Wrestling Our Way Into Shavuot

Location: MNjcc Zoom Meeting

Description:

Presented in partnership with Fentster Gallery  

Discuss, dance and dive into art, art history and textual interpretation! Dancer Maxine Lee Ewaschuk and curator Evelyn Tauben host an interactive exploration inspired by the moment in Genesis when Jacob wrestles through the night with an angel and is transformed by morning. On Shavuot we wrestle through the night with Jewish texts and teachings - what will the morning bring? Together we'll grapple with this key narrative and how various sages and artists throughout history have responded to it including Nathan Rapoport (best known for his memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw and at Yad Vashem) whose monumental sculpture of Jacob wrestling the angel can be found on Toronto’s Sherman Campus. Through discussion and movement, we’ll explore the layers of wrestling introduced in Breishit that are deeply resonant at this time.  

 

About Maxine and Evelyn: 

Maxine Lee Ewaschuk is a Toronto-based creative with a background in dance; she is currently learning in Yeshivat Maharat’s “Mind the Gap” professional-development program.

A leader in the field of contemporary Jewish arts and culture, Evelyn Tauben is a producer, writer and curator of FENTSTER – a window gallery that explores the Jewish experience.  

https://expressionistthreads.wordpress.com/ 

https://www.evelyntauben.com 

Available: Available

Price: $0.00 Taxes not included

Tags: Spring

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