Premiere • Artist in Residence
Sharon Valevski
speech-less
Thu 14.8
20:00
60 Min
Studio Zehava and Jack Dellal
110₪
Fri 15.8
12:00
60 Min
Studio Zehava and Jack Dellal
110₪
The Work
Dancers speak. A dynamic arena-style show that brings timely political speeches and debates to the stage—voiced and embodied by a diverse group of dancers.
Speeches that once ignited crowds through a single voice now become the soundtrack of the visceral, sweating, feeling body. A one-time Hyde Park where the personal and the political collide.
The piece incorporates speeches by political figures.
Tonight’s speeches: Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Nixon, Sanna Marin, Alexei Navalny, Sojourner Truth, Jacinda Ardern.
From the creator: 1995. The distance between my home and the Prime Minister’s home is 550 meters. Years go by, and every so often I find myself re-measure the physical and mental distance between us. Today, thirty years later, I am still the same child, born into a country where a Prime Minister was murdered. When I first heard the term “squad”, it was used metaphorically to describe a group of U.S. Congress members, mostly women. This word is also heard in the street, where hip-hop was born, describing a group you look up to. A crew you want to belong to. I’m looking for leaders I can look up to, human, courageous. I want to meet them up close, to sense the sweat on their foreheads, as if I could almost touch.
The Artist
Sharon Valevski is a multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, dancer, and educator. She creates and directs performance works that explore political and social issues through movement, voice, and text. Her works have been presented in festivals and venues across Israel. Sharon holds a B.A. in Psychology and Education from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She began her artistic path during a year of service in the ANAT community. She teaches and practices the Feldenkrais & Ilan Lev Method, hip-hop, release, and improvisation with adults and seniors.
Photo: Asya Skorik, Yahel Gazit
Concept, Production, Choreography, Performance: Sharon Valevski
Dancers-Creators: Khaveevyah Hercules, Yogev Hendel, Gal Zusmanovich, Tuval Reshef
Dramaturgy: Shahar Blumenfeld & Duffy Katz
Production, Music Direction and Sound Editing: Yinon Inbar
Stage Object Design: Yuval Kedem Galileo
Creative Process Support and Outside Eye: Amir Ishhar
Rehearsal Management and Outside Eye: Shaked Werner
Technical Support and Sound: Hagai Shlomov and Miki Patish
Lighting Design: Alon Porat
Stage Management: Duffy Katz
Production Consultant: Yinon Inbar
Videography & Editing : Nir Weiss
Thanks to: Maayan Levy, Guy Alon, Tamar Yaron, Lara Arseeva, Gal Gorfung, Amit Magnezi, Adi Goral, Noya Meishar, Noam Raz, Ayala Frenkel & “kelim” center, Yair Sherman, Ori Lenkinski, Rachel Erdos, Avi Harar, Yuval Yitzhaki, Naomi Ela Dery, Dawn Hercules, Liad Tavori, Etty Godinger, Uri Fedan, Elinohar Manch Binshtock
Music: Drop Dead Gorgeous (Princess Nokia), Alors on danse (Stromae), Becky from the Block (Becky G), Gedup (And Move Your Butt) (Sweely), Welcome (Jon Hopkins & 7RAYS), Smugglers Top (Clem Leek), Space Jam (Quad City DJ’s), I Follow Rivers (Lykke Li), Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – George Frideric Handel, performed by Ensemble Vivant / Metamorphose String Orchestra
Speeches by: Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Nixon, Sanna Marin, Alexei Navalny, Sojourner Truth, Jacinda Ardern
The work was created within the framework of the Suzanne Dellal Centre’s residency program for the Tel Aviv Dance Festival 2025.
This work was created with the support of the Hapais Council for the Culture and Arts, the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, the “Machartayim” program of the Tel Aviv Municipality, and the Yad Eliyahu Arts House.
