The Hole

Photo: Rahi Rezvani

Choreographer: Ohad Naharin

'The Hole' was co-produced by Schrit_tmacher.
Made possible by Kunst en Israël — Stichting Will en Rita Jaeger Fonds.

“Dancing is about being in the moment. It is about listening to the scope of sensations and allowing that listening to become the fuel of all feelings, forms and content. Yet, we should always remember where we came from. Going back thirty years, I think of Jiří Kylián. A man whose generosity, talent, wisdom and experience have taught me and touched me in a profound way.
NDT became a second home for me and my work. I love coming here, because I rarely meet such a unique combination of the highest level of production quality, extraordinary skill, creative dancers and great hospitality.

When I created ‘The Hole’, I told my team that they should prepare for a work that will never tour, will never leave our studio (where we performed it). It is too complicated production wise, I thought. NDT proved me wrong. They managed what was impossible for us. While working on this piece with the NDT dancers, I was given a great opportunity to see it in a whole new
light: being in a different space and being with hugely talented, creative and generous dancers have created a meaningful process that allows the work to grow. When I am asked what ‘The Hole’ is about, my first answer is that the work is about itself; about how all its elements
meet to create a collective narrative. A dance narrative, which tells a story of volume, delicacy, the use of explosive power, the research of movement, organization and structure, laughing at ourselves, dynamics, overstatements and understatements, the connection of pleasure and effort, the sublimation of each dancer’s madness, passion and fantasy into a clear form, ‘The Hole’ is a particular space with its own codes and you are invited into it.”
– Ohad Naharin