You Should Hug Me More (2019)
Created and Choreographed by: Shiri Sabah Teicher
Performed by: Shiri Sabah Teicher and Alon Karniel
Music: Pauline Oliveros
Musical Consultant: Noam Inbar
Created during an artist residency at the Yasmeen Godder Studio.
Running Time: Approximately 20 minutes
A duet exploring themes of conversation, listening, and presence.
The work premiered at the "Exposed in the Studio" evening as part of the residency program at Yasmeen Godder Studio.
Throughout the work, the dancers contend with performative and spatial constraints that require an inward connection to themselves while simultaneously demanding outward listening. These constraints generate moments that move between intimacy, sharing, and empathy on the one hand, and disconnection, absorption, and loneliness on the other. The work asks whether we have a way of being "truly" present with another person's experience, and what happens to presence and movement when it exists within acts of listening. The work drew inspiration from moments of support and listening that took place in the project "Moving Community" — dance classes for people living with Parkinson's disease, at Yasmeen Godder Studio.
The work was performed as part of the "Exposed in the Studio" evening at Yasmeen Godder Company Studio