Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth based on the influential Israeli novel The Road to Ein Harod by Amos Kenan tells the story of a rebel novelist fleeing from a military coup in his country to the last free refuge, Ein Harod, rumored to be the last bastion of resistance.
Through the eyes of the hero—a faceless, nameless, Bunraku puppet—the audience sees the tragic cycle of war via a miniature city where plastic tanks barrel down paper streets amid a Middle Eastern landscape created out of one thousand pounds of salt. A specially rigged camera zooms through the tiny sets, simultaneously feeding the footage onto a large movie screen hanging above the city.
A gracefully mechanical dance, PuppetCinema's Salt of the Earth combines live film making and theater, and tells the story of a land that never rests from fighting, and of people in an endless battle to survive. As the show is created, destroyed, and rebuilt live on stage, the audience bears witness to the need for self-preservation and the lengths we go to fight for freedom.
Through the eyes of the hero—a faceless, nameless, Bunraku puppet—the audience sees the tragic cycle of war via a miniature city where plastic tanks barrel down paper streets amid a Middle Eastern landscape created out of one thousand pounds of salt. A specially rigged camera zooms through the tiny sets, simultaneously feeding the footage onto a large movie screen hanging above the city.
A gracefully mechanical dance, PuppetCinema's Salt of the Earth combines live film making and theater, and tells the story of a land that never rests from fighting, and of people in an endless battle to survive. As the show is created, destroyed, and rebuilt live on stage, the audience bears witness to the need for self-preservation and the lengths we go to fight for freedom.
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Directed by Zvi Sahar
Based on the novel ‘The Road to Ein Harod’ by Amos Kenan Developing Crew: Oded Littman, Aya Zaiger and Michal Vaknin Dramaturge: Oded Littman Design and Cinematography: Aya Zaiger Performers & Puppeteers: Zvi Sahar, Michal Vaknin, Yuval Fingerman, Shai Egozi & Aya Zaiger Music & Sound Effects by Gai Sherf Additional Music & Voice by Rona Kenan Light Designer: Adi Shimrony Puppets by: Zvi Sahar, Robin Frohardt, Eti Sahar, Jessica Scott , and Aya Zaiger Puppetry Director: Jessica Scott |
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US Producer and Internatinal Company Manager: Leslie Strongwater
Israeli Production by Hazira Art Arena
Artistic Director: Guy Biran
Executive Producer: Daniella Shenhav
Assistant Director: Genia Snop / Animation Consultant: Michal Abulafia / Video Consultant: Gal Barkan and Shachar Montlake
Salt of the Earth was developed in part by the LABA residency of the 14th Street Y, Puppet Blok at Dixon Place, Cheryl Henson and The Jim Henson Foundation with the following collaborators:
Oded Littman (Co-Director), Jesse Garrison/Mark Fraunhofer (Cinematographer), Boaz Fruend (Director of Photograhy), Jessica Scott (Puppetry Director), Ien Denio (Sound Designer), Shlomi Mantsur/ Rona Kenan (Music), Heather Sparling/Ayumu "Poe" SAEGUSA (Light Design), Zvi Sahar, Aya Zaiger, Robin Frohardt, Jessica Scott and Eti Sahar (Puppet Design) and Ronit MuszkaTblit (Assistant Director). Puppeteers/Performers included: Zvi Sahar, Danny Burnam, Erica Livingston,Tom McDoangh, Adam Ende, Gina Bonati, Justin Perkins and Jessica Scott.
Oded Littman (Co-Director), Jesse Garrison/Mark Fraunhofer (Cinematographer), Boaz Fruend (Director of Photograhy), Jessica Scott (Puppetry Director), Ien Denio (Sound Designer), Shlomi Mantsur/ Rona Kenan (Music), Heather Sparling/Ayumu "Poe" SAEGUSA (Light Design), Zvi Sahar, Aya Zaiger, Robin Frohardt, Jessica Scott and Eti Sahar (Puppet Design) and Ronit MuszkaTblit (Assistant Director). Puppeteers/Performers included: Zvi Sahar, Danny Burnam, Erica Livingston,Tom McDoangh, Adam Ende, Gina Bonati, Justin Perkins and Jessica Scott.
