Tamar Tabori
"However we encounter language, it is inseparable from other people. My aim in this research was to define a common feeling among those who experience language as both a connective and separating force—to find a new way to talk (or dance) about how one’s relationship to language(s) affects and complicates one’s sense of identity, and in turn, one’s sense of belonging. Across communication, body language is universal. By creating dance languages through body alphabets, the meanings of words are not the focal point, but the sensations are. My residency at What Lab is suspended in time - an intensive two weeks that feel like they exist separate from reality. The blue floors, the north facing windows, the hum of the fans; they all play a big part in this research. The What Lab space is where this project lives."
About Tamar Tabori
Tamar Zehava Tabori (she/her) is a Canadian-Israeli emerging contemporary dance artist and experimental filmmaker, currently residing on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples; the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. She pursued consistent technical training throughout her childhood and adolescence before graduating with a BFA in Contemporary Dance from Montreal’s Concordia University.
She is interested in the documentation of dance, having done archival work for organizations such as Kaeja d’Dance, and at present holds the position of Youth Curator for F-O-R-M (Festival of Recorded Movement). Tamar maintains an active engagement with the dance community, locally, nationally, and internationally, using digital platforms as sites of creative exchange and connectivity. She has been involved in various interdisciplinary dance productions across Canada, performing on stage and on screen, and has received commissions for both production and instruction roles. While on the East coast, she participated in residencies with and performed for Petrikor Danse, at established Montreal venues such as the MAI, Circuit-est, and Monument-National. Her experimental short films have been screened at festivals such as F-O-R-M, NorthWest Film Forum, Art Volt: Watch and Listen, and Moving Images ScreenDance Festival. As an artist, she seeks to intrigue and engage, exploring the tension between the ephemeral dancing body and the ostensible permanence of digital landscapes.