Passable, not Presentable

Where can radical feminism lead?
Drawing on the theories of the Jewish radical feminist Shulamith Firestone (1945-2012), “Passable, not Presentable” uses dance to trace the effects that political and private conflicts can have on female physicality. Economic and emotional-private oppression are questioned and translated into the movement language of dance.

Choreography, Dance: Zufit Simon
Sound & Animation: Fredrik Olofsson
Costume design: Valentina Primavera
Setdesign: Dietrich Oberländer
Lighting design: JOM
Outside Eye: Inka Paul, Clarissa Rêgo
Production management: Dietrich Oberländer
PR: Beate Zeller

Choreographic search for a broken Jewish identity: Zufit Simon’s moving solo “Passable, not Presentable”.

Nothing is further from Zufit Simon’s mind than frills. Born in Israel in 1980, the dancer and freelance choreographer is good at doing without the superfluous. (...) It is an intimate study that dispenses with anything that might distract the audience, seated all around, from the female body spread out in the middle of a square dance floor. (...) The way Simon lets it all culminate in the final image is fantastic. (...)

Vesna Mlakar, “Dance For You” magazine, September 2022