Hagit Yakira is a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher currently working in London. She graduated from the Music and Dance Academy in Israel and the Laban Centre. She is also a qualified Dance Movement Therapist. |
2B
An attempt to create an abstract picture of two people meeting in one place, in an encounter that manifests itself in intimacy, competition, a challenge, tenderness and care.
Choreography- Hagit Yakira
Performers- Takeshi Matsumoto, Hagit Yakira.
Rehearsal Manager and Dramaturg- Yarit Dor
Lighting Designer and Scenography- Rachel E. Stanners
Costume Designer- Giulia Scrimieri
Music- the music for the piece was provided by the music producer- Mark Moris: Higanbana- Reiko and Tori Kudo.
Joe Mcphee.
Desperado- The Langley Schools.
Special thanks to – Noa Zamir, Nigel Pilkington, Maika Klaukien and Annabel Leventon for taking a part in the process.
Special thanks to all collaborators. A huge thanks to you- Yarit for the great work and support and you- Takeshi- thank you!!! for another indescribable and fascinating journey!
Photos copyright Mikah Smillie.
Reviews for Oh Baby at Resolution, 12 February 2009:
"Hagit Yakira's duet Oh Baby steps stylishly beyond the usual danced musings on coupledom... Rather than presenting a generic scenario, though, expecting our empathy, they humorously ape work of similar themes, drawing parallels, through game playing, with the process of dance making itself.... " - Thom Shaw
"Takeshi Matsumoto and Hagit Yakira bore into the heart of human desire and never get lost. Oh Baby is a riot from the get-go. Impossibly yet plausibly loveable, the pair exhibits the craziness that only true intimacy permits, as they sing, laugh, exhale, roll, squeal, embrace, tease, grope, beg and posture their way through a relationship..." - Tara Paulsson