Playing with Fire
רכישת כרטיסים
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About the performance
An immersive dance experience in a unique space in Tel Aviv: dancers, an opera singer, a shibari artist, live music and an original exhibition. One performance only with just 50 available tickets.
Your ticket includes a dance performance, a one-time exhibition, wine and other treats. The exact location in Tel Aviv will be sent to ticket holders.
This coming December, immediately after participating in the renowned International Exposure festival, the ambitious project Playing with Fire returns in a special edition for one performance only. Individual tickets are available for early sale, do not miss yours
The dancers create moments of breathtaking beauty… It’s clearly painful, and at the same time, so very beautiful
— Portfolio Magazine
Absolute devotion and precision in every limb and gaze… This space is enchanted in its material, its body, its life, its irony and its wild complexity… Weeks after what we experienced here, we will keep diving into the weight of beauty and terrible pain
— Galia Bar Or, curator
Suddenly, the magic begins… It feels like being part of a play… a spellbinding ritual
— Creative Writing
It takes courage to bring to life such a complex project… Fascinating. Evoke a sense… of searching for deep pain that touches a profound point of pleasure
— Ruth Eshel, dance critic
We invite you to a performance that touches on the intense energy of life from an intimate perspective.
Technical specifications
Date: December 5
Location: a unique space in Tel Aviv, the exact location will be sent to ticket holders before the show
Tickets are sold in advance only
Doors open: 16:00
Show starts: 16:30 (latecomers will not be admitted)
Duration: 1.5 hours
This immersive work includes movement through a space with stairs
The work deals with complex themes and is intended for a mature audience
The ticket includes wine and other treats, an original exhibition created especially for the event, all in addition to the piece worked with love by a host of leading artists
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Creators and partners
Creation and Choreography — Yankalle Filtser
Dancers — Gali Davidovich, Shira Glinka, Noga Cohen, Stav Moritz, Elia Magnezi, Liya Mor, Yankalle Filtser
Opera Singer — Anna Vorontsova
Shibari — Alina “Witch Salt” in collaboration with Morikai Studio
Live Painting — Edith Codegoni, Shahar Rozenstin, Bambou Djian
Live Sculpture — Grant Garibyan
Live Tattoo — Eitan Goldson and Aviv Summer
Performer — Sofia Levina
Fire Keeper — Lika Filtser
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The piece features a custom-made art collection featuring: Hadassah Marom, Shachar Neuhaus, Yahel Nevo, Yam Shalev, Kabaim Studio, Alma Gershuni, Seraphim Cherni, Menachem Filtser, Shahar Rozenstin, Bambou Djian, Grant Garibyan, and Edith Codegoni
Artistic Collaborator — Maya Kahanov
Visual and Costume Design — Sofia Levina
Music Production and Original Sound — Ella Lavie
Lighting Design — Rotem Elroy
Production Management — Irit Eilat
Production Team — Alumah Fishman, Hadas Ashboren, Gali Davidovich
Developed as part of a residency at Herzl House
Founder: Yahel Nevo | Co Director: Kabaim | Management: Edith Codegoni
Dancers in Previous Versions — Khaveevyah Hercules, Ella Isman-Liwer, Eden Beckerman, Shaked Werner, Tamar Kalimi, Shoval Bitton, Yume Takojima
Previous Guest Performers — Hailey David, Yulia Plotkin Oz
Additional Rehearsal Direction — Shira Ben Uriel
Previous Production Team — Yuli Lakhman, Gal Ben Tov, Carmel Bar, Odelia Bar Lev
Helpers — Sarah Imfeld, Maya Miller, Hailey David, Sofia Levina
Shibari Development — Marquis Des Cat, Ollie Cage, Daniel Moreh
Artists in Previous Versions
Herzl House Artists Collection curated by Yahel Nevo
Sculpture — Shachar Neuhaus
Painting — Alma Gershuni, Ze’ev Bogomolny, Eitan Goldson, Kabaim Studio
Monoprint — Ariel Gil Greenwald
Photography — Sahar Oren, Nir Hadar
Objects — Shlomi Amar
Metal Sculpture — Yahel and Rami Nevo
Remnants Exhibition curated by Faten Abu Ali and Sara Lauan
Artists — Adina Kraus, Razan Shami, Faten Abu Ali, Tal Dota, Sarah Lauan, Dror Hibsh, Avital Shani
Also performed at Fresh Paint Arts Fair, live performances curated by Danna Haras
Costume Collaboration — Comme Il Faut
Special Version created for the Back Yard, Pop Up by Work Off Art
Curated by — Yaara Sachs
Costume Design — Ella Rubinger
Visual Artists — Pilpeled, Dioz, Always Never, Nir Chohen, Monkey RMG, Ziv Ink, Yaara Sachs
Cinema Team — Alina Rumyantseva, Nikola Rabovsky, Katerina Citrin, Levi Lubarsky, Olga Lukina
Thumbnail Photo — Hilal Soreq
Photography — David Scouri, Daniil Kontorovich, Mariana Stebeneva, Sofia Levina
Video Documentation and Editing — Aviad Fuchs
Video Art — Maor Alteras, in collaboration with ‘Rafsoda’ by Meir Ariel and Patrick Sebag
Process Video — Michael Smirin
Deluxe Teaser — Vladimir Visotsky and Anna Katsnelson
Created with the support of the Pais Council for Culture and Arts, and a special grant by the Rabinovich Foundation
Special Thanks to Yahel Nevo and Uzi Golan who donate the building for art and culture
Additional thanks to Shachar Neuhaus, Natalya O. Mellman, Frida Shoham, Niros Gallery
Thank you, Mom, for keeping the fire
Yankalle Filtser is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher whose work bridges cultures, disciplines, and aesthetics. He was born in Jerusalem in 1993. He trained in the Maslool professional training program in Tel Aviv, the Jerusalem Academy High School of Music and Dance, the DanceWEB scholarship program in Vienna, and Batsheva Dance Company’s excellence program. Filtser is the recipient of the Navon Prize for 2025. He is a member of the Israeli Choreographers’ Association, he founded the As Is dance festival, and served as a visiting artist for the BAMAH organization in the USA. His works have been recognized around the world. Alongside his choreographic work, Filtser has taken part in dozens of projects as a dancer, including with the Batsheva Ensemble and the Inbal Dance Theater, and he currently performs with artists Roni Chadash and Dafi Altabeb. His work moves between dance and ritual, and draws on autobiography and a deep curiosity about the body, intimacy, and interpersonal connection
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