Nescher & Nesher
Nesher & Nescher | |
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 Sylvia Nescher (left) and Yair Nesher (right) performing in Israel, 1976 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Kibbutz Nir David, Israel |
| Genres | puppet theatre |
| Years active | 1966-2010 |
| Past members | |
Nescher & Nescher is a puppet theatre duo consisting of Sylvia Nescher and Yair Nesher.
History
Early years, Israel (1969-1977)
They created, among others, the production Aucassin and Nicolette, which was very successful and toured around the whole country. They also collaborated in the Israeli children’s TV program Rich-Rach.
Their theatre group was then called The Nesher Puppets.
In 1972, they performed at the Puppet Theatre Festival of Charleville Mezieres in France. This marks the beginning of their professional career and their theatre touring, which involves the creation of a workshop of shadow theatre in the theatrical section of the University of Jerusalem and also the cooperation of the Puppet Theatre section for Children in Israel.[1]
1976 is the year of their trip to Hong Kong where they studied Chinese Opera and Chinese Puppet Theatre. A year later they set off on a tour to the United States and also joined the festival of Puppeteers of America.[2][3]
Austria (1979-1998)
They moved to Vienna, Austria and toured four continents, 14 countries, and participated in 20 international festivals such as: Charleville Mezieres, Hong Kong, Avignon Festival of Light and many others. They also worked with TV stations such as: Channel 4, ZDF and ORF. From 1982 to 1985, they managed a private theatre called Domino in the heart of Vienna, presenting puppet theatre and silhouette performances.
They collaborated as puppeteers for the Lyric Opera Die Zauberflöte at Theater an der Wien (1982, director Edwin Zbonek). In 1986, they collaborated in the dance production Mignon, inspired by Viaggio in Italia by Goethe at the Teatro Filarmonico di Verona.
1987 is the year of creation of the production Belle Époque with mixed media including music by Karl Heinz Schrödel and in 1988 stories of the Decameron in collaboration with Channel 4, London, a five short film production of each 15 minutes.
From 1988 to 1995 they produced puppets and mixed media for TV such as Televischn, political satire TV show for adults, the series of stories called Kater Murr, inspired by E. T. A. Hoffman for ZDF and also Die Bazillen.[4]
From 1991 to 1997 they established an experimental private theatre in Altaussee and organized a Shadow Theatre and Silhouettes festival. They also cooperated with the Theater Museum in Vienna and the Jewish Museum in Vienna and Hohenems.[5]
Italy (1998-2004)
In 1998 they left Austria to settle near Venice where they opened a gallery for silhouettes and paper cuts in the Jewish Ghetto (2000 to 2004).[6] Furthermore they cooperated with the Union of Venice museums on various projects.
Israel (2004-2010)
They moved to Israel in 2004 where they produced events such as: Mozart in black from 2006-2007, a production on the anniversary of Mozart in Vienna, in cooperation with the Municipality of Vienna’s anniversary, coordination and programming in collaboration with the Municipality of Vienna.
In 2009 they organised a "Vienna Week" in Tel Aviv. This was a gift from the city of Vienna to Tel Aviv to commemorate its 100th anniversary.
After Sylvia’s death in 2009 Yair decided to donate all materials, documents, and life-long creative work of the theatre to the Holon Puppet Theatre Foundation. There is a permanent exhibition in memory of Sylvia Nesher’s work and creations.[7]
Sylvia Aradi and Yair Nesher
Sylvia Aradi was born in 1942 in Marseilles France. Her father, Alexander Alter–Aradi, was born in Hungary as an Orthodox Jew in 1898. He participated in the First World War as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army and returned as a communist. He joined the International Brigade in Spain. Her mother Lya Aradi was born in Poland in 1907. She wandered with her family through Europe and in 1937 she went from Belgium to Spain to join the International Brigade as a nurse near Barcelona.[8] The parents met in a refugee camp at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
In the Second World War, Sylvia, together with her parents, was a refugee in Southern France. Her father collaborated with the French Resistance. In 1948, her father decided to go back to Hungary to join the Hungarian Communist party and rebuild the country. He worked in the treasury department in Budapest. In 1956 the family moved to Vienna, fleeing the Hungarian Revolution. Ten years later Sylvia arrived in Israel and joined kibbutz Nir David. At the kibbutz she met Yair Nesher.
In autumn 2009, Sylvia passed away from cancer.
Yair Nesher was born in 1941 in Palestine. His father, Abraham Adlerstein (later translated in Israel into Nesher), was born in 1913 in Poland and his mother, Esther Potaschnik, was born in 1916 in Vienna. Abraham traveled to Vienna to study Electricity at the Technical School. They met in Vienna. Two weeks before the Anschluss Abraham left Vienna to Palestine. Esther managed to leave Austria in October 1938. Both were active in the Zionist movement Hashomer Hazair. They joined to build kibbutz Nir David. Their parents were killed during World War II.
Sylvia and Yair married in the kibbutz in 1966 and started a puppet theatre.
At present, Yair lives in Kibbutz Geva in the Yizreel Valley.
References
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- ↑ "World Puppetry Festival". www.festival-marionnette.com. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Israel". April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "ריץ' רץ' - תאטרון בובות". YouTube. October 5, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bazillen 13 Folgen Episodenguide". KG imfernsehen GmbH & Co (in Deutsch). Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Schattenspiel und Scherenschnitt - Jüdisches Museum Hohenems". www.jm-hohenems.at. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ippocrene - Arti e Lettere - Lo Speziale". www.ippocrene.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "נשר את נשר". www.puppetcenter.co.il. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "las mamás belgas | libro – documental – proyecto educativo". lasmamasbelgas.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kersten, Ralph (1990). Schwarzes Theater. Germany: Puppen und Masken Verlag. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Nescher, Sylvia (March 1986). "Video e cinema. L'occhio della cinepresa su figure in movimento". Burattini. Nr. 7: 49, 50, 51.
- ↑ Compagnia Drammatico Vegetale (1983). "The Nesher Puppets". Shakespeare e il teatro di figura in Europa. Ravenna: Agenzia editoriale Essegi. pp. 53, 54. Search this book on
- ↑ Behrent, Klaus (1993). Puppentheater in Österreich. Austria: G. A. Lauber - Öst. Theatermuseum. Search this book on
- ↑ Podgorski, Thaddäus (1989). Herein. A.Rudas - Peter Muller Verlag. Search this book on
- ↑ Nold, Wulfried (1979). Puppemnbühnen im Deutschsprachigen Raum. Puppen & Masken. Search this book on
- ↑ Pasterk, Ursula (1987). Heftiger Herbst, Theaterfestival der freien Gruppen. Kulturamt Wien. Search this book on
- ↑ Reuch, Rainer (1994). "Schattenspiel, Film oder Theater?". Schattentheater, Zeitschrift des Internationalen Schattenspiel-Zentrums (2).
- ↑ Nescher, Sylvia (2003). Venezianische Silhouetten. Sylvia Nescher. Search this book on
External links
- Accueil Festival Marionnettes
- Israel Puppet Center Holon Archived February 6, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
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