debbie, 2022
Everything is far
and long gone by.
I think that the star
glittering above me
has been dead for a million years.
I think there were tears
in the car I heard pass
and something terrible was said.
A clock has stopped striking in the house
across the road...
When did it start?...
I would like to step out of my heart
an go walking beneath the enormous sky.
I would like to pray.
And surely of all the stars that perished
long ago,
one still exists.
I think that I know
which one it is--
which one, at the end of its beam in the sky,
stands like a white city...
- Rainer Maria Rilke, The Lament
DEBBIE is a multimedia performance featuring 8 artists, including four dancers, an opera singer, a cellist, a sculptor and the creators. It is a world that merges movement, music, cinema, and poetry. A series of vignettes residing in a vast desert space, a long road stretching from one place to the next. The inhabitants of this world deal with questions of belief and belonging as they search for freedom between the boundaries of loneliness and solitude.
Created by Ben Green & Myy Jeraffi.
Directed, filmed and edited by Myy Jeraffi
Choreographed by Ben Green in collaboration with the performers.
Performers:Ben Green, Shir Levi, Roni Rahamim, Inbar Livne, Romi Kopelman, Reika Shirasaka. Original text by Shir Levi / Sculpture by Ortal Barel / Costume and prop design by Myy Jeraffi / Original music and vocals by Inbar Livne & Romi Kopelman.
Performance photos by Ascaf (@ascaf)
Premiered as part of the Batsheva Dancers Create BABYLON evening and was expanded for the premier at the CCA Tel Aviv.
PARADISE, 2020
Paradise Motel lies on the stretch of desert road that runs between Vegas and LA. It is an obscure getaway, where memories dictate the time of day. For Alex, Julia, Sylvia and Jino, checking-in to the Paradise means stepping into a world where each character arrives to face their deepest fears and fantasies. Inspired by the Hollywood western, an emblem of the home-scape of creators Ben Green and Myy Jeraffi, Paradise is also a deep subconscious dive into the wild underbelly of this seemingly barren land.
Created by Ben Green & Myy Jeraffi
Directed, filmed and edited by Myy Jeraffi
Choreographed by Ben Green in collaboration with the performers. Performers: Chiaki Horita, Ohad Mazor, Shir Levi, Igor Ptashenchuk.
Created for the Batsheva Dancers Create Online event.
