this fall foreignfire joins forces with congregation beth sholom to present terrible times (ימים נוראים):

three high holy days events that redraw the boundaries of synagogue observance

contribute hands-on to developing and leading these timespace-bending jewish art-rituals in a workshop series led by david israel katz and foreignfire performers

david israel katz is a singer, composer and performance artist. deeply rooted in jewish community, david’s recent work has been drawing on biblical and prayer-book texts, as well as on the nonverbal text of Jewish ritual. he studied composition and improvisation at mills college, and art and social change at ciis, and has specialized in voice and movement improvisation. as director of foreignfire, he organizes ensemble improvisations, writes performance and art-ritual scores, and leads creative workshopping processes. ha’aretz described him as “an uber-performer,” and his art-ritual, THRESH, was praised by jewish currents as “an intense game you can lose yourself in.” Recent appearances include musrara mix festival, (jerusalem); xavier veilhan’s studio venezia (venice biennale); and naomi rincon gallardo’s formaldehyde trip (sfmoma, the broad).

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san francisco based performance group foreignfire creates aesthetically powerful events in the overlapping area of performance art and jewish ritual

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