Keren Levi (Croatie)
Out of service
05.07. Luxembourg 20h00 | 08.07. Nancy 21h00
| Choreography: Keren Levi | Performer: Darko Japelj, Larisa Lipovac, Damir Klemenic , Roberta Milevoj, Sonja Pregrad | Music: Zvonimir Dusper et Alen Smajic | Lights: Miljenko Bengez | Design: BooBoo | Executive Producer: Tamara Curic | Production: TALA Dance Center |
Out of service is a performance that deals with questions of Availability, on a personal and interpersonal levels, in and out of the theatrical context.
The five performers have their own angle of the subject. Through out diverse performative actions they try to communicate to the public their confusion, hesitation and interpretation: How can I make myself available? What is the state of availability? What am I willing to offer? How far am I willing to go?
The performance tries to host and mediate those parallel lines of investigation and to find a way to be of service to the public. However, sadly enough, good intentions are not always a guarantee for success and out of the wish to be in service, “out of service“ slowly but surely goes out of service ...
Keren Levi (Israel, 1972) worked in Israel with Kibbutz Dance Company and Batsheva Ensemble. She left Israel in 1996 and now she is a resident of The Netherlands.
In 1997 Keren received her first commission from Dans Werk Plaats Amsterdam (DWA) to make Map, a solo piece that was followed by more commissions given by CaDans Festival Hague 1998 and Grand Theatre Groningen.
Territory, Keren's first full-length piece (co-production of DWA, Grand Theatre & Monty Antwerp) was premiered in November 2004 and toured The Netherlands by invitation from the Nieuw Theatre Maker Series. Recently Territory won the BNG-price for the most innovative work that toured through the Nieuw Theatre Maker Series during 2005-2006.
Faceless (co-production DWA & Grand Theatre), Keren's 2nd evening piece was premiered in 'Something Raw' Festival (Amsterdam February 2006) and was followed with the duet 'couple-like' (co-production Kwaadbloed, Grand Theater, DWA, Vooruit Gent) a collaboration with Flemish maker Ugo Deheas that was premiered in the 7th Young Choreographers Platform in Zagreb and is still touring Europe.
Keren is teaching in the Theatre School in Amsterdam for both the choreography department (SNDO) and the modern department (MTD). She is also teaching company classes for Sasha Waltz & Guests (Berlin) and Ultimavez (Brussels) and teaches in festivals and training programs across Europe.
