What happens when a monk, a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar? Scratch that…you probably know that one already.
Okay, what happens when a Jewish performer walks up to their grandmother’s cupboard of antiques?
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Where do you think this was going? Is there space for this joke in a dance review today? In Germany? And who can make such a joke?
There is, in fact, no joke to make. But I take this chance to tread the nuance that art allows to reclaim what may be said. Performer David Bloom does it too, with “nigunim”. Premiered on 23 March 2023 at Uferstudios, the solo was part of Tanzfabrik’s ‘Narratives and Transgressions’ curatorial fold.
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