BirdWoman

Miriam Engel

Israel

Choreography and Performance: Miriam Engel

Song and Lyrics: Aya Korem

Light Design: Dimitri Levine

Music: Aya Korem, Yael Naim, Bach, Joep Beving, Loscil

International choreographer and dancer Miriam Engel presents a fantasy about freedom, continuity, and new beginnings. In this creation, Engel embodies a new mythical figure in her form; a Bird–Woman, navigating through a wondrous world. With constant wandering, in dance steps, she moves through an imaginary maze, each time opening a new door into a different reality, to be born anew.

With her unique artistic signature, Engel brings to the stage a new theatrical dance piece, creating a rich fantasy world full of imagery and beauty, humor and sharpness – a fairy tale for adults.

BirdWoman moves between the mythological and the real, celebrates a birth-day for the soul, and attempts to fly.

* Excerpt from the full piece description.

Miriam Engel
Israel
Engel is an Israeli and international choreographer, dancer, actress, and entrepreneur who lives and works in Jerusalem. She has been creating and performing for the past 20 years in Israel, Europe, the USA, Africa, and the Far East, initiating international projects and collaborations around the world. Engel's works are characterized by a unique interpretation and design, rich virtuoso performance, and by the adaptation of the Israeli experience in its entire diversity into interactive, universal, and place-dependent work. As a Jerusalemite, she draws artistic and intellectual inspiration from the complexity and multicultural nature of the city where she also acts as a cultural entrepreneur: in addition to founding and managing the Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival, she founded the Angela Dance Company in Jerusalem - an artistic body that serves as a home for contemporary activity that stages original dance works alongside international projects. She also developed the concept project LoveINg Your City, which documents true love stories from cities around the world through original dance and performance works in public, staged, and digital spaces. Engel is a member of the board of directors of AMI, CEO of the Dance Space Association, and a member of the Choreographers Association, and served as artistic director at Mazia. Alongside her original productions and many performances, she is invited to create, perform, and teach in various institutions around the world.

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