the land speaks to me of something shared: a prayer for ancestral rhythms

Rhythm travels, Rhythm migrates, Rhythm adapts, Rhythm resists. Rhythm is a vibration that synchronizes your heartbeat to the heartbeat of another. In this performance, Rhythm is the character of Jewish diaspora, reaching back in time to shared Jewish-Muslim worlds: worlds that were not defined by borders, nationalisms, or divisions that emerged with the advent of colonialism. Artist Anna Lublina and musician hoyah work with tap dance, extended vocal techniques, and live mixing to ask what the political and cultural history of diasporic Jewish rhythm (and its embodiment) can teach us in a time marked by polarization and violence.

Creation / Performance: Anna Lublina and Samuel Hatchwell (hoyah) 

Dramaturgy: Gry Tingskog

Text:Jasmina Al-Qaisi

Scenic / Costume Design: Julie Weitz, Laura Stellacci

Light Design: Gry Tingskog

Outside Eyes: Romuald Krężel

Tap Dance Support: Mariana Souza Prét

Vocal Support: Alex Piasente-Szymański

Production Management: Marit Buchmeier, Lisanne Grotz /xplusdrei Produktionsbüro

PAST PERFORMANCES

April 24-26, 2025, 7pm: Ballhaus Ost (Berlin)

March 28-29 & April 3-4, 2025 8pm: Produkionhaus NAXOS (Frankfurt)

November 30, 2024: Work-in-progress performance at English Theater Berlin

Credits and sponsors: 

Ottilie Roederstein Stipendiem from the Hessian Ministry of Science, Research, Art and Culture; Frankfurt Kulturamt; Kulturamt Gießen; Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Development supported by the LAB at English Theater Berlin and Ma’r’ayah Fellowship for Jewish and Muslim artists at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien.

Image Credit: Collage of 1864 Ketubbah from Palestine and image from memorial video "Тухфахон (Яфа) Пинхасова" of Bukharan Sozanda Tu'hfaxon.