In social conventions, especially those relating to children’s education, the onomatopoeia Shhh… is a sound indicating preserving silence.
When we don’t want things to be heard out loud, we place our finger on our lips and whisper shhh…
Not once has it been said that secrets, especially the less painful “white” lies, are the basis of family ties or of groups of people who seemingly live happily together but hide unsolved underlying problems.
This theme inspired Avi Kaiser and Sergio Antonino’s choreography to build a framework for a quartet consisting of two women and two men of different generations who experience the complexity of being together. Love, hate, reluctance, attraction, a sense of belonging, and a need for independence are some of the emotions explored in this work.