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An Israeli artist poses a bold question — what if Othello wasn't at the center of 'Othello'

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli artist Hilla Ben Ari has created "I Must Be Circumstanced," an innovative reinterpretation of Shakespeare's "Othello" via José Limón's "The Moor's Pavane," focusing exclusively on the female characters, Desdemona and Emilia, and eliminating the male characters. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Visual ArtsShakespeareGender DynamicsDanceHilla Ben AriLimón Dance CompanyOthelloThe Moor's PavaneDesdemonaEmilia

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Hilla Ben Ari is reimagining a reimagining. The Tel Avivbased multidisciplinary artists new work for the Limn Dance Company was inspired by the late Jose Limns 1949 The Moors Pavane, which in itself was a pared-down retelling of Shakespeares Othello."
New York City, New York, United States
"I Must Be Circumstanced which has its world premiere at New York Live Arts on Dec. 7 as part of the Limn Dance Companys Womens Stories program takes its name from a line in the play in which another female character, Bianca, acquiesces to a male characters authority and acknowledges her own powerlessness."

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