Dance Festival in the Village | Sukkot 8-10.10.25
Sukkot at Vertigo Ecological Art Village
3 days of Israeli dance creations
An experience of movement, music, and nature
For adults and the whole family
Wednesday 8.10.25
10:30 | Body Harvest & Picnic
Between the coop and the avenue, between human and tree
An invitation to reconnect with roots, trees, nature, and movement
A journey through five stations – a sensory experience for the whole family
Concept & Choreography: Sharon Friedman
Live Music: Rota Shoshani
Costume Design: Rosie Kanaan
Performance: Vertigo Dance Workshop
Adult Ticket & Picnic: 160 NIS
Child Ticket & Picnic (ages 6–12): 80 NIS
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17:15 19:00 20:00 | Itai Armon Ensemble
The Itay Armon Ensemble performs original instrumental music that blends elements of traditional styles from Central and Western Asia with influences of jazz and European classical music. Their captivating sound takes the audience on fascinating journey of instruments and melodies from Azerbaijan to Turkey, from Iran to Greece—a voyage through breathtaking landscapes, ancient traditions, stirring adventures, and the timeless search for inner peace in the realms of spirit
Free Admission
18:00 | Premiere Evening | Vertigo Power of Balance Ensemble | Duet by Dafi Altabeb
“The first question I ask myself
when something doesn’t seem to be beautiful
is why do I think it’s not beautiful,
and very sharply I discover
there is no reason.”
(John Cage)
Streams of consciousness and movement, a current in time.
An encounter of events revealed and gathered into an evening of homage and longing for the present.
The Vertigo Power of Balance Ensemble brings together artists with and without disabilities.
This half-hour performance invites a fresh perspective on social conventions and perceptions of the dancing body.
Vertigo Power of Balance Ensemble presents Islands in the Stream
Creator | Inbal Aloni
Dramaturgy | Rozi Knaan
Music Editor | Ofir Tal
Management & Support | Tali Wertheim
Production | Granit Arbel
MAKE A POEM | Dafi Altabeb
World Premiere Duet
Within the chaos of the world, perhaps there is some order.
That everything is known and nothing is known, that what was—was, and what will be—will be.
We cannot foresee the future, only hold on to what exists: to a word, to a movement, to their connections and fragmentations, and to the connections between us.
Choreography | Dafi Altabeb
Dancers | Roni Feigler & Reches Yitzhaki
Photos: Tamar Dekel, Eli Katz
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20:30 | Within Us | Iris Erez & Elad Vazana
A man, whose battle scars still resonate within him, meets on stage his partner in life and in choreography.
Together, they attempt to give space to the sensations and impressions that have lived in him daily for 30 years—
and in her, since the day she has been with him.
To express something, to process something, to heal something, to resist, to feel, to be understood…
Perhaps in this way, there might be a little less war outside—and within.
Trigger Warning: This performance contains sensitive content and sounds that may evoke stress responses.
The playful, sorrowful, raw, and honest duet created by the two makes fluid use of movement, touch, and stage play with a variety of props and sounds—an attempt to trace the contours of post-trauma and the ways it seeps into a couple’s life and affects their relationship.
(Joy Bernard, Portfolio)
Creators & Performers: Iris Erez & Elad Vazana
Music Editing: Ofir Gal
Costumes: Rozi Knaan
Rehearsal Director: Ruth Valensi
Stage Design: Yula Igra
Dramaturgy: Nofar Sela & Efrat Nathaniel
Psychological Guidance: Liat Shabtai Gal, Yifat Grinold Cohen
Production: Bar Altaras
Artistic Consultation: Chen Alon
Flamenco Coaching & Guidance: Sharon Ramati
Acknowledgments: Noam & Zurit Malmud, HaMerhav Netaf, Yoav Ilan, Guy Sharf, Nitai Cooperman, Amir Ben Moshe, Mafteach Soul program, Soli Hassid, Ruth Valensi, Chen Alon, Nino Herman & Zeruya Shalev.
Supported by the Israel Lottery Council for Culture and the Arts.
Premiered at Kelim Choreography Center Festival 2024 under the artistic direction of Ayala Frenkel and Uri Shafir, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Israel Lottery Council for Culture and the Arts.
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Thursday 9.10.25
10:30 | Chewing Gum | Train Theater
Ages 4–9 | 45 minutes | Performed in Hebrew
Chewing gum—the thing teacher Miriam hates most!
The chewing sounds, the crinkling of the wrapper, the sticky texture, the harmful sugar—everything!
Miriam decides to educate her class with a special lesson on why not to chew gum.
But during the lesson, one mischievous piece of gum comes to life—determined to tease her, make her laugh, and throw her completely off balance.
Will Miriam succeed in getting rid of the gum?
Or will the two end up forming an unexpected and wonderful friendship?
A wild and funny puppet theater show about an orderly teacher, a playful piece of gum, and the things that truly matter.
The performance won two awards at the 2024 Haifa International Children’s Theater Festival:
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Best Playwright
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Special Commendation for Props Design
Created by Miriam Lupo Novoplanski
Co-creator & Director Goni Paz
Musician Li Gaon
Acting Coach Adili Liberman
Lighting Designer Yair Segal
Special Thanks: Anna Kogan, Liza Shor, Eden Katz, Ayala Shamir, Sapir Shilo, Roi Segev
Photo: Gerard Alon
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18:00 | Sunset Movement Session | Rena Wertheim-Koren
19:00 | Pre-Premiere ’26 | Vertigo Dance Company
Rina Wertheim-Koren will guide us through the secrets of “Imi”—Consciousness in Motion.
