A work for four dancers—mothers—that explores maternal functioning and dysfunction, while dismantling the ideal of maternal holding within an aesthetic yet disrupted space. The action on stage takes place within a fantastical arena, constructed from a fabric surface stretched from the back curtain into the entire stage. The dancers move on, within, and through this surface. The fabric is symbolic: it represents an ageless feminine texture; the constant and endless capacity to hold, swaddle and envelop, passed down from mother to daughter as an inevitable inheritance, in an endless chain of intergenerational transmission.
Choreography and concept: Dana Naim Hafouta | Dancers: Avia Gan-Or, Orit Misrahi, Lilach Sagir, Dana Naim Hafouta | Costume and fabric design: Shelly Burmad | Light designer: Oded Komemi | Sound editing and styling: Dana Naim Hafouta | Outside Eye: Or Marin | Production: Irit Eilat
The piece premiered in MASH festival 2026, and was developed in the residency program of Yael, dance department, Jerusalem Municipality
