Scaffolds are temporary structures: they are erected when needed, supporting what cannot yet stand on its own, and then disappear. The work follows five women as they create shifting networks of support through their bodies, voices, and relationships. They lift, drag, carry, lean on, and hold onto one another. Bodies pile up, collide, and emerge from one another within a system of relationships in constant motion. Alongside live music created on stage, the five women move between collective action and moments in which each must find her place anew. The scaffolds are built and rebuilt between them, existing only for as long as they are needed.
Lior Lazarof is a choreographer, dancer, and dance educator, and the founder and Artistic Director of The People Dance Theater Company. She creates works for the stage and public space, exploring relationships between body, community, and space through movement research and socially engaged artistic practices. Lazarof has participated in international residencies and choreographic development programs, including ATLAS at ImPulsTanz Vienna, Springboard Danse Montréal, Ultima Vez in Brussels, and Workshop Foundation in Budapest. She received the Eleo Pomare–Glenn Connor Choreographic Residency Award at Kennesaw State University. Her works have been presented in Israel and internationally, including in Germany, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Canada, South Korea, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and the United States. Alongside her choreographic practice, she founded The Ensemble, a pre-professional dance program combining technical training and artistic research, and initiated and serves as Artistic Director of the NEW DANCE Festival. She also leads dance groups and creative processes in professional and community settings.
Choreography: Lior Lazarof
Dancers and Co-Creators: Omer Tichauer, Keshet Ben Naim, Noa Shave, Noam Deutsch, Atalia Ben Dov
Original Music and Live Performance: Yogev Amsalem
Text: Charlene Galai
Lighting Design: Amir Castro
Costume Design: Lior Lazarof
Rehearsal Director: Michael Yalon
Still Photography: Haim Yafim Barbalat
Video: Tal Galaon
Production: The People Dance Theater Company
The work was initially developed as part of the JAR Residency, under the artistic direction of Sahar Azimi, in collaboration with the Israeli Choreographers Association.
Special Thanks: Roni Feigler, Noga Aharonof, the Lazarof family, and Daniel.
