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Stav Struz Boutrous
Farewells
Studio Zehava and Jack DellalThe Work
Farwell is a tribute to our relationship with death, a lamentation dance for those no longer with us. The work follows the poetics of mourning, physical obituaries, and the idea of letting go of a person or a group. Different forms of farewell, personal and group, merge, binding each other with the fate of grief and shared memory. Events of parting occur continuously in every aspect of our lives: from our homes, from loved ones, from time-periods, and from our homeland. These are events that leave their mark as if inviting us to explore, search for the meaning and deeply acknowledge their existence.
The Artist
Stav Struz Boutrous (b. Jerusalem, 1990) graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance High School. She was a member of the Batsheva Ensemble and Batsheva Dance Company, then joined Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. Stav teaches movement at various dance centers around Israel, as well as creative movement classes for children on the autism spectrum in the Arab-Jewish Centre in Jaffa-Tel Aviv. Stav works as an independent choreographer and dancer. Her works research the Caucasus region and Soviet Union cultures and strive to bridge between folklore and contemporary dance. Stav won the Minister of Culture’s Yitzhak Navon Prize for the Preservation and Cultivation of Israeli Cultures for Young Creators 2022.
Photo: Zohar Ron
Choreography, Stage Design, Costume Design: Stav Struz Boutrous
Performers: Yael Sofer Samson, Andrey Deutsch, Yarin Yosef, Stav Struz Boutrous
Artistic Advisor: Adi Boutrous
Light Design: Amir Castro
Sound Design and Editing: Adi Boutrous, Stav Struz Boutrous
The work was supported by the Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts and The Yifat Galansky studio residency program +NIA.
