The Gap
Shay Persil
How do I get through to you? I am trying to reach you.
To fulfil human fantasies, with super-human means.
Visual movement theater which seeks to make contact.
Creation and performance: Shay Persil
Object and costume design: Yasmin Steinmetz and Shay Persil
Music: Gil Lavi, The Rip/ Portishead
Light design: Rotem Elroy
Artistic Directors: Ariel Friedman, Rotem Volk and Ayala Frenkel
Consultants: Shani Tamari, Nir Vidan, Moran Duvshani, Yael Biegon‑Citron, Iris Erez
Photography: Haim Yafim Barbalat
The work was developed in the residency program at the Kelim Center for Choreography under the artistic direction of Ayala Frenkel, with the support of the Pais Council for Culture and the Arts and the Rabinovich Foundation. An early version premiered at the 2023 Intimadance Festival at Tmuna Theater, under the artistic direction of Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor.
