Premiere
Adi Boutrous
Camera Obscura
Studio Zehava and Jack DellalThe Work
In his new work, Adi Boutrous confronts himself. For the first time alone on stage, he struggles with the absence of the group, with the raw forms of the body, choosing and breaking them, between submission and conquest. The physical and aesthetic struggle serves as a tool for reviving the earthly element, the luxury of doubt, imposing the weight of life on man, his morality, and his ability to control the destruction that lies within him.
In the depths of the stage is a wheat field, inspired by Winslow Homer’s painting from 1865, The Veteran in a New Field, which depicts a farmer-warrior after the American Civil War. In Camera Obscura, the present is absorbed by the past, the wheat in mourning and life, compassion, and a minefield, in the possibility of growth from a period that has collapsed.
The Artist
Adi Boutrous, born in 1989, is a choreographer, dancer, sound and set designer. He studied at Matte Asher School for Performing Arts in Kibbutz Gaaton, followed by the Maslool – Professional Dance Program in Tel Aviv-Yafo. In his first year of activity, with his debut work What Really Makes Me Mad, he won first prize in the Shades in Dance Festival 2013. After a decade of continuous activity, in 2022, he received The Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports Award for Creation for his body of work. His works explore human morality, struggle as a condition for overcoming, access to another body, and a longing for harmony, through which he seeks to express the body.
Photo: Asya Skorik
Choreography, Performance, Soundtrack, and Set Design:
Adi Boutrous
Light Design: Ofer Laufer
Associate Dramaturgy and Rehearsal Direction: Yael Venezia
Costume Design: Stav Struz Boutrous
Associate Set Design: Ofer Laufer
Production: Adi Boutrous Performing Arts
International Relations: Drôles de Dames
Videography & Editing: Nir Weiss
The work was created within the framework of Nia+ residency program.
Adi Boutrous Performing Arts is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality.
