Dance Performance: 'Phantom: Life as Longing'

A stage work for five dancers, three life-size puppets, and additional disappearing figures, exploring the idea that even without remembering what was lost, we continue to long for it and create reflections of ourselves in the hope of encountering what is missing.

We face the material, emptied of stories, breathing into it whatever is still possible.

On stage, a layered, ego-free relationship develops between the dancers and the puppets.

After the performance, there will be a meeting with choreographer and dancer Shaked Mochiah about the work and its connection to October 7.

Choreography: Shaked Mochiah
Performing creators: Omer Uziel, Vonina Lev, Michal Maskin, Shahar Hanin, Shaked Mochiah
Music: From Rea Mochiah’s album REA; Gufi / Shaked Mochiah and Yonatan Koren
Musical editing: Daniel Sapir
Rehearsal management: Michael Yalon
Costume design: Kim Teitelbaum
Puppet design and construction: Yaron Karbal
Lighting design: Nadav Barnea
Artistic management: Uri Shafir and Ayala Frenkel

The work premiered as part of the Tools Festival and served as a continuation of the premiere in the “Raising the Curtain” project.

Sunday, October 11, 2026 | 8:00 PM
Bikurei Ha’Itim Center
2 Leonardo da Vinci Street
Performance Hall, 1st Floor

Free admission, advance registration required.