Ido Gidron I Noa Manour | Shuva I Open Shoelaces

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**Shuvah** is a dance creation that invites the audience on an intimate and exposed journey into the depths of memory. Through body movement to the music of Bach, the performer grapples with the resounding question: who were we once, and who are we today? The solo disassembles the concept of "return" - not just as a physical return to a home or familiar place, but as a persistent attempt to reconnect with the image of who we thought we were. The body moves between memories that emerge as visual images from the past and the present, raising probing questions about identity and change: Have we remained the same person? What from the past has been lost, and what remains stable and solid within us? This is a journey filled with trials, consisting of gradual approach and exposing fragments of truth that are both painful and enlightening. From battling doubts and various physical paths, a deep longing is born for the light and a story of returning to safe havens.

Ido Gidron is an independent artist, dancer, and choreographer, a Gaga language and rehabilitative Pilates instructor. Born and raised in the Shoresh community in the Jerusalem hills, he graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Ido served in the IDF as an "outstanding dancer," while working for the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company and the Batsheva Dance Company. He has worked with many choreographers like Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Arkadi Zaides, Elad Shechter, Sharon Vazna, Itzik Galili, and more. He was a guest artist at Kennesaw State University in the USA, ZHDK University in Switzerland, the Gothenburg Opera Dance Company in Sweden, and has been a regular teacher at HJS in Holland, Fabrik, MARAMEO in Germany, and more. He created performances for the "Harama Masach" festival in 2018 and 2025. Ido is a recipient of the Pais Grant for creators for 2020, 2023, and 2025. Currently, Ido teaches, creates, and conducts workshops in Israel and worldwide.

**Shuvah**

Choreography and Performance: Ido Gidron

Music: J.S. Bach

Artistic Guidance: Shlomit Fundaminsky

Rehearsal Management: Naomi Katz and Noam Eldar

Lighting Design: Harel Yashurun

Production: Irit Eilat

The creation first premiered at the "Between Heaven and Earth" festival in 2025.

**Open Laces / Noa Manor**

I had a thread and had an end and I unraveled them until I reached the lace. We must continue to check and examine what lies before me, beside me, within me. To unravel familiar paths, to break through new paths, to trail in a long and winding path that draws closer and distances from itself. I reached a juncture where I turn both right and left, I am both a learning child and a grown-up examiner, the end is the beginning.

Noa Manor, choreographer, dancer, and independent creator. Graduate of the two-year choreography program at the Kelim Center. Resides and creates in Haifa, works on video and dance, influenced by illustration and collage, techniques that find expression both on stage and on screen. Her works have been showcased in several platforms, events, and festivals in Israel and Europe, including: the "Between Heaven and Earth" festival, the "New Dance" festival, the "Rundell" festival, and the Asif festival. Her video work 'Loop in a Square' was screened at the Dance Days Chania festival in Crete and in the WOMENCINEMAKERS magazine. In 2025, she created 'Something, Something Else' with the support of the Haifa Culture Foundation, and in 2026 she participated in the 'Head Dive' residency program at Menashe Dance House.

**Open Laces**

Creation, Performance, and Music Editing: Noa Manor

Music: Minuet in G major and G minor/ J.S. Bach, Foot Forward/ James Blake

The solo 'Open Laces' was created within the 'Head Dive' residency at Menashe Dance House, accompanied by Anat Tsederbaum and Gil Krer.

Photographers: Natasha Shaknes / Yuval Goezansky