What if the world is a woman,

and she has a body that holds a womb,

that holds destruction and holds life,

And they do not fear each other…

 

The body is the lesson and the map,

the prison and the redemption.

The stage is a training ground,

and I am training, in destruction,

Temporary, Foreknown, yet surprising every time anew.

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This is an invitation to take the biological mechanism of the menstrual cycle and use it as a choreographic score—an outline for a space of cyclical, temporary destruction. It is a wish to establish the female body as a source of knowledge and inspiration for new insights, turning it into a platform through which one can view and act upon the world, with hope for a better future.

 

 

Length: 45 min

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* The piece premiered at Diver Festival, August 2018

 ** Short version of the piece premiered at Intimadance festival, June 2018, Tmuna theater.

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*** Winner of "Out of the Box" Award Gothenburg Fringe Festival 2019.

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Creator and performer: Merav Dagan

Costume Design: Tamar Ben Cnaan

Light Design: Tamar Or, Amir Castro

Artistic Advisers: Erez Maayan and Anat Katz