557

Premiere: Curtain Up Project 2014, Tel Aviv | Artistic Director: Itzik Giuli 

557 is the sum of ages of the eight women participating in the performance, true to the date of the premiere.

557 is a choreographic work that materializes through women between the ages of 59 to 79, whose bodies – except one – are free of any professional dance codification. 

Through an observation of the physical body in its presence, and performance of simple non-narrative actions, that are not expected of elderly women (such as running, crawling, etc.), a series of images surfaces and reveals the social, political, and emotional layers of life embedded in the body.

In an artistic sphere where the conventions of performance are reexamined, 557 aims at presenting the ordinary elderly body – in its non-skilled and unpolished essence – as an aesthetic value in its own right, as the material and inspiration for the work and the choreographic and scenic language of Galit Liss. 

The piece is dedicated to the memory of Efrat Hartal, who was a participant in the creative process.