Somewhere
Elad Schechter
Photo by Natasha Shakhnes
Elad Schechter is a son of an electrical contractor and a retiree of Hadassah Hospital, and a brother to three siblings. He graduated from the High School of the Arts in Jerusalem. Elad lives in the Nachlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem and raises his two children in co-parenting with a couple of women. Schechter served in the IDF theater and danced in various companies, including: Sensedance NYC, the Kibbutz Dance Company, Charleroi Danses (Brussels, Belgium), Vertigo Dance Company, and more… In 2009, he founded and managed the ‘Young Vertigo’ company and worked alongside Noa Wertheim. Schechter has been creating dance pieces since 2009. His works have been presented hundreds of times in Israel and abroad. In 2011 Schechter won the silver medal at the international choreography competition held in Beijing. In 2012, he founded the c.a.t.a.m.o.n Dance Group in Jerusalem.
About the show
Somewhere, between the desire for a life of connection with our surroundings versus the desire to set the limits of our body, there lies an action. It is documented in movement and material.
Similar to Italo Calvino’s masterful book ‘The Invisible Cities’, this is how we depict distant islands becoming concrete material. Material recorded in space through sound, text, human movement and color on the ground. Here the human body is shown devoid of tangible concepts. As if it is requiring us to rebuild fallen walls around our own island.
Photo by Ido Lahav Noy
Credits
Choreography – Elad Schechter, c.a.t.a.m.o.n Dance Group
Ido Gidron – Dancer
Korina Fraiman – Dancer
Shlomo Blazer – Object and set design
Amir Castro - Light design
Yair Vardi – Artistic consultant
Eran Kvint – Music
Adi Yair – Costume design
photographer- Ido Lahav Noy
Duration: 50 min