MOVE ALONG WITH THE DANCERS TO THE BORDER BETWEEN DULL AND EUPHORIA.
THE PERFORMERS ARE BUSY TRYING REPEATEDLY TO FEEL THEIR BODIES IN A MAXIMUM RANGE, OUT OF A DESIRE TO REACH EVER ANOTHER MOMENTARY EUPHORIA, AND FOR MOMENTS TO TRY AND CONTAIN THE USUAL AND FAMILIAR.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS, WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE OF ROUTINE GRAYNESS OF OUR PRIVATE LIVES. WE DEALT WITH QUESTIONS OF ESCAPE FROM THE ROUTINE, AND THE EFFORT TO FILL OUR LIVES IN MOMENTS OF EXCITEMENT, FULFILLMENT AND FILL EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES WITH MEANING.
THE DANCERS WERE ASKED TO HAVE A PERSONAL AND DEMANDING PROCESS AND NOTICE DETAILS IN THEIR DAILY LIFE OF 'ROUTINE' AND 'GRAYNESS'. WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THE MOVEMENT AND THE BODY IN A STATE OF LONGING FOR EXCITEMENT, THE EXPERIENCE OF A SENSE OF FULFILLMENT AND FULLNESS. ON THE OTHER HAND WE'VE EXAMINED THE EXPERIENCE OF UNCERTAINTY, HOPELESSNESS, A FEELING THAT EVOKES THE QUESTION OF OUR EXISTENCE HERE, WHICH APPEARS FROM TIME TO TIME IN OUR LIVES.
OUT OF THE PHYSICAL MEMORY WE HAVE BUILT MOVEMENT PHRASES AND SCENES. THE RESULT IS TRANSFERRING THESE PHRASES INTO AN ABSTRACT MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE DANCERS ARE STILL STRIVING TO EXPERIENCE FEELINGS OF ELATION, JOY, EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM WITH GREAT FORCE, AT THE END OF WHICH THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE PATH AGAIN, TO FEEL EACH OTHER BODY, BEING PRESENT AND THEIR OWN BODY.

WITH THE DANCERS APPEARS ON STAGE THE MUSICIAN AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST ORI DRUMER, PLAYING LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC. IN ADDITION TO THE MUSIC ORI COMPOSED HE MANUALLY RUN THE LIGHTING, TO EXPOSE THE AUDIENCE TO THE PROCESS OF ABSTRACTION OF THEATRICAL ELEMENTS CHANGES, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN THE DANCERS.


'EUPHORIA, A TEMPORARY NAME' WAS CREATED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORTS, DIRECTOR OF CULTURE - DEPARTMENT OF DANCE, CULTURE AND THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY, TEVA, RABINOVITCH FOUNDATION

DANCERS AND CO-CREATORS: NOAH ROSENTHAL, REUT SHATZ

RECORDED AND LIVE MUSIC: ORI DRUMER
LIGHTING: SHAHAR MAROM
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR: NOA ROSENTHAL
COSTUMES: SHANI COHEN
PRODUCER: ILAN CHAIM FRIEDMAN

DURATION: 45 MINUTES

NUMBER OF DANCERS: TWO + MUSICIAN

MINIMUM STAGE SIZE: 5 * 5 WITH THE OPTION TO SEAT 80 PEOPLE AROUND ONE. THE PERFORMANCE IS DELIBERATE ACT OF INTIMATE SPACES TO WHICH THE AUDIENCE SITS AROUND THE PERFORMERS.