Eilit Marom

Eilit Marom (1986, Haifa) is a visual artist based in the Netherlands and Israel. Her performances are driven by a pronounced clear action or interaction that brings performers and public in direct contact with their embodied natural knowledge. She uses distinct physical tasks like, letting go of something or leaning into each other, as a starting point for creation. She finds links between the bodily expression and universal experiences that speak of trust, liberation and sociability. With a background in dance she employs a collaborative approach to discipline with embodiment as a central material. Eilit’s work includes performances as well as community based events. Her practice illuminates the do-er's intentions; offering freedom in engagement, accessible for trained performers or general public. In recent years she started collecting tasks that evoke experiences of pleasure. She focuses on simple delights that engage one with their senses, connection to others and their environment. She defined more than 100 Unforbidden Pleasures - actions and interactions that offer a mindful moment of embodiment; listening to the echo, building momentum or searching for the horizon - these Unforbidden Pleasures become choreographic tasks in her performances and the public, her companion. Her work has been presented in both dance and visual art contexts, in venues such as Helmhaus Museum (CH), Unfair Amsterdam (NL), Haifa Theater (IL), Supercell Brisbane (AU), Korzo (NL) and iii (NL). With a BA in Dance from ArtEZ university of the arts (NL) Eilit developed an international career as a performer and maker. She is a recipient of the ‘Artist in Community’ grant from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and founder of ‘Karov Meod’ movement in the public space festival in downtown Haifa. In 2020 she joined Helicopter artists initiative & studios in the Hague, a home for interdisciplinary practices. Eilit regularly teaches and guides groups, making her approach and embodied practice available to others. She is also certified to teach Anouk van Dijk’s movement method Countertechnique and she has been sharing her knowledge with professionals and communities in art centers and universities around the world.