Everything Must Go
Dana Ruttenberg
Photo by liron weissman
Israeli born dancer and choreographer. She holds a B.A. in Dance from Columbia
University and an MFA in Dance from Hollins University. As artistic director of her NY
based dance troupe between 2000-2003, The Red Hill Project, she has created
works that showcased at various venues across the US and Canada.
Since her return to Israel, she has been teaching, giving workshops and
choreographing for the Batsheva Dance Ensemble, OtherDance Festival,
IntimaDance Festival, International Exposure, Curtain Up Festival and Dance Arena
festival, to name a few.
Ruttenberg seeks to create works that engage all the senses, not excluding the
sense of humor, and to expand the existing audiences for dance. Between her works
are:Dream Team, 60,000 Gra(h)m, Everything Must Go. Ruttenberg continues to
produce and present her own work in Israel and abroad. Dana is also the founder
and artistic director of Project 48 Dance, a creative blind-date adventure which
brings in over 40 artists to create original dance works in two 24 hour rounds, in
collaboration with Batsheva Dance Company and various academic institutions. She
is the artistic co-director of Curtain Up Festival.
Dana continues to create choreography for various Theater and TV productions
throughout Israel, teach and perform abroad.
About the show
“Take everything you have. Put it in Piles. Now, look at it. Does it spark joy for you? keep it. If not, be willing to let it go” (M. Kondo).
Everything Must Go is a homage to letting go - to empty hands longing to be filled, burdened arms longing for the weight to be lifted, and vice versa. Like in a garage sale, the indoors (the heart) are poured out, and there objects and memories, treasures and junk, lay await for the visitors. The music that played during that first kiss, that last breath. We celebrate this mourning, and latch on to what, alas, is not for sale.
Photo by Uri Rubinstein
Credits
Choreography and concept: Dana Ruttenberg
Collaborating performers: Hillel Kogan, Andrea Martini, Dana Ruttenberg
Rehearsal Director: Melanie Berson
Dramaturgy Advisor: Nataly Zuckerman
Sound design: Binya Reches
Props assistance: Lital Reiss
Styling: Adi (Didoo) Sharaby
Producer: Sigal Dahan
Light Design: Nadav Barnea
“Everything Must Go” is an original production of MASH Dance House. It was created with the support of the Suzanne Dellal Centre Artist-in Residence Program and received support from the Israeli Lottery Foundation.
Duration: 60 min