HIDDEN (2022)
Choreographer: Rachel Linsky
Lighting Design/Production Management: Andrea Sala
Photography and Video: David Orr / Boston Moving Art
Hidden is the culmination of a multi-faceted research project that has included multiple community workshops, dance film, and now live performance. This evening-length contemporary dance work is inspired by the story of Holocaust survivor Aaron Elster, who survived at the mercy of a Polish family who kept him hidden in their attic for two years. Hidden has been developed through a highly collaborative creative process geared towards creating a resonant and embodied Holocaust education experience for the artists involved in the work. This piece tackles the pressing question of what the future of Holocaust education might look like, especially in this pivotal time where so few survivors are left to tell their stories first-hand. CLICK HERE to see a compilation of clips from the live performance.
Dance Film: Z”L (2023)
Choreography: Rachel Linsky
Production Design/Production Management: Andrea Sala
Director of Photography: Ernesto Galan
Photography: Nicole Volpe
"Z"L" is Rachel Linsky’s capstone project of her Community Creative Fellowship, inspired by the work and story of Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) was a Jewish-Polish composer who grew up learning to play music with his father’s Yiddish theater group. At 20 years old, when the Nazis invaded, Weinberg fled to the Soviet Union and was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. He spent the rest of his life creating brilliant classical compositions with clear Jewish and Klezmer themes. With his music, Weinberg kept alive a whole world of the family and culture he had lost. This past year, through the JArts & CJP Community Creative Fellowship, Rachel has been working to fuse contemporary dance with Yiddish dance as a way to honor Weinberg's legacy and celebrate the influences that he kept alive in his music. CLICK HERE for the full movie.
