Nature of a Fall

Between collapse and recovery, Nature of a Fall illuminates the cycles inherent to our humanity, where fragility is not an end but a turning point, and the pulse of life continues beating.

Moving through an endless cycle of challenging physical configurations, the six dancers in “Nature of a Fall” arrange themselves on top of one another, climbing and collapsing, building impressive and fragile human structures on stage. The dancers’ physical virtuoso presents the audience with a constant stream of portrayals: solidarity and violence, softness and cruelty, attraction and repulsion. Intimate moments instantly turn into disturbing depictions of loss and overwhelming collective power.

The work sketches a portrait of a world that struggles to stop, listen, or observe. Between collapse and recovery, it illuminates the cycles inherent to our humanity, where fragility is not an end but a turning point, and the pulse of life continues beating.

Moving through an endless cycle of challenging physical configurations, the six dancers in “Nature of a Fall” arrange themselves on top of one another, climbing and collapsing, building impressive and fragile human structures on stage. The dancers’ physical virtuoso presents the audience with a constant stream of portrayals: solidarity and violence, softness and cruelty, attraction and repulsion. Intimate moments instantly turn into disturbing depictions of loss and overwhelming collective power.

The work sketches a portrait of a world that struggles to stop, listen, or observe. Between collapse and recovery, it illuminates the cycles inherent to our humanity, where fragility is not an end but a turning point, and the pulse of life continues beating.

Adi Boutrous is a choreographer, dancer and sound designer. He is a prominent voice in the new generation of contemporary dance, both in Israel and internationally. Boutrous’s works express the intricacy of power dynamics and struggle. His multifaceted identity – Arab-Christian-Israeli – creates from the outset, almost inevitably, an experience of friction and intersection. Boutrous holds “the other” within him, managing a composite web of relationships – not with his own identity, but with its public-facing presentation. He carries a movement that strives to expand boundaries and chart a common human destiny – all central aspects of his work.

Choreography and soundtrack design: Adi Boutrous

Dancers: Ido Barak, Neshama Bazer, Naomi Ben David, Adi Boutrous, Stav Struz Boutrous, Uri Dicker

Light design: Ofer Laufer

Dramaturgy: Yael Venezia

Costume design: Stav Struz Boutrous

Photographing-Ascaf Avraham

Technical director and sound engineer: Asaf Ashkenazy

Coproduction: Théâtre de la Ville-Paris | The Israel Festival | MART Foundation

Residence: Agora, Cité Internationale de la Danse | Montpellier Danse + CCN Occitanie, with the support of the Fondation BNP Paribas

Diffusion: Drôles de Dames

Nature of a Fall was produced with the assistance of the Lottery Council for Culture and Art

The work was supported by The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts