Mitbarberot is a work by the Israeli duo Michal Herman & Anat Grigorio, independent artists with many years of dance experience. In this piece, both creators also appear as performers. It is a deeply liberating performance, filled with relaxed, unrestrained female energy.
The title Mitbarberot can be loosely translated from Hebrew as “to lose one’s way along the journey.” In the performance, the artists seek to surrender control and let go of ambition, effort, and expectation. Through humour and the ability to fully embrace the present moment, the two dancers discover new facets of themselves and support one another along a fragile, shifting path—without losing lightness or perspective.
The entire work is infused with creativity, playful looseness, and a sense of wildness. The audience is never bored for a moment—the performance continuously transforms alongside the musical accompaniment, while the stage itself remains simple, free of unnecessary elements or effects.
The choreographic language reveals precise craftsmanship grounded in rich dance experience and a high technical level. The work explores movement cycles, build-up and release, as well as the absurdity of endlessly escalating elements that create subtle tension and space for humour. Inventiveness is a defining quality of the piece, with playful structures and elements of contact improvisation woven throughout.
The performers’ presence is multi-layered—at once raw and fluid, always authentic and convincing.
Mitbarberot carries an almost therapeutic quality. It captivates through its honest immediacy, liberates, and invites the letting go of postures, effort, and attachments—and it is precisely through this openness that it reveals the strength of perspective, resilience, and the ability to breathe again.

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Warning: The performance contains spoken language and partial nudity. 

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Michal Herman and Anat Grigorio are independent Israeli artists with many years of experience, collaborating since 2019. Their works have been presented at major festivals in Israel and internationally, including Mitbarberot (2021), Over and Over Again (2022), and Keep It Running (2025). Both are members of the Israeli Choreographers’ Association and bring strong professional backgrounds in contemporary dance, including Michal’s experience with the Batsheva Ensemble.

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Michal Herman
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Anat Grigorio
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