Yasmeen Godder is a one-woman show in an imagined fair of wonderland pizzaz

• Author: ORA BRAFMAN
• Published date: 26 September 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Similar techniques were practiced in some of Godder's earlier creations. She was keen on finding ways to research the issue through various verbal and corporal means that eventually could be expressed through dance.

The process that enabled interaction between audiences and dance professionals, led to a mellow hierarchy by performing on the same stage, and by building close encounters which led to those empathic human contacts, a rather fresh, challenging notion.

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Godder had originally planned to do P.E. #3 as a group work. Under the COVID-19 constraints she decided to perform solo for the first time, after years of working with her group. The performance took place on the Suzanne Dellal Center's stage that was surrounded by chairs for over 50 viewers.

Godder opened with a long set of energetic skips and jumps accompanied by determent hand and feet gestures while making sure she keeps an eye contact during her rounds with each spectator. She got stamina and seemed more fluid than before as she crisscrossed the central space. It was surprising to hear her say that dancing solo didn't feel natural to her. I wouldn't have guessed, since this section performed with a tight and concise showmanship, translated into unusually expressive facial innuendos, as if one could see thoughts and fleeting...