Four living dancers decide to build a shelter made of silence. In a series of physical drills, they dedicate themselves to finding silence again – noticing each note the environment accidentally evokes, forbidding it, praising it as it fades, and imagining what might be the birth of new music.
In the shelter, our senses shift between overload and numbness. The black box serves as a protective space where we are forced to physically hold on to fast-passing feelings and fading memories from the world we knew, while constantly adapting to new rules. Like an ark where primordial chaos and loss of physical control are welcome, the stage becomes a space where every physical choice is both crucial and meaningless. This exploration unfolds a field of RADICAL LISTENING. It is a hyper-sensitive environment where every subtle movement or encounter counts-whether physical or mental-and amplifies the longing for the ancient playfulness and hidden impulses.
Shahar Hanin and Isaac Chocron are a creative duo and life partners. Their work translates fantasy into impossible physical tasks. They are driven by live art, using close, challenging collaborations with dancers and other artists to learn and discover.
Hanin is a choreographer and dancer from Kiryat Yam. He graduated from Thelma Yellin High School, the Maslool School of Contemporary Dance Tel Aviv, and the SMKB Dance School. As a dancer, he worked with independent choreographers like Shaked Mochiach, Ido Feder, Or Marin, Or Saadi, and others, and was a member of the Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. He began his creative journey at the Suzanne Dellal Center’s 1|2|3 program.
Chocron is an actor and creator from Madrid. He graduated from the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio and Kelim Body for Choreographic Work, and holds a BA in artistic direction from Sapir College. He performs with the Smartut Theater Group and independent directors like Michal Samama, Oded Komemi, Achinoam Mendelson, Marina Beltov Grass, and others. In addition, he works as a community manager and co-artistic director at the Neve Schechter Center.
Credits:
Choreography: Shahar Hanin & Isaac Chocron
Collaboration & Live Dance: Tamar Rosenzweig, Ella Isman-Liwer, Daniel Ben Ami, Shahar Hanin
Music: Send me Silence – Balagan, I’ve Opened a Window – Riki Gal, The Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peer Gynt – Edvard Grieg, At The Limits of Exhaustion – Phil Minton & Steven J. Fowler.
Light Design: Rotem Elroy
Photos: Asya Skorik
The show took part in the Asif Residency of Kelim Centre – Bat-Yam and premiere in From Jaffa to Agripas” festival in Jerusalem. It was produced with the assistance of the Lottery Council for Culture and Art, The Rabinovitch Fund for Arts Tel Aviv – Jaffa and Kibbutzim College of Education (SMKB).
