Two women. Three scenes. One evening, in which they respond to the constant gaze which inspects them. Being looked at, examined, and living up to the expectation, where the body operates as a social tool, they develop a relationship between them. Inspired by surreal imagery and pop energy, the three different sections present different aspects of female body and being, ultimately, exposing a refreshing language: mysterious, funny and disturbing all at once.
Two Playful Pink was premiered on November 2003, at the „Curtain Up 03” Festival, the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance, Tel-Aviv.
Godder’s work arises from the exploration of contradictory forces through the found, familiar and fantastic. She builds context using her distinct movement vocabulary, in which she explores relationships and solitude at their impulsive root. Her interest in exhibitionism and in the use of role-playing as themes, exposes the body’s internal impulses struggling through its social physicality, in its attempts at defining and re-defining itself. The complexity of these layers being played out one against the other, builds an evocative emotional and narrative spectrum brought out in highly detailed imagery and intensely explored physicality.
Yasmeen Godder
Yasmeen Godder lives and works both in Israel and New York, and has been creating and presenting work since 1997. For the past 3 years she has created the full evening length works: „Hall” (2001), „Sudden Birds” (2002) and „Two Playful Pink” (2003) and has just finished working on a new work which premiered in November 2004 at the Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance in Tel-Aviv. She has been awarded a NY Dance and Performance Bessie Award for the presentation of her work „I feel funny today” in 2001 as part of the Split Stream Series at DTW. Her work has been presented regularly at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel-Aviv and in NYC she has been commissioned by DTW, the Kitchen, Dancing in the Streets and more. Godder was a Movement Research Artist in Residence 1999-2000, she is a recipient of NYFA Fellowship in 2000, and has received the Israeli Ministry of Cultural Affairs’ prestigious „Choreographer Award” for the year 2001. Her work has been presented throughout Europe and the US. Most recently, „Two Playful Pink” has toured to the Whitney Museum, to France, Germany, Italy and Croatia. It will be presented at Trafó, Hungary in February 2005.
Artistic Consultant: Itzik Giuli Creating Performers: Yasmeen Godder, Iris Erez Costumes: Ilanit Shamia Video: Yoram Ron Animation: Ruti Ron Sound Engineering: Ran Slavin Lighting: Jackie Shemesh
