BLUSH
An innocent research on physical embarrassment
by Gony Paz
Embarrassment appears when we lose control, when the effort to cover up one thing reveals another.
It blossoms in the gap between what I think of myself to what I think others think of me, to what they actually do think.
When director Romeo Castellucci was asked why he doesn’t star his own plays he said: ‘being an actor is the hardest profession in the world. always standing naked, at the wrong time at the wrong place, for all to see.’
In Blush it’s the puppets who’re naked, not us, and still..
A new show by Gony Paz and Itim Ensemble. We playfully and almost childishly explore the embarrassment, intimacy, and nudity of the puppet and of the "hiding" puppeteer behind it. Playing with a variety of materials, animating techniques and live camera.
Created by Gony Paz // Performers: Itamar Banai, Zvi Sahar, Gony Paz // Co-creator: Youssef Sweid //Artistic director: Zvi Sahar // Dramaturgy and Light design: Yair Segal //Music and sound: Faye Shapiro // Double bass: Ziv Grinberg // Puppets and set design: Gony Paz // Visual consultant: Rotem Blum
With the help of West Flugel Theater // Premiered at BAFF 2019 festival Basel, and Tmuna 2019 festival TLV
3 performer, 65 minutes.