Published: 7 December 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
A SUFFOCATING, SYNTHETIC-SMELLING, badly fitting army uniform is the subject of the first part of Leviah (Hebrew for lioness), a dance piece created by Reut Shemesh, and the short film by the same name that she made with Ronni Shendar. The piece begins with the immediate changes to a young woman’s body as a result of putting on the uniform.
The experience erases the individual and presages the misery to come: for Shemesh, that meant depression, loss of appetite and an overall decline in performance. Leviah had its Israeli premiere Sunday at the Machol Shalem Dance House’s Jerusalem International Dance Week.
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Photo: A scene from Leviah, which brings to the stage the emotional problems and routine sexual harassment often experienced by women soldiers (Ronni Shendar)
