Soul Chain

The dancers on stage develop an almost supernatural intensity, while Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal wants to bring something profoundly human to the table. She herself talks about the great loneliness with which we stand in life and which we carry when we meet the love for life: “Sometimes, you cannot actually grasp these emotions with your eyes, yet you feel they’re there, under one’s skin. Essentially, it is about love, loving others, loving oneself, loving the space surrounding you, loving everything”, Sharon Eyal reveals about her work. The 17 Mainz ensemble dancers in “Soul Chain” make you feel what is otherwise hardly palpable.

Sharon Eyal is a globally celebrated choreographer with a distinctive signature: She develops her choreographies, teeming with precision and power, moving on the brink of complete exhaustion, in dialogue with composer Ori Lichtik’s techno beats. With “Soul Chain”, developed as a new creation for tanzmainz, she won the renowned “Faust” theatre award in 2018, following the grand success of “Plafona Now”, also produced with the tanzmainz ensemble.

She gained recognition as dancer and in-house choreographer of world-renowned Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv before founding her company L-E-V, carrying within its name the Hebrew expression for “heart”, with Gai Behar in 2013. Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar have been collaborating since 2005, creating works that tear down borders between highbrow culture and rave in exhilarating ways.

Duration: 55 min.