3.9 – OPEN SKY

Afraza

Israel

Choreography and performance: Efrat Valero, rduo

female figure cloaked in ash rises from the ruins of cities, from shared destruction. When one side of her burns, the other glows. This is not a story of survival, but of those left behind — the mourners, the erased. Her dance is a pulse between death and life, between vanishing and embodiment.
Afraza is a poetic call to rise from the ash, to a human revelation in search of life.

Efrat Valero

Israel

Efrat Valero is a Movement and Butoh dance artist, therapist and teacher. Lives in Beit Zayit with her two sons. Her work explores the connection between body, expression, and healing. It emerges from deep listening to the body, integrating practices such as Zen, improvisation, and live art. She believes in the body’s ability to create connection and expansion. Strives for living creation that flows from the personal to the universal. Her work weaves together artistic creation, community, and therapeutic processes. Her performances have been presented on various stages across Israel, including the Haifa Museum, Theater HaHanut Gallery, Theater HaYadit, Jaffa Theater, and more.