Hi Absalon,
in the cell,
in Tokyo or Paris?
you scream (at me)
I scream (at you)
we stay apart
we, meaning you
meaning gone
too
fast

With This Gentle Moment, I am creating a duet film for two performers built on the materialization and physicalization of encounters around queer lived experiences. In directing my attention to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, I want to set off on a choreographic reflection on living in and with a pandemic at a time when our society as a whole has been gripped by one anew.

This Gentle Moment is the first of a series of three works that are inspired by visual artists who passed away from HIV/AIDS. As a choreographer, I am negotiating the essence of their artwork from the perspective of contemporary dance. This Gentle Moment is a homage to Meir Eshel Absalon’s work Proposal for a Habitat. We built and inhabited spaces in which we ask for the relationship between queer (social) bodies and places to experiment with isolation and its resonance. (Nitsan Margaliot)

This Gentle Moment is supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.

Dance Theater Performance, Film
  • Fri, January 28, 2022 | 8pmMain Stage

Free Admission

Artistic Director, Choreography and Dance: Nitsan Margaliot | Dance: Eli Cohen | Film Direction and Editing: Dalia Castel | Camera: Michelle Ettlin | Dramaturgy: Juan Corres Benito, Laura Kirshenbaum | Screenplay Advsior: Chelsea Zeffiro | Music: Grégoire Simon | Song Text: Nitsan Margaliot | Voice: Dan Touitou | Costume Design: Eran Shanny | Set Design: Nitsan Margaliot, Gil Shachar, Nevo Bar | Painting: Navot Miller | Technical Direction: Torsten Litschko | Production Management: Uta Engel