Rashomon of Eyelids (2023)
Creator: Shiri Sabah Teicher | Video artist: Yuval HaMeiri | Artistic accompaniment:
Ruth Hof | Music production: Shiri Sabah Teicher | Creator-performers (musicians): Ayelet Lerman (viola), Tal Hanani (percussion), Or Sinai (contrabass), Shiri Sabah Teicher (voice, percussion) | Musical consultation: Keren Rosenbaum | Mixing and sound: Jenya Los and Benny Esterlis | Colorist: Peleg Levy | Production assistants: Yotam Michael Yogev and Eden Weisman | Recording studio: The Central Library for the Blind, Tel Aviv | Documentation: Benjamin Esterlis | Creator-performers and performers (dancers): Ariela Tucholev, Hadas Paar, Nitza Feuchtewanger, Ora Feiner, Haim Reuveni, and Narkis Shlomi Sultanian | Accompanying dancers: Ma'ayan Gur and Yuval Gal.
The work was supported by the Fund for Independent Creators, Ministry of Culture and Sport; the Central Library for the Blind; the "Instruments" Center, Bat Yam; and Marsh"al (Center for Services for the Blind), Tel Aviv. The work received the Nira Friedman Prize for Creativity in Dance.
Duration: approximately an Hour
Performed at the "Instruments" Center, Bat Yam, and at the Jerusalem Arts Festival 2025
An accessible video dance performance raising questions about watching dance, language, movement, and human encounter.
At the center of the work, "Rashomon of Eyelids" is a video installation presenting six solos by visually impaired and blind dancers. The audience — sighted and non-sighted alike — is invited into a unique performance space that uses audio, textual, and musical accessibility to create new connections and experiences of watching. By its very nature, the performance is also adapted for visually impaired and blind audiences. The work is a development of materials created within the framework of the project "Mutual Gaze" — made in collaboration with the "Instruments" Center, Bat Yam, and in partnership with the Marsh"al Center, Tel Aviv-Jaffa.
