“Shout Aloud” is a distinctive collaboration between choreographer Yasmeen Godder and singer Dikla, a renowned figure in Israel’s Middle Eastern pop scene. “Shout Aloud’‘ draws inspiration from Dikla’s influential seminal album “Ahava Musica” released in 2000. The album introduced her unapologetic, raspy, and deep voice on a journey through personal lyrics dealing with intimacy, relationships, longing, loneliness, and fantasy. Given its unique mix of influences ranging from classical Arabic music, energetic dance electronics, and experimental
rock, it stood out and challenged the context of Israeli music at that time. Since then, the album stayed relevant and poignant while the social polarization in Israel has become more intense and violent
In “Shout Aloud’ Godder employs her highly detailed and complexly idiosyncratic, playful, and raw physical language to research themes of endurance and resistance through the female perspective. Dealing with personal and communal endurance, mental and social transformation rituals, and the excavation of internal resources to create strong female co-resistance.
Yasmeen Godder was born in Jerusalem and raised in New York City. Godder moved back to Israel in 1999 and has been based in Jaffa since. Her work has received both local and international acclaim and prizes. In recent years, her work focuses on the audience’s experience, re-defining the emotional and physical “meeting” that happens in a performative setting. Her company has two community projects: “Moving Communities”- weekly dance classes for people living with Parkinson’s disease, and “Na’ot Ma’Ba’ad” (Moving Together) dance workshops which bring together Arab and Jewish women, to create a joint, bilingual, and safe space for connection.
Concept, Choreography and Direction: Yasmeen Godder
Lyrics, Composition and Singer: Dikla
Dramaturgy: Itzik Giuli
Dancers: Tamar Kisch, Inbal Aloni, Anat Vaadia, Dor Frank, Nur Garabli, Mor Demer, Ilana Sarah Claire Bellahsen, Ofir Yannai
Second cast: Yael Wachman
Musicians:
Keyboard and computer: Or Kudai
Drums: Yarden Biton
Guitars: Michael Meital
Guitar, Baglama, Oud, Bouzouki: Shauli Izhak
Ney, EWI: Mattan Goldman
Darbuka: Ariel Abitbul
Production Manager: Omer Alsheich
Company Manager and Administration: Zohar Eshel-Acco
Stage: Ofer Laufer
Lights: Nadav Barnea
Costumes and Styling : Shahar Avnet
Costume Consultant : Eran Shanny
Animation and Video: Yoav Brill
Musical Production: Tom Elbaz
Rehearsal Director: Einat Betsalel
Assistant for Movement Materials: Tamar Kisch
Sound Director: Orgad Marciano
Hair and Make-up: Shimon Shoshan
Photographer Name : Birgit Hupfeld
Dramaturgy Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt: Anna Wagner
Production Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt: Katja Armknecht
“Shout Aloud” is a production by Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Schauspiel Frankfurt and Yasmeen Godder Company. Coproduced by HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden. Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media) and the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain. The Yasmeen Godder Company is supported by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Israeli Lottery Council for Culture, and the Tel Aviv Council.
Special thanks to Etty & Michael Kenny, the Israeli Opera – Zach Granit and Suzanne Dellal Centre for their support
