Mitbarberot

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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Taranto Aleatorio

Flamenco tradition reimagined

In Taranto Aleatorio (“Random Taranto”), choreographer and dancer La Chachi (María del Mar Suárez) and singer Lola Dolores offer a highly personal interpretation of taranto - an original form of flamenco from the mountainous regions of Almería, where the human voice was once the sole musical instrument.

In subdued light and a light haze of smoke, silence seems to tremble before it is cut through by the strings of a classical guitar, the driving rhythm of a drum, and finally the urgent, piercing voice of Lola Dolores - in dialogue with the dance of La Chachi, which follows its own path. Flamenco takes on a new form here, grounded in tradition yet propelled by newly found freedom.

The choreography flows seamlessly from simple gestures to powerful, swirling footwork, where the rhythm of the heels blends the force of female energy with the raw energy of flamenco: precise arm movements, rhythmic stamping, sharp accents, and moments of delicate slowdown. The audience is drawn in by a compelling dance expression fused with an intense musical experience - voice and body accompanying one another within the spellbinding atmosphere of this unique work.

Taranto Aleatorio explores how to seek freedom within tradition, how to connect contemporary theatre with flamenco roots without losing its essence. It is an innovative and bold reinterpretation of flamenco as a living organism - one that evolves and pulses at its own pace, where chance moments and human emotions become integral to the work.

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lachachi.net
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