Just Like a Woman
Dance performance, 2026 (35 minutes)

Choreography, texts, stage design, soundtrack design and performance | Joy Bernard, Yulia Mezhetskaya and Tzipi Nir
Artistic accompaniment | Ofra Idel and Ruby Edelmen
Dramaturgical consultation | Ori Lenkinski and Ofek Moshe
Photos by Natasha Shakhnes

This piece was commissioned by Machol Shalem Dance House for the Machol Shalem Festival, where it premiered in August 2026.

"What is wrong with her? What is wrong with her that this is what she chose? What was taken from her, that made her choose this? What is wrong with her? Everything, of course, is subjective. And not only that, it also changes as the hours pass. Sometimes it seems she has it, sometimes it seems as though it was taken from her. It is very subjective, very prone to mood swings. And always, and this is the main point, always deeply dialectical." — Esther Peled, from A Large Hole from Below

In this performance, three choreographers explore friendship, sisterhood, and female rivalry in real time. Three women building and falling apart from within, building and unraveling a creation on stage. The show must go on.