THE POWER OF HUMAN LOVE

CHOREOGRAPHY: Noa Wertheim

MUSIC: Ran Bagno

DANCERS: Yaron Shamir, Keren Horesh, Nimrod Chirurg, Carmi Zisapel, Rina Wertheim, Elad Shechter, Meital Blanaro

MUSICIANS: Ran Bagno, Ido Agmon, Eran Weitz, Oded Shechter, Uri Tchelet

The performance, which contains a dominant theatrical element, focuses on the socially oriented rituals that characterize humanity the world over: intimacy, love, rejection, mam- age and sensuality. It's all too easy to be cynical and sarcastic about ritual, but it comes from a deep, strong place. It's as ancient as man and there is a need for it, a reason for it. We have a need to sign a contract be- tween each other. The strong, compelling, fast-paced Mediterranean music played live on stage by the five-member band provides a unifying framework for Vertigo's dance number. The pounding energy of the players often surpasses that of the dancers and causes a delicate play of shifting attention between dance and music. The seven Vertigo dancers portray the futility of most hu- man relationships, inept attempts to reach for love, and the desolation, pretension, empty encounters that consequently follow. Make no mistake, however, this is by no means a gloomy work. There is lots of fun filled dancing and playful acts.

With the support of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Embassy of Israel, Zagreb