“Birthday” is a diaristic concert, a duet between Danny Neyman and Hila Gluskinos, for harp, guitar, and two voices. An ongoing practice of non-fiction morning writing provides the text material for the piece. The work examines how the intimacy of such written materials responds to the public context of music and performance, and how two collages of broken monologue inhabit the same space of listening. The texts touch on questions of birth, memory, dreaming, sloth, love and family, in a time and place of ongoing disaster. In an attempt to create a space for different forms of listening, the work searches for lines of flight of gentleness and hope in the midst of a reality that seems determined to sadden and horrify.
Creating Performers: Danny Neyman, Hila Gluskinos, Amos Korman
Text and Music: Danny Neyman, Hila Gluskinos
Dramaturgy: Maya Weinberg
External eye: Eran Shanny
Costumes and stage design: Eran Shanny
Light design: Dana Tkach
Special thanks: Amos Korman, Orna Coussin, Liat Ginzburg and Yael Neeman
The work was created with the financial support of Mifal HaPais, The Ministry Of Culture and Sport Of Israel, and The Rabinovich Foundation.
Danny Neyman is a performance artist, dancer and writer. He has a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Humanities Studies from Tel Aviv University and a post-master’s degree in Performance Studies from A.Pass Brussels. He has worked as dancer and creating performer with choreographers Yasmeen Godder, Arkadi Zaides, and Mette Ingvartsen, among others. His performance work includes “Helsinki” (2016) and “Walk in the Park” (2019).