Together, we will dive into a shared experience of the Vertigo language.
Open to anyone curious to discover themselves through movement and joy
Vertigo Dance Company | Pre-Premiere 2026
A pre-premiere work by Noa Wertheim and Rina Wertheim-Koren
This event offers the audience a first glimpse into the new creation before it reaches the stage.
A unique window into the company’s world of artistic exploration.
Noa Wertheim is the recipient of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport.
“A new creation by Vertigo Dance Company is always engaging and heartwarming, as this ensemble embodies meaning and substance that go far beyond dance itself.”
(Tami Luria Katz, Yekum Tarbut)
Photo: Gadi Dagon
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22:00 (Overnight) | Womb Temple with Vertigo Dancers
The Womb Temple is an integrative space for meditative listening and healing through rest.
It was born out of a collective and personal need to create spaces for presence and integration.
An alchemical environment where the art of healing, the culture of rest, and the art of hospitality merge into a complete experience—
one that offers attentive care for those seeking to immerse themselves in silence, rest, and holding.
The event takes place overnight, on mattresses, within specially designed spaces that invite connection to the culture of slowing down.
The experience unfolds through listening to a live electronic sound-healing set, blending original recordings, healing frequencies, vocal layers, and acoustic instruments.
The main space is kept free of conversation, open to presence in its pure form.
There is no structured practice, no sharing, no direct guidance—
only the possibility of spending an entire night held in a state of rest, between wakefulness and sleep.
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Friday 10.10.25
11:00 | Lists of longings and lessons for hope | Noa Dar Dance Company
The Hebrew name – EretzYeshuvChaYeleDomem is a combination of the words Land, Community, Living Being, Child, and Inanimate object. It is taken from childhood games, and its words capture a concept that was once perceived as certain, and now it is a tangle of doubts and pain. The performance’s materials are ‘lessons in physical and mental resilience’ that promise healing, autobiographical inventory lists, and a spongy material, both stiff and soft, that determines the event’s boundaries and dictates its plot.
These components are fused into a vortex from which questions arise about the current essence of that concept, the sources of connection to it, and whether it is possible to update the initial operating instructions engraved in the body.
‘Lists of longing and lessons for hope’ unfolds within a precarious and amorphous space, swaying between sculptural stillness and excessive activity, a movement that blurs the distinction between personal narratives and socio-national ethos and melts them into a pulpy substance. At the eye of the storm lies the body, fragile and groping for a way forward.
Artistic collaborators:
Writing, choreography & performance: Noa Dar
Artistic accompaniment & dramaturgy: Yael Venezia
Lighting design: Yair Vardi
Sound design: Yehu Dar Shashua
Production & stage management: Talia Breda
Photography: Natascha Shachnas, Tamar Lam
Premiered at the Tzolelet Festival, 12.9.24 (Artistic Director: Ido Feder) | First draft created for Credit, Tmuna Festival, 30.12.23 (Artistic Director: Erez Maayan Shalev).
Produced with the support of the Israel Lottery Council for Culture & Arts, Rabinovich Foundation, The Arts Department of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, and the Choreographers Association.
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12:00 | Musicians’ Stage – Premiere
Sharon Tal performs and hosts musicians and singers from Vertigo’s Resilience Farm active at Vertigo since the beginning of the “Swords of Iron” war.
Musical direction, guitar & vocals | Sharon Tal-Tamir
Dvīr Levi | Vocals & keyboards
Sahar Kelev | Vocals, guitar & cajón
Yuval Paz | Vocals & guitar
Free admission
13:30 | Desire Is a Lonely Hunter | Michael Getman
“Are you able to imagine with me how marvelous it is to gaze, for example, into the very being of a dog passing by you: to look into it deeply, not piercing through with your sight and emerging on the other side as though it were a window into the human, but rather to enter the dog itself, precisely at its center, at the place from which it begins to be dog. Provided only that we remember to leap back out at the very last moment, before the world around us closes entirely and we become the dog within the dog, lost to all other things.”
(Rainer Maria Rilke, 1914; translated into Hebrew by Ada Brodsky)
At times, language falters before the depth of experience; it gestures toward what is absent, touching the shadow of what is no longer there. Like hunters, we trace the tracks left behind by what has already vanished. Desire Is a Lonely Hunter follows the pursuit of meaning for something unnamed, an entry into a space that slips away from every grasp. Perhaps, in the end, only the hunt remains.
Choreography: Michael Getman
Collaborating artists: Basmath Nossen, Matan Cohen, Ori Mavzevez, Eviatar Omsi, Mila Levi (apprentice), Liel Harris (apprentice)
Artistic guidance: Yael Venezia
Rehearsal director: Niv Marenberg
Lighting design: Avi-Yona (Bambi) Bueno
Sound design: Michael Getman
Costume design: Omri Elbo
Art: Laetitia Boulot
Stage management: Michal Ben-Bassat
Production: Shahar Sarit Sharshov
Management & international relations: Gloria De Angeli
Social media management: Laetitia Boulot
Acknowledgments: Lia Zisman, Merav Yudilovitz, Rona Cohen
Created within the Artist-in-Residence Program at the Suzanne Dellal Centre.
Premiere: Tel Aviv Dance Festival, August 2025
Photography: Asia Skurnik
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