CROSSING OVER intermedia participatory site-sensitive dance project

Practice/research ongoing project, a co-creation with Dr Jane Munro (RCSSD)

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Crossing Over is an intermedia site-specific participatory dance project that offers a space to connect cheek by jowl but separate local communities.

 

Reimagined and developed for the Cally Festival 2025, we invite audiences to take part and play with us: to see, to hear, to film, to dance.

To experience the Caledonian Road and walk the green corridor from Barnsbury to King’s Cross – afresh! Then share experiences at the Islington West Library’s basement over a cup of tea, where stories of the Cally are blended with footage taken throughout the event in a unique video installation.

 

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1084960248

Co-created by Jane Munro and Sharon Reshef-Armony

Practitioners: Brontë Adelman, Carlos (Ali) Bianchi, Rebecca Bogue, Emilia Cadenasso, Zuzanna Kurko,

Jakub (Kuba) Pawelczak, Maya Dagan.

Interviewees / Cally storytellers: Jane Munro, Stuart Oliver, Brian Pabular, Michael Pinski, Rahwa Semere

Video installation technicians: Yifei Ma, Yaqi Sun

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Supported by Knowledge Exchange, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama; Islington Giving - Make it Happen ; the Cally Festival 2025.​

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Crossing Over was premiered at the Cally Festival, London, July 07, 2024. Practitioners: Rebecca bogue, Ya Gao, Nehir Ozeke, Simone-Maggie Thomas, Isabella Gaynor, Brontë Adelman. Café storyteller: Hana Gebre. Tech & costumes: Yifei Ma. Documentation: Ma'ayan Armony. Supported by Cally Festival 2024, Aperi Deli Italian Café, Agelgil Ethiopian Restaurant. Supported in kind by the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.

The projected was presented (online) the practice/research project at the 2024 Dance Studies Association (DAS) Conference: Cartographies of Movement. Buenos Aires Argentina, July 26, 2024.

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More info: The Cally Festival

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Townsend Rose Productions

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LEARNING by Francesca Rose. Director: Sharon Reshef-Armony.

Music director: Gemma Franco. Actors: Gemma Franco & Nick Delvalle.

Premiered: Artsdepot, London, November 16-17 2024; Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London Highgate, February 04-16,2025

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Reviews

… ‘Originally developed from monologues into a full-length piece, Francesca Rose's writing carries a deeply personal and intimate appeal. Sharon Reshef Armony's direction is playful and versatile, using movement, music, and space effectively alongside Gemma Franco's evocative compositions. The production's strength lies in its thoughtful and deliberate pacing, largely thanks to the grounded performances of lead actors Gemma Franco and Nick Delvallé.’ …

Namoo Chae Lee, 17 February 2025 London Pub Theatres Magazine

 

An effective and affecting musical charting the meeting and melting points of a Jewish couple over a period of years… ‘How much is played live and how much fills the room through technical production hardly matters; it is of course all perfectly balanced – thanks to the ‘intermedia performance’ skills of artistic director Dr Sharon Reshef Armony.’ …

Judi Herman, 12 February 2025, Jewish Renaissance

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Tomer Zirkilevich Company

SWAN By Tomer Zirkilevich. Filmmaker: Juan Enrique Villareal. ScreenStage Concept: Sharon Reshef-Armony. Dock 11, Berlin 20-23; 28-30 January 2022; LOFFT Das Theater, Leipzig April 1-3, 2022

 

My David + SODOM By Tomer Zirkilevich. Filmmaker: Juan Enrique Villareal. ScreenStage Concept: Sharon Reshef-Armony. Dock 11 berlin, Premiered September 26-29, 2019; Tanzherbst Festival, Kempten DE, October 16, 2019; Festival Quinzena de Danca de Almada, Lisbon Portugal, October 03, 2019

 

Infidelity: A Love Story By Tomer Zirkilevich. Choreography Advisor: Sharon Reshef-Armony. Dock 11 Berlin, February 09-12, 2017, October 11-14, 2018; Lothring Air Festival, Achen DE, June 29, 2019.

 

Like Father Like Son By Tomer Zirkilevich. Choreography Advisor: Sharon Reshef-Armony. Machol Acher Festival, Suzanne Dellal Tel Aviv, August 2012; Dock 11Berlin, March 24-27, 2016; Ekotopy International Dance festival, Katowice Poland, July 01, 2016; PopUp Festival Fabric Potsdam DE, July 16, 2016; Zawirowania Dance Competition, Warsaw Poland, November 18, 2016.