Come Jump With Me

הכוריאוגרפים יוסי ברג ועודד גרף עובדים יחד משנת 2005 (לאחר קריירות מצליחות בלהקות, כגון: להקת בת שבע, ודי וי 8 הבריטית בלונדון ועוד) ובמשך השנים בנו רפרטואר עבודות בעל שפה תנועתית אישית, מגובשת וייחודית.

יוסי ועודד יצרו רפרטואר עשיר של עבודות כאלו המציעות דרכים חדשות להסתכלות על מחול ועל התפיסה התיאטרלית, לאתגר את החקירה הפיזית, להלך על הקו שבין האישי לאוניברסאלי, להגיב לנושאים חברתיים ופוליטיים הסובבים אותם ולייצר דיאלוג בשיתוף עם אמנים מתחומים שונים.

הצמד מופיע ויוצר ברחבי הארץ ובחו"ל וזכה בתחרויות כוריאוגרפיה שונות,ובין השאר יצר לבתי אופרה ולהקות מחול. בשנים האחרונות להקתם הופיעה בפסטיבלים יוקרתיים בינלאומיים, בין השאר, בפסטיבל מונפלייה בצרפת, באמריקן דאנס פסטיבל בארה"ב, בתיאטרון הפלייס בלונדון, בפסטיבל סידאנס בקוריאה, מדריד דאנזה בספרד, בלגרד דאנס פסטיבל בסרביה, תיאטרון הגו'ייס בניו יורק, הפסטיבלים הבינ"ל למחול ברפובליקה הדומיניקאנית בקריביים, בלימה פרו, ביפן, טייוואן, שבדיה, פינלנד, גרמניה, צרפת, איטליה, יוון ועוד.
זוכי פרס משרד התרבות לשנת 2013 בתחום הכוריאוגרפיה ובפרס רוזנבלום לאמנויות הבימה לאמנים מצטיינים לשנת 2016.

Yossi Berg & Oded Graf Dance Theatre present:

Come Jump With Me

Concept & Choreography: Yossi Berg & Oded Graf
Creating performers: Olivia Court Mesa, Yossi Berg
Lights: Yoav Barel Costumes: Adam Kalderon Set: Zohar Shoef Soundtrack design: Yossi Berg, Oded Graf, Yoav Brill Soundman: Oren Cohen Producer: Hila Gamili
Supported by Bistrizky foundation for Excellence in Arts, the Israel Ministry of Culture, the Lottery Council for Culture & Arts  

The piece was nominated for the best dance event by Achbar Ha’ir critics

Daring, provocative, and witty work that examines the relevancy and significance of creating art in the urgent political reality of Israel. The piece serves as a dialogue between the choreographers and the country where they live. In the explosive political and social reality, this work indeed pushes the limits and “plays with fire,” both literally and visually. Set in an imaginative playground involving different levels of consciousness, the performers move among personal and collective figures of history in a fantastic adventure, while trying to understand what future they are marching toward and their own definitions of "holiness". The audience is invited to join them on an emotional roller coaster, from moments that are ecstatic and poetic, to moments examining the significance of creating art.

Since founding their dance company in 2005, they have received several prestigious international awards, have been featured in a great number of festivals across the globe, and their critically acclaimed work has attracted a large following.  Yossi and Oded offer new ways of looking at dance and exploring performance.  They continuously challenge the process of personal and physical investigation, and they strive to create a dialogue with artists from different fields.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/fAHq3xCDwPA

Videos: http://yossioded.com/videos/

Company website: www.yossioded.com

From the press:

“An artistic achievement; a focused and shocking performance; daring and personal” Habama
“A cartoon that becomes a gut-wrenching act of hara-kiri. A smart and refined parody” Ha’aretz
“Strong dancers…Messages that are sharp and merciless.  ‘In your face’”Dance Talk
“A blow to the stomach, somewhere between black humor and suffocation” Achbar Ha’ir
“A deep experience; an excellent piece performed by outstanding dancers” Isra-blog
“A standout, performed with verve and charisma, a tour de force hour” Arts+Culture Houston, the U.S.
“The ultimate, perfect, guest performance for this year’s festival was ‘Come Jump With Me’,  A clever, entertaining and eviscerating exploration with outstanding performance”
Midnight East
“It is truly worth living to be so moved by a work of art…” Robbie Writes, Atlanta, the U.S.

“”Come Jump With Me” one of the festival’s standout performances…A moment that began innocently descended into grotesque, evoking a sense of impending destruction. It was an image I won’t soon forget” Dance Informa, Atlanta, the U.S.

Duration: 65 min  

Yossi Berg and Oded Graf
Founders \ Artistic Directors \ Choreographers \ Dancers

Choreographers Yossi Berg and Oded Graf started collaborating in 2005, and they have since built a reputation for work that is supremely physical, sometimes provocative, and by turns poignant and witty. Having performed with world-renowned troupes ranging from Batsheva Dance Company and DV8 Physical Theatre to others, they mix their masterful physicality with their dynamic research of theater, text, and voice, responding to the social and political realities of contemporary life.

Yossi and Oded’s singular brand of artistry has launched them to the forefront of Israel’s vibrant dance scene and placed them prominently on the world stage. Besides performing regularly at the Suzanne Dellal Centre, they have toured their works to prestigious festivals and theaters including Montpellier Danse in France, the American Dance Festival in the U.S., Madrid En Danza in Spain, Stockholm's Kultur Festival in Sweden, the Place Theater in London, The Joyce Theater in New York City, White Bird Dance in Portland, Sophiensaele in Berlin, Lausanne Danse in Switzerland, the Belgrade Dance Festival in Serbia and SIDance in South Korea, to name but a few. Moreover, their works have been performed in additional venues in Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the U.K., and the U.S.

Their choreography has been commissioned by and included in the repertory of prominent troupes including Batsheva Ensemble in Israel; Donlon Dance Company, TanzTheater Osnabruck, StaatsTheater Braunschweig, and StaatsTheater Kassel in Germany; Introdans in Holland; Tanzkompagnie Theater St.Gallen in Switzerland; Company E in the U.S.; Aura Dance Company in Lithuania; Polish Dance Theater in Poland; Belgrade Drama Theater in Serbia; TND Company in Spain; Norrdans Company in Sweden; and Junior Company in Denmark.

Yossi and Oded's compelling choreography has garnered them numerous honors at home and abroad. They have received special grants from the Ballet Master Albert Gaubier's Foundation and the Kunstrads Scenekunstudvalg in Denmark, the Schusterman Visiting Artist Program in the U.S., the AICF, the Israel Lottery Council for the Arts, the Rabinovich Foundation, the Tel Aviv Municipality, the Teva Foundation for Excellence in the Arts and many others. The pair's creations won the first prize in international choreography competitions in Germany (Hanover), Spain (Burgos-New York), Denmark (Dansolution), and Poland (Serge Diaghilev). Their full evening works were nominated by critics for the best dance events in Israel: Heroes (2007), Bodyland (2014), Come Jump With Me (2016). Yossi and Oded were Aerowaves artists; received Israel's Ministry of Culture Award for Outstanding Choreographers; and in 2016 were awarded the Rosenblum Prize for Artistic Excellence in the Performing Arts.