Itzik Giuli is a creator in the dance, theater, performance, and fine arts fields. Partner artistic director of Yasmeen Godder Dance Company, artistic director of the Israel Festival between 2014-2021, and of Curtain Up events between 2014-2016. Amongst other things, as part of the Israel Festival, Giuli established and curated various platforms such as “Institutional Routine”, “Home-Spirit-Hospitality” and “Distillation” – all intended to unite community and art. He has recently created “RETREATMENT” and “Teach me [To be] French”, commissioned by Garonne Theater in France.
“This is a time to reopen the contract, examine the clauses which define the connection between art, society, and community, as we are facing new questions and circumstances. Does art affect the lives of the communities in which she is created? Is it relevant to the general public? Did we fall unreasonably in love – us, the artists – with our own reflection? Can we contemplate together about ways to think and act, in which art would propose a close touch, a sharing glance, and perhaps, a healing? And maybe it could succeed in creating a space of containment, which can resound throughout the body and soul, social and personal alike? Can art exist in society’s everyday life? As a profound, vital essence?”