Established
in 1994 as a multicultural group of 15 healers, visual artists,
musicians (several members of the leading Israeli Shotei Hanevuah
& Sheva, lighting & sound artists, designers, architects,
clowns, chefs, storytellers, dancers, actors, writers, farmers,
gardeners, film & video artists, and teachers including
Muslims, Jews, and Christians.
As part of our research travelling/studies, members of Metatron
have been involved, sometimes individually, sometimes collectively
in Chinese martial arts, conflict resolution, Buddhist, Hindu
& Taoist meditation practice, African, Aboriginal, Indian,
Middle Eastern and tribal music song and dance, Permaculture,
Shamanic ritual, Sufi Practices, kabbalistic and Hassidic
practice, and creation of transformative ecological healing
gatherings rotted in the Hebrew calendar.
Vision in Progress:
Hapardes
To generate healing for Abraham's Children through art, faith
and the basic root myths of the Middle East. The mystical
talmudic story of the "Orchards", the esoteric journey
to Paradise, will serve as a backbone for this “paratheatrical”
ritual. The sacred voyage will include Arab and Jewish
mythical motifs, from the Zohar, ancient persian sacred poetry
from the sufi poet: JellaladinRumi,among other sacred texts.
Hapardes will integrate live ethnobeat & traditional Middle
Eastern music, from Kawali Hip hop to Beduin Dub, ancient
acoustics & beyond, circus techniques, chinese martial
arts, and contemporary trance ritual, movement & dance.
We are planning to perform this event twice a month. For
the period of creation of the space and rehearsals, Metatron
needs a time frame of five months of intensive work.
Concept & Development:
Gil Ron Shama, Gabriel Meyer |
