Roy Assaf’s A Couple is an intimate and evocative exploration of the complex and shifting dynamics between two people. The work emerges from the foundation of Figure No. 16, a 60-minute work developed in collaboration with Ariel Freedman and Avshalom Latucha.

Roy Assaf is a mammal of the hominid family belonging to the species Homo sapiens, although there are those who are convinced he possesses Neanderthal genes. He was born in 1982 in a place that some call Israel and some call Palestine. At the age of five he broke his front tooth while dancing on the slippery floor of his family home. At age six he began giving tap concerts for his neighbor, who watched him dance on his concrete balcony from her window across the yard. At age 16 he met Regba Gilboa, who rooted in Roy the confidence that dance is where he belongs. In 2003 he met Emanuel Gat who introduced him to Schubert and for whom he wore his first dress. In 2010 and after three years in France, he came back home, and after one year of idleness, he gathered the courage to make a dance… after which he created another and another…and continues to this day.