Neta Pulvermacher | Children of the Dream
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The piece "Children of the Dream," based on the childhood memories of Neta Pulvermacher, depicts seven dancers in a room with five beds. The dancers frolic, play instruments, sing, and dance, capturing the fervor and madness of the children's house and communal education, between utopia and hell. The piece will be performed in Israel as part of "Friday at Ora" at the Suzanne Dellal Center.
The piece "Children of the Dream," based on the childhood memories of Neta Pulvermacher, depicts seven dancers in a room with five beds. The dancers frolic, play instruments, sing, and dance, capturing the fervor and madness of the children's house and communal education, between utopia and hell. The piece will be performed in Israel as part of "Friday at Ora" at the Suzanne Dellal Center.
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What thirst did the sprinklers on the lawns quench? And to whom did the jackals howl every night just as we managed to fall asleep? What is etched in the body and soul of the graduates of the communal education? Seven dancers in one room with five beds. They romp, play, sing; and dance the poetry and madness of the children's home and communal education.
"This will be the final battle in the world war with the International, Man shall awaken and rise!" (from "The Internationale" by Eugène Pottier, translated by Avraham Shlonsky).
What thirst did the sprinklers on the lawns quench? And to whom did the jackals howl every night just as we managed to fall asleep? What is etched in the body and soul of the children/graduates of the communal education? Seven dancers in one room with five beds. They romp, play, sing; and dance the poetry and madness of "the children's home" - between utopia and hell.
The creation "Children of the Dream" is based on the childhood memories of its creator, Neta Pulvermacher, a daughter of Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan in the Upper Galilee, and a graduate of the children's homes and communal education. It was first staged in New York in 1993 under the name "Five Beds / Children of the Dream" by the Neta Dance Company. It won numerous awards and toured across the United States and the world in many festivals, including the Israel Festival in 1995.
The Vertigo Dance Company performed the work in Israel between 1998-2000. In February 2026, the piece was revived as part of the "Friday at Aura" series of performances at the invitation of the Suzanne Dellal Center. The creation was produced with the support of the Suzanne Dellal Center, the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Choreographers Association, Mary and Sol Sanders, Asnat and Dalia Afik, and Tel Aviv Cultural Da Vinci.
Neta Pulvermacher is a choreographer, dancer, multidisciplinary creator, and a professor of dance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. She was born and raised in Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan, graduated from Juilliard in 1985, and went on to have a flourishing career in New York for three decades. In 2013, she returned to Israel following an invitation to serve as Dean of the Faculty of Dance at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Pulvermacher holds an M.A. from Columbia University's Teacher's College and an MFA from Hollins University.
As the founder and house choreographer of the Neta Dance Company in New York, she created over 95 works for her company and for classical and modern dance companies across the United States and Israel. Her company has performed on iconic stages in New York, including The Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, and 92nd Street Y, and has toured across the US and the world.
Neta's bold artistic vision has led to collaborations with many musicians and artists, including John Zorn, Anthony Coleman, David Broza, Israeli hip-hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari, the English rock band XTC, and director Mira Nair, for whose film "The Namesake" she choreographed. Neta's work has received numerous supports and awards, earning her recognition from the White House. In 2024, she was awarded the Eric Einstein Prize for 2024 for her ongoing choreographic achievements.
Current projects include tours with her work "The Archive" and a renewed production of "Children of the Dream" commissioned by the Suzanne Dellal Center.
Credits:
- By: Neta Pulvermacher
- Dancers: Gali Davidovich, Elia Magnazi, Ofir Konash, Daniel Ben Ami, Lucinda Zeztroyki, Noga Shari
- Dramaturgy: Naomi Bloch Fortis
- Vocal coaching: Neta Shigal
- Original music: Yuval Gabai
- Live music: Accordion: Janusz Horvitz, Drums: Yoel Dorot
- Rehearsal Director: Yael Shanel
- Photography: Asia Skuric
Supported by the Suzanne Dellal Center, the Ministry of Culture, the Lottery Council for Culture and Arts, the Choreographers Association, Mary and Sol Sanders, Asnat and Dalia Afik, and Tel Aviv Cultural Da Vinci.
