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Creative Writing Creative Writing is an online platform dedicated to response to live performance.

"Both works powerfully express the emotions we’ve all been carrying through this past month and more: anxiety, terror, h...
26/05/2026

"Both works powerfully express the emotions we’ve all been carrying through this past month and more: anxiety, terror, helplessness, the attempt to survive inside all this darkness."

Read Ella Greenbaum's reflections on 'Separations / Dome' by Roni Chadash and Bosmat Nossan for The Batsheva Ensemble here:

https://creativewriting.me/separationsdome/

Photo by Ascaf.
In photo- 'Dome' by Bosmat Nossan

"'Popalinda in the Kingdom of Imagination' is a dance-theater work for children, but first and foremost it is a work of ...
28/04/2026

"'Popalinda in the Kingdom of Imagination' is a dance-theater work for children, but first and foremost it is a work of the body. Adi Eytan as Popa and Shachar Dolinsky as Roberto, inspired by Mary Poppins and Bert (a wink also to the parents’ generation), create movement work that both children and adults can enjoy."

Read Eden Kramer's response to 'Popalinda in the Kingdom of Imagination' by Shlomit Fundaminsky (in Hebrew and English) here:

https://creativewriting.me/popalinda/

Photo by Natasha Shaknes

"It is a physical theatre piece rich in imagery, with precise and flawlessly crafted scenography, and dramaturgy that su...
16/04/2026

"It is a physical theatre piece rich in imagery, with precise and flawlessly crafted scenography, and dramaturgy that sustains attention throughout. We encounter many characters, among them the problematic student in a fitness group who understands the exercise only once it is over, the sturdy weightlifter who surprises at the crucial moment, the samurai who stops time and crumbles bricks into particles, and the pole vaulter who manages to jump high, though it requires massive teamwork. The actors’ ability to precisely execute failure turns the performance into a continuous experience of laughter. Adults burst out laughing, children were giggling non-stop..."

Read Jenny Birger's full response to 'The Sweaters' by Davai Theatre HERE:

https://creativewriting.me/thesweaters/

Photo by Arik Shraga.

חדש בקידס קורנר!!!"הרבה פעמים לה ולדניאלה קשה להיפרד אחת מהשנייה אחרי שבילו שבת מלאה וכיפית ביחד, ותמיד בסוף המפגש יש דר...
22/02/2026

חדש בקידס קורנר!!!

"הרבה פעמים לה ולדניאלה קשה להיפרד אחת מהשנייה אחרי שבילו שבת מלאה וכיפית ביחד, ותמיד בסוף המפגש יש דרמה ובכי והן לא רוצות ללכת כל אחת לביתה. הן אומרות על עצמן שהן אחיות. כשהיו יותר קטנות, הן אמרו: אחותות.

דניאלה וגם יערה, כל אחת מהן היא בת יחידה. גם אלונה היא בת יחידה ומרגישים את ההתמודדות שלה בתור בת יחידה מול העולם, מול הטבע שמשנה את מצב הרוח בהצגה וגם מול הקול של העץ שמבקש ממנה להיפרד מהעלה שהיא מחשיבה לשלה.

פעם הבאה, אנחנו האימהות יכולות להזכיר להן את הרגע הזה בהצגה, לא שיהיה פחות דרמה, אבל אולי הזיכרון על אלונה נפרדת מהעלה יגרום להן להתבונן קצת אחרת על הפרידה."

תקראו את התגובה המלאה (בעברית ואנגלית) של יוליה פריידין ל׳על עלה ועל אלונה׳ מאת אנסמבל עיתים כאן:

https://creativewriting.me/theheartshapedleaf/

צילום- אביעד פוקס.

"The greatness of a personal work, in my eyes, lies in its ability to touch even those who are far from its direct conte...
10/02/2026

"The greatness of a personal work, in my eyes, lies in its ability to touch even those who are far from its direct contexts. 'Podium' does this wisely, and invited me to examine my relationship with rules, with the constant search for the firm hand and for excellence that are paired together in my imagination."

Read Jenny Birger's full response (in English and Hebrew) to 'Podium' by Yael Polka here:

https://creativewriting.me/podium/

Photo by Yair Meyuhas.

"Throughout the work, the four performers repeatedly toy with the idea of transmuting thoughts into language; of express...
08/02/2026

"Throughout the work, the four performers repeatedly toy with the idea of transmuting thoughts into language; of expressing dance with words and vice versa; of making their inner and private dialects not only heard but understood by others — be it a dancer interpreting the choreographer’s score, a dancer reacting to a fellow dancer on stage or a dancer communicating her sensations and thoughts with the audience through words or movements."

Read Joy Bernard's full response to 'On the Threshold' by May Zarhy (in Hebrew and English) here:

https://creativewriting.me/onthethreshold/

Photo by Dan Ben Ari.

04/02/2026

Creative Writing is looking for new voices.
If you are interested in dance, performing arts, writing and their meeting points, send us private message.

‏Creative Writing מחפשים קולות חדשים. אם אתם מתעניינים במחול, אומנויות הבמה, כתיבה והמפגש ביניהם, תכתבו לנו בפרטי.

10/01/2026

We take a break from our regular programming to bring you this moment from The Israeli Society for Dance Research’s event yesterday- Independent Platforms for Designing Knowledge in Dance.
Creative Writing was honored to be presented alongside leading voices in the dance world and our esteemed colleagues. Here is CW founder and director Ori Lenkinski giving a glimpse into who writes on the site and what our motivation is.

“Everyone that writes for me, like I said before, are artists. There are people who live the dance world, live the studio, the stage, productions and understand what it means to create. They come with a lot of respect, experience, love and passion for dance. Each one comes with different knowledge, with her own entire world, with her own writing style. There is one writer who specializes in Eastern dance, and another who comes from visual art. Each writer brings her knowledge into what she reflects back, what she writes. I think that broadens the possibility for the reader to see their own experience of that same performance reflected back, whether it is a completely different experience or if it matches what they felt.”

"'First Things' by Michael Getman, performed with virtuosity by Ariel Gelbart, is a fascinating, deep, and multi-layered...
08/01/2026

"'First Things' by Michael Getman, performed with virtuosity by Ariel Gelbart, is a fascinating, deep, and multi-layered work. Fragments of textual and musical information meet a distilled choreography, and together they ask the most fundamental question: what is the human experience?"

Read Jenny Birger's full response to 'First Things' by Michael Getman here:

https://creativewriting.me/firstthings/

Photo by Cecchini.

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