Description
In 2022, Shahar Binyamini became the first COLOURS Resident Choreographer and used the opportunity to create the initial steps for MORE THAN. After a period of intense reflection and refinement, this seed has blossomed into the piece NEW EARTH, which will have its German premiere at the COLOURS Festival 2025. Back in 2022, Binyamini was still considered a newcomer but found an enthusiastic audience in Stuttgart. Now, having made a name for himself worldwide, he is returning to the city as an internationally established artist.
NEW EARTH explores our deep, innate connection to the Earth in every movement. Before becoming a choreographer, Binyamini studied biology, and his stage is always also a laboratory where he examines the body and its make-up: How much of the animal is still ingrained within us, or are we souls trapped in a shell? How do emotions arise, and what do they change within our bodies? A layer of earth on the stage and the seemingly naked skin of the dancers combine in the generation of images that are almost archaic. Walking upright, these beings search for dignity or twitch in sudden excitement. Yet, in between, they entwine with each other in intense duets to the ancient sounds of strings or drums from the Mediterranean, creating moments of profound closeness. Like so many Israeli choreographers, Shahar Binyamini’s roots lie in the renowned Batsheva Company, and he is a recognized expert in Gaga. Developing on this tradition, he and his dancers seek insights their own bodies.
Duration: approx. 55 minutes no intermission
Age recommendation: from 12 years
Shahar Binyamini's piece “New Earth” is breathtaking when new realities are created through movement. — Kultur-online.net
The large stage is a wide, empty space, the floor covered with reddish, dusty earth that swirls up, blends with the skin-colored costumes and becomes one with four female and three male dancers. The movements grow out of the earth, deep from bent knees or long straddled legs, flowing, creaturely, sensual, primal, the dancers let themselves fall into the drive of the music. — Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung
Shahar Binyamini has achieved a rare connection with these two works: Dance as a form of cognition, as a physically tangible reflection on nature, time and community. With this double production, Bregenzer Frühling not only presented two outstanding pieces, but also an artist whose work sets international standards - powerful, intelligent and profoundly topical. — Vorarlberger Nachrichten
