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A New Piece (of my heart)
Credits
Concept and choreography Olivia Court Mesa
Creative dancers Maayan Horesh, Ofir Itah, Uri Dicker, Nitzan ben Shem and Yuval Finkelstein
Sound design Roey Hazon
Costumes Rosie Canaan
Lightning Ian Ardashnikov
Rehearsal manager Yochai Ginton
Pictures Efrat Mazor
Video Daniel Pakes
Editing Omer Radak
Duration 51 min
The first piece was premiered in September 2024 in Israel and was created with the support of Keren Yotzrim Foundation
In A New Piece (of My Heart), Olivia Court Mesa examines our capacity for repair, exploring both physical and psychological responses to the darkness within humanity.
The work brings together five characters, each carrying their own heartache, navigating personal and collective trauma. Through athletic, interconnected movement, the dancers build and dismantle in a continuous search for renewal. As they create “memorials” and shifting constellations, they explore architectural possibilities for reconstructing what has been broken.
This work captures subtle transformations that unfold as they connect and support one another in unexpected ways, weaving through shadows and light to reveal resilience and quiet hope.
By journey’s end, nothing remains as it was, nor as they imagined it could be—but it is new.
