In Israeli choreographer Ella Rothschild’s filmed dance-theater work, Pigulim, a cultural narrative unfolds around themes of materialism and mortality. Characters struggling with loneliness and the search for happiness gather around a table, using the familiar ceremony of a shared meal to explore banality and fantasy, fear and desire.

Choreography: Ella Rothschild
Performers: Ariel Freedman, Adi Zlatin, and Keren Luria Pardes
Also featuring dancers of the Maslool Professional Dance Program: Noga Eliezer, Gilly Geva, Noa Gronich, Romy Duvdevani, Shani Zargari, Noam Hayoun, Noa Toledano, Omer Tichauer, Adam Ishay Eldar, Roni Morhalachmi, Lal’el Pillora, Yahav Sabag, Tal Cohen
Lighting Design: Ofer Laufer
Table and Art: Ofer Laufer
Costumes: Inbal Ben Zaken
Music: Gershon Waiserfirer
Dramaturgy: Tal Yahas
Photos: Efrat Mazor
Trailers: Roee Shalti
Directors of Maslool Professional Dance Program: Naomi Perlov, Offir Dagan

Film Producer and Director: Jonathan Mordechay
Photographer and Editor: Nir Weiss
Second Unit Photographer: Shay Farage
Editor: Ziv Karshen
Sound: Yohay Ben Zvi and Elad Goldberg

Pigulim was developed, in part, during a BAC Residency.

Ella Rothschild’s presentation at BAC is supported by the Consulate General of Israel in New York.