Neshamah

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Event Neshamah
Venue The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW
Umbrella Event Carnivale
First Date 28 September 1999
Opening Date 28 September 1999
Last Date 30 September 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Neshamah is a forum for 'radical' Jewish culture. It is a multi-media event involving performance, dance, visual arts, film and music.

From Performance Space database:
"A collaborative project involving contemporary Sydney-based Jewish artists addressing the notion of ?Radical Jewish Culture?. The word radical was not used to man some political revolutionary movement. What it implied was a deep questioning of being Jewish and of Jewish art. Also to some extent Jewish artists had found themselves on the periphery of what is on the whole, a conservative, insular community. [...]
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Dance
Film
Music
Multimedia
Performance
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Zorn Composer
Rue Ark Lewis Creator Film
Eugene Ulman Creator Film
Julie Huphries Dancer
Oren Ambarchi Musician
Robbie Avenaim Musician
Jeff Stein Performer
Elf Transporter Performer Spoken Word
Jeff Stein Presenter Curator
John Zorn Producer
Max Lyandvert Sound Designer
Michael Strum Visual Artist Digital Artist
Further Information more details available in hard copy archive at Performance Space.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure The Performance Space: September - December 1999
Performance Space Database
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 26339