FURO at The Jewish Theatre 2006

FURO - a dance installation
By Ohad Naharin
and Tabaimo

Sound Design Ohad Fishof
Lightning Design Avi Yona Bueno “Bambi”
Technical Production Tomas Franck and Kenneth Björk
Costumes Rakefet Levy
Theatre Director and Artistic Manager Pia Forsgren 

World prmemiere March 24 2006 at The Jewish Theatre

The Jewish Theatre is a laboratory for performance art. Each and every production is intentionally jeopardised by the wish to experiment and make new discoveries, both artistically and technically. FURO is a completely new experiment. A meeting between dance, visual arts and music. A collaboration spanning three continents and countries: Japan, Israel and Sweden. 

FURO grew out of The Jewish Theatre’s friendship with Ohad Naharin and his Batsheva Dance Company. For Ohad Naharin experimentation has also been a motivational force, making him one of the most important innovators of modern dance. At the age of 22, he was  discovered by Martha Graham. In 1980, he made his debut as a choreographer and formed his own Ohad Naharin Dance Company. Since 1990, he has been the artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company, with dancers who practice Naharin’s own technique, Gaga.

When Naharin saw the Japanese artist Tabaimo’s work “Japanese Bathhouse” in New York , he sought out the possibility to realise his idea of an unique encounter. In the course of many meetings, discussions and technical and artistic attempts together with The Jewish Theatre and Tabaimo, he created FURO based on “Japanese Bathhouse”.

The space is that of the theatre. The movment and music are from the realm of dance. The projected scenes are from video art. The fusion of art forms creates the potential for experiments also for the onlooker. For the first time, the audience at The Jewish Theatre is encouraged to behave as if they were at an art exhibition, to enter and leave the auditorium as they wish.

Is it a theatre gallery? Is it a dance installation? It’s FURO at The Jewish Theatre.

Dancers: Leo Larus-Anderson Braz / Matan David-Yoshifumi Inao / Guy Shomroni-Stefan Ferry / Gavriel Spitzer-Yaniv Abraham / Erez Zohar-Hillel Kogan / Matan Zamir-Hillel Kogan / Jussi Pekka Nousiainen-Asher Lev / Luc Jacobs-Ron Amit