June 12th – 13th, 2025 Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv
July 9th, 2025 Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto
July 12th – 13th, 2025 Colours International Dance Festival, Stuttgart
July 29th – 30th, 2025 House of Dance, Be’er Sheva
55 minutes
A Rising Talent from Israel
NEW EARTH explores our deep, innate connection to the Earth in every movement. Before becoming a choreographer, Binyamini studied biology, and his stage is always a laboratory where he examines the body and its make-up: How much of the animal is still ingrained within us, or are we souls trapped in a shell? How do emotions arise, and what do they change within our bodies?
A layer of earth on the stage and the seemingly naked skin of the dancers combine in the generation of images that are almost archaic. Walking upright, these beings search for dignity or twitch in sudden excitement. Yet, in between, they entwine with each other in intense duets to the ancient sounds of strings or drums from the Mediterranean, creating moments of profound closeness.
Like so many Israeli choreographers, Shahar Binyamini’s roots lie in the renowned Batsheva Company, and he is a recognized expert in Gaga. Developing on this tradition, he and his dancers seek insights their own bodies.