Itzik Galili
Casualties of Memory is an intense work by Itzik Galili that celebrates gender balance and equality through physical, sensual and percussive dance, driven by a striking collective energy.
The opening image of Itzik Galili's latest work overturns traditional social notions of Western patriarchy. Men and women should not be considered separate beings. Galili creates a sensual environment in which man supports woman, woman supports man, allowing each to maintain a fragile balance, a perfect arrangement. They know… They will be there for each other. In absolute symbiosis, a passionate energy emerges from the dancers, as well as from the captivating percussion produced by the Grand Brothers' darbuka drums and percussionist Joseph Khoury. This blend of dance movements, both ethnic and contemporary, brimming with curvilinear and visceral power, underscores gender equality. Woman as man, man as woman. A choreography that pushes the dancers' physical limits. At that moment, the soul collides and the mind forgets, if only for a moment, that there are differences between us.
"One might almost have expected them to break at times, so contrary did the figures imposed by the choreographer seem to the nature of the human body. A huge round of applause, therefore, to the 14 members of the troupe, who displayed incredible flexibility, balance, and endurance."
- Steve Bergeron, La Tribune (Sherbrooke, Canada)
2018
year of creation
35
minutes
12
dancers
Choreography Itzik Galili
Music Les Frères Grand with the participation of percussionist Joseph Khoury
Lighting design Itzik Galili
Lighting technician Daniel Ranger
Costume design Itzik Galili
Costume manufacture Anne-Marie Veevaete
World premiere Boston, USA, February 2018
Duration 35 minutes
