Opus for Shoulders (2001), 6 minutes
Choreography: Ruth Eshel
Original score: Deganit Elyakim
Singers: Avi Gola, Dege Hanoch, Tsagay Abai, Kedma Aychek
First cast: Chole Amen, Gola Avi, Bayenne Gevet Gilat, Hanoch Dege, Abay,Tsegay, Biadgo Geva, Gobezu Matanel, Zegahon Hani.
About the composer: Deganit is a graduate of the Department of Music
at the University of Haifa. She won an America-Israel Cultural Fund grant in
composition for 2001-2003.
An abstract group dance creating variations of shoulder movements. The vocal
music makes use of Amharic vowels.