Delay The Sadness

Sharon Eyal ranks among the very best choreographers of our time; like Hofesh Shechter, she hails from the legendary Batsheva Dance Company. In 2025, she triumphed at the Düsseldorf Festival with her acclaimed production “Soul Chain” for tanzmainz. Now she returns with her current outstanding production “Delay the Sadness” for her own company S-E-D (Sharon Eyal Dance), which premiered at the last Ruhrtriennale and was frenetically celebrated. Eight dancers each develop their own unique energy and expressiveness; classical ballet figures flash into view and are immediately deconstructed; music, emotions and bodies merge. For Sharon Eyal, dance is far more than just movement – it is life itself.

Continuation of life after death.
Continuation of sadness and purity.
Continuation of mother.
emotions
memories
I remember, recall, imagine, dream
Dancing… breathing… suffocating… stopping
Sharon Eyal

Sharon Eyal, choreography
Gai Behar, co-development
Josef Laimon, composition
Alon Cohen, lighting design
Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar in collaboration with Noa Eyal Behar, costume design
By Serge H, 3D printing design
Bas et Hauts Atelier, Paris, costume production
Noa Eyal Behar, make-up design & styling
Daniel Norgren-Jensen, Rehearsal Director
Music: Khyaam Haque – “Dance with Me, Maximilian”,
John Tavener, Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin,
George Mosley, The Choir of the AAM – “Funeral Canticle”

On Stage
Darren Devaney, Naïs Duboscq, Juan Gil, Miriam Gittens, Alice Godfrey, Heloise Jocqueviel, Victor Ketelslegers, Johnny McMillan

Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, Artistic Directors
Roy Bedarshi, Managing Director
Maya Manor, S&G Management
Maelle Tournadre, Company Management
Alon Cohen, Technical Director
Oren Elimelech, Hillel Sharp, Alon Tavori, Henry Rehberg, Technical Team
Josep Alcaina, Booking Consultant
Noa Eyal Behar, Backstage Management
Magdalena Bukowiec, Tour Management
Yona Mazigh, Personal Assistant to S&G

Co-producers:
Ruhrtriennale 2025 | Festival of the Arts, Germany, La Villette – Paris, Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse, Paris, TorinoDanza, Italy, Orsolina 28 Art Foundation, Italy, Sadler’s Wells – London, Baku International Arts Festival, Île-de-France Region, Department of Seine-et-Marne, Montpellier Danse Season 2025/2026, MART Foundation – New York, Julidans – Amsterdam, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Austria, Dampfzentrale Bern, Switzerland, Théâtre Sénart, Scène nationale, Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon.
S-E-D is supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation and the French Ministry of Culture – Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d’Île-de-France.

With the kind support of Robert Lamers