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Ants
“A multi-media theatrical fable on the fragility
of life, the inevitability of loss, and how little
effort it takes for humanity to sink into cruelty;
I dare say Ants exceeds my wildest dreams about
what is possible in theatrical storytelling.”
http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/FringeFestival/2018/ants.php
By: Ofra Levy Yehudai // Poems: Hanoch Levin // Animation: Sharon Gazit
Performance: Margalit Shaltiel // Miki Bash // Ofra Levy Yehudai // Ora Mirsky Ofra // Yeal Caspi Blatch
"Will the summer be enough?
The performance consists of short scenes combining theater, clowning, video art, original animation and dance.
Ants navigate their way around using sight. There exists a species of blind ants who follow each other using their sense of smell. But, if one ant in the group loses the ‘scent trail’, all the other ants would still follow it, marching one after the other in an endless, fatal circle towards total exhaustion and their certain death. The work’s video sections conduct a dialogue with cultural icons and the world of the ants. These connections allow us to talk about the inevitable end, honestly and openly and integrate it all, in a natural and structured way, into the circle of life.
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