A “solo for two performers” examining loss and memory as integral parts of the creative process. The accompanying text is a reading of Samuel Beckett’s “Text for Nothing #8”, part of a series in which the writer sums up his philosophy of art through the spoken voice of the text itself. Beckett’s text brings to question man’s ability to locate himself within the cosmos or time, in a nightmarish vertigo of identity and self. Dance as an art form deals constantly and unavoidably with memory, as it exists only in the present and in the way it is carved into memory. The act of moving, as opposed to painting, involves memory in its vey core. every movement is “lost” a mere moment after its execution. The work presents two characters in mourning, as the dive into memory in different, yet colliding, ways. Images from the Israeli/Jewish rituals of memory (the memorial day siren, the candle of memory) intertwine with old family footage, and a personal text naming all those things that are lost forever.

Original Cast: Dana Ruttenberg, Ayala Frenkel
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Samuel Beckett’s “Story for Nothing” #8

Premiered at IntimaDance Festival 2012.