The Dreamers
Efrat Rubin
Interdisciplinary creation combining dance, animation, and live music.
Inspired by the delicate dialogue between body and brain during the cycles of sleep and dreaming, this piece invites the audience into an inner journey.
In the piece, closed eyes meet the open eye, and in the space between them—between darkness and light, between reality and imagination—a fan of time unfolds, inviting a shared dream. Though dreams are born in darkness, it seems that when the eyes close, they open inward—into the depths of the unconscious—where vivid, stirring images begin to awaken.
The process was accompanied by a scientific dialogue with Dr. Anat Arzi.
In the gallery, the exhibition “Dreams in Theatre: History of Theatre, Archival Sources, and Curation” by the Department of Theatre Arts will be presented.
THURSDAY | NOV 13 | 20:30
Duration: 50 minutes
At the end of the show there will be a guided discussion with the artist and the scientist.
Location: The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel aviv University (~10 minutes walk from the museum)
Choreography and Animation: Efrat Rubin
Performance: Shulamit Enosh, Adaya Godlevsky, Gili Zinger, Mami Shimazaki & Efrat Rubin
Costumes: Rosie Canaan
Artistic Advisor: Yael Venezia
Rehearsal Manager: Alex Shmurak, Noa Shavit
Voice Advisor: Michal Oppenheim Landau
Post Production: Jonathan Katzma
About the Creators
Efrat Rubin is a multidisciplinary artist — dancer, choreographer, painter, video, and animation creator. A Bezalel and P.A.R.T.S. graduate, she received the Ministry of Culture’s Young Choreographers Award (2014) and Bialik Foundation grant (2015). With 23 years of experience, she has performed widely and presented works in festivals and exhibitions in Israel and abroad. A member of the Israeli Choreographers Association, she is also an artistic director, curator, and initiator of multidisciplinary projects like Poalot be'Alfred and Resite.
Dr. Anat Arzi is a researcher in the Department of Medical Neurobiology and the Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University. Her research focuses on the neurophysiological mechanisms of loss and recovery of consciousness during sleep and following brain injuries.
