Press review

creative connections

arkadi zaides is a world traveler. a youthful zaides made aliyah from belarus in 1990 and, over the last decade, his talents as an eye-catching dancer and cutting-edge choreographer led him on a series of foreign tours. so, perhaps it's not surprising that back in israel, zaides is focusing his creative energies on bringing worlds together through dance.

about a way

zaides and his co-creator itay weiser created a very special dance in white costumes by dalia lider, accompanied by precise and excellent lighting by jackie shemesh.
the movement in the piece is extremely personal, deriving from the dancers, each with his own personality and in search of a way from the inner to the outer. there is no story, but rather an individual existential situation, albeit portrayed by a group, or in the background.

about solo siento

the biggest discovery for me this time is arkadi zaides’ “solo siento”. arkadi was impressive also with batsheva ensemble’s piece “a way” last year. “solo siento” is filled up with strange lyricism. it is not eye-catchy movement but he has a special talent and sense to let his body talk, which is exactly what i call “good quality”.

about adamdam

two stripes of light are covered in a torpid and pulse like sound, covering, wrapping and alarming the bodies, which beacons and being cut from the darkness.

about daat

"a young promising israeli choreographer arkadi zaides had a performance after the five weeks of residency at the steep slope studio, which belongs to yokohama city arts and cultural foundation. It is a yokohama version of arkadi's work "adam & eve". mari fukutome from hoho-do (the japanese popular contemporary dance unit), and teita iwabuchi who was a japanese dancer selected by arkadi himself, joined this project.

about solo colores

“solo colors” is a performance of solo female dancer dancing in front of metallic object in the shape of water plant on white floor. this show showed the brilliant color on monotonous stage by the highly tensed movement of the dancer.

by takao norikoshi, tokyo shimbun, february 2009, japan

about quiet