This work is simultaneously a request and a question: can we return to love? Through movement, dance, and by reconnecting with our safe spaces—those places that were harmed during the Nova Festival on October 7th. The piece was born from the documentation of three kidnapped individuals and features three dancers, but it does not recreate the events. Instead, it explores the possibility of returning to love, hope, and connection in a post-traumatic space. It oscillates between the personal and the collective, between memory and the act of renewal, offering a moment of listening, movement, and introspection. The experience occurs within a circular space of three hundred sixty degrees, where the viewer is present at the center of the experience, not as a spectator, but as an active participant. This is a call for our society to unite in order to grow, heal, and rediscover joy and faith: Return to love.
Ishai Karasenti is a choreographer and dancer who has performed with the Israeli Ballet, Suzanne Dellal, the Israeli Opera, and Itzik Galili’s company. Since 2017, he has embarked on a journey as an independent creator both in Israel and internationally. His works have been showcased at various festivals in Israel, including the Curtain Up Festival, Jaffa to Agripas, and the Fringe Festival. He received support from the Independent Creators Fund of the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the “Committee for Encouraging Creation,” and the Rabinovich Fund—Tel Aviv Municipality. He has also been awarded the “Come on Time” grant. Ishai works regularly as an independent creator with the National Ballet of Novi Sad, Serbia, and the Academy in Belgrade, and serves as a judge in international competitions in Italy, Bologna. His works integrate awareness, movement, emotion, and energy in a multifaceted exploration of unity. This is achieved through his movement method, KIM – Karasenti Integrative Movement, which has been taught in Israel and around the world since 2024. Additionally, Ishai is the founder and artistic director of The NEW DANCER training program in Tel Aviv.
Choreography: Ishai Karasenti
Dancers: Hadar Bornstein. Tamara Sayada. Adi Raban.
Music: Vildemo, Estas Tonne, Zola Dubnikova, Antigone, Oliver Koletzki, Rodriguzer Jr. , M.I.A. , Atmos, Susie Ro, Oberton-Chore Dusseldorf
Rehearsal Manager: Tomer Giat
Costume Designer: Ohad Caspi
Lighting Designer: Rotem Elroy
Poster Design: Alona Vainshtein
Music Editor: Rotem Viner Tchaikovsky
Production: Galit Perry
The work is supported by the Department of the Arts & Culture Department of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality
