PHOTO: GADI DAGON
ANIMUS
THE STARTING POINT OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF ANIMUS WAS TRYING TO CONTAIN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION IN A BODY WHICH IS CONSTANTLY SEEKING THE ORDER AND BEAUTY. THE PROCESS BETWEEN THREE PEOPLE ENTERING THE STUDIO BEGINS IN A PERSONAL LANDSCAPE IMAGE OF THE ISRAELI EXPERIENCE, KNEELING UNDER THE MEDITERRANEAN SUN; AN IMAGE OF THE LACK OF COMPASSION, GRINDING TEETH AND PERHAPS A SENSE OF HELPLESSNESS. AS A COUNTER, TO CONTRADICT, AND IT IS UNEXPECTED, THERE IS A SENSE OF OPTIMISM IN TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE, RELAXATION AND COMFORT. THE WORK EXPLORES THE TRIANGLE OF POWER BETWEEN WOMAN, MAN AND WOMAN. LEADING TO A TRIO OF ASYMMETRY OF A SERIES OF TEST VEHICLES CHANGE, DRESS SEMI-OFFICIAL WHICH SLOWLY BECOMES SLOPPY. CONVULSION AND STRUGGLE BETWEEN DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES ON VISIBILITY, FOR MOMENTS LIGHTS THE FLAME OF PASSION, MIRACLES LONELY FEAR OUT OF THE THREE. IN THE BACKGROUND WATCHING THEM FROM THE SIDE, A MUSICIAN, WHICH IS A FOURTH SIDE. PLAYING LIVE AND PULLING THE STRINGS, ALLOWS TIGHTENING THE TENSION BETWEEN THE THREE. THE SOUND WAS CREATED IN CLOSE COLLABORATION IN THE STUDIO, ORI DRUMER OFTEN CAUSES TENSION TO RISE. ABSTRACT MOVEMENT MERGE WITH EVERYDAY GESTURES, THE THREE PERFORMERS ARE ON THE GO AND DEALING WITH THE AMBIVALENT EXTREMES OF LOVE TO LIFE AND DESPAIR OF THEM, CLOSURE AGAINST SOFTENING, POWER VERSUS SUBMISSION.
THREE PEOPLE ARE MEETING IN A FOREIGN SPACE, WITH INTENSIVE MOVEMENTS AND STRONG HEARTBEATS. AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE, THE THIRD SIDE BECOMES THE MATERIAL BETWEEN THE TWO REMAINING. DAILY GESTURES INTEGRATING WITH ABSTRACT MOVEMENTS, THE THREE ARE IN CONSTANT MOVEMENT, COPING WITH AMBIVALENT EXTREMES. LOVE TO LIFE AND DESPAIR FROM THEM, POWER AND SURRENDER, CLOSURE AND SOFTENING.
FROM THE REVIEWS:
"AVIV EVEGUY'S 'ANIMUS' IS A TRIO FOR A MAN AND TWO WOMEN. IT IS A DRAMATIC DANCE THAT TAKES PLACE INSIDE A CLOSED, DARK SPACE IN WHICH THE THREE EXAMINE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM. THERE IS TENSION, COLD VIOLENCE AND A DESIRE TO FORCE SUBMISSION. TO A GREAT DEGREE THIS IS PREDICTABLE AND SO THE MAIN THRUST IS IN THE MOVEMENT SOLUTIONS THAT RANGE BETWEEN EXAGERATED EVERYDAY GESTURES AND VIRTUOSIC DANCE. THE DANCERS SOMETIMES SEEM SPELLBOUND AND MOVE LIKE MARIONETTES, SOMETIMES AS IF FAINTING, THEIR LOOKS UNFOCUSED. IT APPEARS THAT IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS EVEGUY SCREENED METICULOUSLY, AND THE MOVEMENT MATERIAL IS INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY IN THE UNUSUAL ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE DANCERS' BODY PARTS. THE EXECUTION IS EXCELLENT, THE DANCERS FOCUSED, AND THEIR RESTRAINED MOVEMENT PROJECTS TENSION. THIS IS ONE OF EVEGUY'S BEST WORKS" (HAARETZ - ISRAELI DAILY NEWSPAPER)
CREDITS:
CHOREOGRAPHY: AVIV EVEGUY
DANCERS: ALEX SHMURAK, LIMOR MELAMED AVIV EVEGUY
MUSIC: ORI DRUMER
COSTUMES: LIAT BEN SHOSHAN
LIGHTS: SHACHAR MAROM
DURATION: '20 MIN
ANIMUS 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, THE SUZANNE DELLAL CENTER