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With a few typing mistakes and imperfections....yet so much gratitude...The Instrument Spring Newsletter 🌿
https://mailchi.mp/b34f5596455b/theinstrumentnewsletter-10608029

photo: Tamar Levy🌿

Deeply grateful for Reimar Volker from Goethe-Institut Israel to have mentioned Flag of Eve on Deutschlandfunk Kultur Radio. The Interview is in German - for those who are curious, go to minute 12:49.

Deutsche Kulturarbeit in Israel: Wie das Goethe-Institut im Krieg seinen Auftrag erfüllt Hamas, Netanjahu und Trump-Plan: Wie das Goethe-Institut Tel Aviv angesichts von Krieg, politischer Spaltung und dem "Friedensrat" seinen Kulturauftrag erfüllt.

Thank you wholeheartedly for this review, Kathrin Wintermeyer.
Photo: Tamar Levy

"Flag of Eve is a performance that does not fade once it ends; it lingers in the body and the mind long afterward. Maya Matilda Carroll delivers a work of striking physical clarity and emotional force; her presence on stage is precise, committed, and unflinching, as if movement itself is remembering, grieving, and resisting through her body.
A white flag, far more than an object, becomes an extension of the body — at times fragile, at times defiant, at times almost unbearable in its symbolism. Through it, Maya creates strong, lasting images that oscillate between surrender and resistance, silence and uprising.
At the heart of the work lies the female archetype: Eve, the mother, the witness. Carroll places this archetype firmly at the center of the performance, weaving together something ancient and urgently contemporary. History, grief, violence, tenderness and survival coexist in her physical language.
The performance does not shy away from brutality or vulnerability. Certain moments are difficult to digest — raw, unsettling, and confronting — yet they feel integral rather than gratuitous. The work demands presence from the audience, refusing comfort and insisting on attention. An act of insistence on truth, on embodiment, on the female body as a site of memory.
In the final images, Carroll evokes figures of resistance and sacrifice — recalling Joan of Arc or a freedom fighter — carrying the weight of history while asserting fierce aliveness. These closing moments resonate as both mourning and defiance.
Flag of Eve leaves a lasting impact, not only as a performance but as a provocation. It challenges how we perceive the female body, the role of women across history, and our own position in relation to violence, care, and survival. Carroll’s courage, rigor, and refusal to turn away from what is difficult make this work unforgettable."

A capture from the Aegina premier of Flag of Eve last night...grateful for an intense journey and the great audience who joined it. LAST CHANCE to see the piece tonight, Sat 31.01 at 21h.
Please reserve in advance as the number of seats is limited.

Flag of Eve rehearsal at Mikro Studio...returning to Art Shelter in Aegina and readying for this journey...shows are January 30th+31st....all details in the event...grateful for this sharing 🏳️
https://www.facebook.com/events/3706821129627656/?

A few images from Temporal, Terrestrial #10 performed in Berlin last November. With and by: Valentina Bordenave: dance
Maya Matilda Carroll: dance, Benjamin Mélot: dance
Roy Carroll: electroacoustic media

Carry on creating, reinventing, reshaping, being curious, imaginative, involved, grateful ! Love stamp 2026