A figure moves in a punctured space, searching for a voice, and transforms. In the Reserve, the organic and the mechanical intertwine, creating a fragmented field. Underground pulses gradually infiltrate the space, opening cracks and challenging its boundaries. As the connections between the Reserve’s different elements develop, the body reveals itself as a trembling field of relations with its environment. This is an act of extraction, an attempt to draw more forms from the body, to create living spaces where the imagined and the concrete are trapped within each other, attempting to crack open a dead-end.
Created and performed by Tamar Sofia Kisch Performed by Naomi Shalev Light and Set design: Ofer Laufer Sound design: Niv Gafni Artistic guidance: Tal Yachas External eye: Carmel Ben Asher, Ofri Lehmann-Mantell Produced by Hazira 2025
This creation was supported by Yasmeen Godder Company as part of the Resident Artist Program, Mandel Cultural Center, Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, and Tights: Dance and Thought.
Tamar Kisch has gained extensive experience as a virtuosic performer, collaborating with numerous choreographers, including Alexandra Bachzetsis, Yossi Berg & Oded Graf, Nina Traub, Nir Vidan, Roni Chadash, Guy Gutman, Tami Leibovitz, and others. Since 2019, she has been a dancer and collaborator at Yasmeen Godder Company. In 2023, Tamar participated in The New Department, a research and residency program at the School of Visual Theatre, directed by Guy Gutman. Tamar was invited to develop Reserve as part of ongoing research and production by Hazira, exploring space and the body, both independently and in collaboration with other artists.
