"A group ritual, which shows us that we must now urgently consider what empathy might mean" (Jette Buchsenschutz, Tanzschreiber.de)
Since 2019 Yasmeen Godder Company has been working on the series of performances Practicing Empathy. How come that we feel related to others and make connection ? And how do we create practices, rituals, songs and choreographies that help us experience complexity without fear or mistrust ?
Practicing Empathy #3 is the first long solo for Yasmeen Godder in her 25-years' career : she investigates how empathy relates to her own body and experiences. What role can (self)empathy fulfil in the contemporary world ?
Don't forget your empathy at home !
Creation, Choreography, Performance: Yasmeen Godder.
Dramaturgy, Rehearsal Director: Nir Vidan.
“Practicing Empathy” Project Dramaturge: Monica Gillette.
Objects: Gili Avissar.
Construction Design: Gili Godiano.
Light Design: Tamar Orr.
Music: Beating Stick: Track 4 from the album Stick Music by Clogs. Composed by Padma Newsome. Arrangement by Padma Newsome. Performed by Jennifer Choi, Erik Friedlander, Bryce Dessner, Padma Newsome. Asaf Avidan - Different Pulses. Lior Pinsky - Star Glass.
Costume Designer: Shirley Itzik.
Photography: Tamar Lamm.
Production Manager: Omer Alsheich.
Administrative Manager: Zohar Eshel-Acco.
A production by Yasmeen Godder Company and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm. A work commissioned by the festival Frankfurter Positionen 2021, an initiative of the BHFBank Foundation. Supported within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
The production was supported by the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs, the general consulate of Germany, and Japan.
