GOLDFISH
PHOTO © GOLDFISH AVSHALOM POLLAK, 2015.
2016–17 NO BOUNDA SERIES RIES
OCTOBER 28 & 29, 2016 YALE REPERTORY THEATRE James Bundy, Artistic Director
Victoria Nolan, Managing Director
PRESENTS
GOLDFISH INBAL PINTO & AVSHALOM POLLAK DANCE COMPANY
Choreography
INBAL PINTO
AVSHALOM POLLAK
INBAL PINTO
Scenic and Costume Design
AVSHALOM POLLAK
Sound Design
ASAF ASHKENAZY
Master Carpenter
Tour Manager
GILAD BONNEAU OFER LACHISH
PERFORMERS ZVI FISHZON NOGA HARMELIN AVSHALOM POLLAK ELLA ROTHSCHILD
GOLDFISH IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.
Goldfish is funded by the Israel Lottery Council for Culture and Arts as a part of the Afim Project.
INBAL PINTO & AVSHALOM POLLAK DANCE COMPANY was founded in 1992. The company consists of 12 dancer/ actors collaborating to make connections across various artistic disciplines to convey new theatrical creations informed by memory, longing, ideas, and imagination. As the artistic leaders of the company, Pinto and Pollak create, direct, choreograph, and design dance performances in their unique style. Their award-winning productions have been presented in Israel and across the globe, including Oyster, which was presented in New Haven at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in 2002, and was the 2000 winner of the Israel Theater Academy Award for Best Production. They were awarded Israel’s ministry of culture award in 2011 for their creations Toros and Rushes Plus, and the 2014 Israel Critics Circle Award for Best Dance Show for Wallflower.
INBAL PINTO began her formal dance training at age 13. She studied graphic arts at The Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, and worked as a graphic designer during her army service. She was a member of the senior BatSheva Company after first joining their Ensemble. In 1990, she began her career as a choreographer. She was invited to The American Dance Festival to take part in its International Choreographers Program in both 1997 and 1998. In 2000 she won a Bessie— the New York Dance and Performance Award for her creation Wrapped. In 2000, she was given the Israel’s Ministry of Culture Award for Dance and the Tel Aviv Municipal Award for Artistic achievements.
AVSHALOM POLLAK was trained as a classical actor and graduated from The Nissan Nativ Drama School in Tel-Aviv. He has acted in a large number of films and television programs, as well as many plays at the Habima National Theatre, the Cameri Theatre, Gesher Theatre, and Haifa Municipal Theatre.
ABOUT YALE REPERTORY THEATRE Yale Repertory Theatre, the internationally celebrated professional theatre in residence at Yale School of Drama, has championed new work since 1966, producing well over 100 premieres—including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists. Twelve Yale Rep productions have advanced to Broadway, garnering more than 40 Tony Award nominations and eight Tony Awards. Yale Rep is also the recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Yale Rep’s NO BOUNDARIES series explores the frontiers of theatrical invention through cutting-edge and thought-provoking performance from around the world. NO BOUNDARIES has introduced Yale Rep audiences to an astonishing array of performances—including theatre, dance, music, and multimedia— from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Poland, Peru, Colombia, Spain, Germany, Japan, Israel, Georgia, East Africa, West Africa, and right here in the United States.
STAFF ARTISTIC Jennifer Kiger, Associate Artistic Director, Director of New Play Programs Amy Boratko, Literary Manager Kay Perdue Meadows, Artistic Associate Rachel Carpman, Literary Associate PRODUCTION C. Nikki Mills, Associate Head of Production and Student Labor Supervisor Jennifer Carlson, Master Electrician Stephanie Smith, Sound Engineer Mark Bailey, Assistant Master Electrician Elizabeth Bolster, Wardrobe Supervisor Tannis Boyajian, Stage Carpenter ADMINISTRATION Flo Low, Associate Managing Director Trent Anderson, Assistant Managing Director Laura Cornwall, Jaime Totti, Management Assistants Jaime Totti, House Manager The NO BOUNDARIES series is supported by the work of more than 200 Yale Rep staff and Yale School of Drama faculty members. Goldfish, October 28 and 29, 2016 Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street
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