Performances duringTmuna Festival 2014 are part of a kick off for Polish-Israeli Dance Platform – the project to be developed as a long term collaboration between Polish ad Israeli dance scene.
Following the deep interest in the exchange of ideas and knowledge related to current state and development of the contemporary dance scene in Poland and Israel, Polish Culture Institute in Tel Aviv, together with the two leading dance institutions: Art Stations Foundation / Stary Browar Nowy Taniec from Poznan and Tmuna from Tel Aviv, had decided to initiate envisioned as a long term project: Polish-Israeli Dance Platform, a meeting point for both communities which main aim is to create a structure that will enable for exchanges to take place on different levels – cultural, physical, political, personal, national, emotional and technical – developing different methods of working, thinking and presenting.
During launching of the project at Tmuna Festival 2014 (which will constitute of performances as well as introducing to both context meetings and open discussions) we will look for a strong basis of mutual work within desirably annually structured program believing that this kind of exchange needs to happen both in a formal and informal way of sharing experiences and ideas and meeting artists and thinkers on both sides. We are aiming in setting the conditions for inspiring and creative encounters and, instead of pushing collaborations between Polish and Israeli artists in a priori determined formats, we wish to initiate a dialogue between all partners and artists to create new formats and spaces in which such collaborations may happen in a natural and organic way.
The Platform’s kick off at Tmuna offers a perfect time and space for deepened reflection and discussion on the possible project development making a first step into hopefully long term collaboration between Polish and Israeli dance.
Being invited by Polish Institute in Tel Aviv and curator of Tmuna Festival 2014 Yair Vardi, on 23rd and 24th of October we will present performances by
