THE DANCE ROULETTE
07/03/2024
THE DANCE ROULETTE
A duration performance that examine what the action of a dancing body will do in the public space non-stop and for several hours. The act examines the limits of the body and the self through the existing relationships with the environment. The action takes place when a person places a portable speaker in the public space and starts playing music on it, after a while lanterns turn on and create an environment like a party. Man dances when he moves between movement as an inner experience and interaction with the environment. Premiered at Rothchild gallery (TLV) as part of a exhibition in collaboration with BUSH collective. Video: Eden Betzalel Habas photos: Shir Newman ,Eden Betzalel Habas
TEXT FROM VIDEO (ENGLISH VERSION):
"Parties are some of the places where I learned. I learned how to get lost. I learned to listen to my body. I learned how to be a dancer. I learned about myself. I learned about the world. At parties my body danced, sweated, spoke new words. I experienced passion for life but I also experienced fear. I experienced the fear of myself, the fear of the queer life. I was touched without wanting to, I was touched when I wanted to, I learned to say yes, I learned to say no, I knew songs I had never heard before, I met people who were different from me, I found people similar to me, I tried to run away from myself, I got angry, I forgave, I grew up. I kicked the voices in my head that told me I was deviant, and mostly I felt present in the here and now without background noises. Then I realized that these things happened not only to me. I thought to myself "Why can't all life be a party?", I felt that at parties I manage to be the most "me" in a way that I don't manage in other places. I finally felt beautiful. And I saw beauty in other people. I felt part of something bigger. I've been to different kinds of parties. In part I felt at home and in part I felt foreign. But in all of them I felt that my identity was looking for a place and sometimes found it. Since then parties has changed, and I found more places for me to be more myself. And yet, sometimes I need parties like air to breathe."
