Give Me a Break

Premiere 2 June 2022 at the International Solo Tanz Stuttgart

Dance and Choreography: Liron Kichler

Featured at the Gedansk Dance Festival, SzoloDuo, and As Is Festival

Photographers: Shahar Atal, Dan Ben Ari

Video: Aviad Fuchs

We live in a reality where everyone tries to maintain an image of being "successful". We constantly put our successes in the spotlight and many times hide the struggles and the low points.

This reality we have created distances and disconnects us from each other, but mostly from ourselves. We detach ourselves from our emotions, put on masks, and move forward in the race of fulfillment without questioning it. We may do this to be a part of something, to feel accepted, or to not feel alone.

The piece deals with the question: What is fulfillment? Is it perhaps freedom from hypocrisy and fakeness? Liberation from feelings of disconnection? Or maybe it’s simply learning to truly accept ourselves?