PLAYGROUND

Room Dances Festival 2012

Five musicians and five dancers get together, relying on their mutual chemistry and their ability to listen. The musicians, who are accustomed to listening to one another, respond to the dancers, while the dancers are creating on stage in real time, according to the musical atmosphere. This elaborate conversation between the ten participants depends solely on their honesty, generosity and intuition, representing a rich fabric of sound and movement.

About the group

The group was formed in late 2011 by Inbal Shahar, Arthur Krasnobaev and Itamar Gross. They have since been performing regularly at the “The Zone” club in Tel Aviv, and recently also at The Piano Festival at Suzanne Dellal. In their desire to find ways to expand the game, they frequently host other dancers, musicians and directors in their shows, such as Maya Belsitzman, Ariel Cohen, Avi Leibovitz and others.

Participating musicians:

Arthur Krasnobaev – Trumpet (The Apples, AviLeibovich Orchestra)

Itamar Gross – Piano and keyboard (The Groovatron, The Dorbanim)

Yonatan Albalak – Guitar and effects (LayerZ, Marina Maximilian Blumin)

YogevGlusman – Bass (Amir Dadon, Efraim Shamir)

Ron Almog – Drums (AviLeibovich Orchestra, Assaf Amdursky)

Participating dancers:

Inbal Shahar (Barak Marshall, Michal Herman)

Shaked Dagan (Kamuyot Sweden, ShlomiBitton)

Daniel Gal (Batsheva, Idan Cohen)

Shani Tamari (Barak Marshall, Ariel Cohen)

Gavriel Spitzer (Batsheva, Suzanne Dellal Productions)