I wonder-if there had been no war, what dance would have emerged? But there is war, and these are the movements that were created at this time, in this place. We write scripts, look for new ways to tell the reality, here we are the ones who control the situation. Do you feel like the ground is slipping away from under your feet? Then let’s lay down some sand, a sea, and a boat. This ritual, between us-the dancers-and you-the audience-it’s something special, isn’t it?  Here we can sail wherever we want.

Support: Co-produced by MART Foundation, Rabinovich Foundation,
Tel Aviv Municipality, The Ministry of Culture

Tel Aviv-based choreographers Yossi Berg and Oded Graf began collaborating in 2005. They’ve garnered a reputation for boundary-pushing work that is highly physical, poignant, and clever. Berg and Graf toured their productions worldwide (Festival Montpellier Danse, American Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater NYC, DansensHus Stockholm, SIDance South Korea*,* to name but a few) and received several prestigious international awards. They commissioned their works as guest choreographers in numerous dance companies and universities. Yossi & Oded are artistic directors, inventors, researchers, dancers, educators, and mentors; in the last five years Yossi has been leading the Sadna Professional Dance Program Gaaton and Oded has been leading the Curtain Up Dance Festival across Israel between 2020-2024. They received the Israel’s Ministry of Culture Award for Outstanding Choreographers and the Rosenblum Prize for Artistic Excellence in the Performing Arts.