Maholohet: SummerDance 2010 Heats Up at Suzanne Dellal
June 29, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Video: Batsheva Dancers Create
The Batsheva Dance Company’s dancers might have cooled off at the beach to make this video, but this July, they – and many of Israel’s finest dancers – will be heating up the Suzanne Dellal Center’s stages during SummerDance 2010. The annual festival, called Maholohet in Hebrew (a play on the words for “dance” and “hot”), will take place from July 1-August 31 and boast 84 performances.
Nuevo Ballet Español. Photo courtesy of Ora Lapidot PR.
This year’s programming kicks off with a festival within the festival. From July 1-10, Madrid Dance will showcase Spanish dance including the Antonio ...
Sharon Eyal’s “Bill” is Back at Batsheva Dance Company
June 11, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Video: Sharon Eyal’s Bill
I have a confession to make: I saw Sharon Eyal’s Bill three nights in a row. Besides the obvious draw of seeing Batsheva Dance Company’s latest production in its first performances, I was compelled to watch the dance again and again by the kaleidoscopic complexity of Eyal’s choreography for this twenty-one member group. On each repeat viewing, I got to know Bill better, uncovering even more layers in the ensemble work and noticing the nuances in the movement. The already formidable power of the dance only grew stronger with time.
For other dance enthusiasts who might want to ...
Batsheva Dance Company Premieres Sharon Eyal’s “Bill”
May 7, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Video: Sharon Eyal’s Bill, in process
“Magic!”
Spurred by this shriek, the 21 dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company spring into action. They arch their backs, splay their hands, shoot their legs towards the ceiling, and vault high into the air. Amidst layers of throbbing rhythms, punctuated by more guttural cries and sharp claps, the dancers organize and reorganize themselves into constantly changing groupings. The ebb and flow of one large group’s rocking steps provides a mesmerizing baseline for a smaller ensemble’s shape shifting, which in turn sets off one man’s virtuosic, almost mechanical movement.
Sharon Eyal’s Bill. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
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Batsheva Ensemble in Ohad Naharin’s “Kamuyot”
April 21, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Video: Batsheva Ensemble in Ohad Naharin’s Kamuyot
My first glimpse of the Batsheva Ensemble when I arrived in Israel was in Kamuyot, and I was able to revisit the work for a preview of the company’s most recent staging at Studio Varda in Suzanne Dellal last weekend.
A version of my article on Kamuyot was first published in the Jerusalem Post as “Stepping In.”
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Stepping In
Ohad Naharin’s Kamuyot. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Ohad Naharin’s Kamuyot isn’t your average family-friendly dance. It’s not built on fanciful fairy tales or familiar children’s stories, like the ballet classic The Nutcracker or modern ...
Announcing the Gaga Intensive 2010
April 1, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Gaga Intensive. Photo by Gadi Dagon
Many of you have inquired about the 2010 Gaga Intensive, a two-week summer course offered by Ohad Naharin along with dancers from Batsheva Dance Company. So, as the registration coordinator for the workshop, I’m pleased to offer you the scoop: this year’s intensive will be held from July 11-23 in Tel Aviv at the Batsheva studios in the Suzanne Dellal Center. The Gaga Intensive is geared towards dancers and dance students age 18+. Classes in Gaga, Naharin’s repertory, and Gaga methodics will run Sundays through Thursdays from 10:00 in the morning until 5:00 in ...
Batsheva Ensemble in Ohad Naharin’s “Kyr/Z/na”
March 15, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Video: Trailer for Kyr/Z/na
It’s been a particularly fascinating season at Batsheva. As the company marks the 20th anniversary of Ohad Naharin’s arrival as artistic director, it has placed a wealth of choreographic treasures onstage for review at the Suzanne Dellal Center: Hora (2009), Project 5 (2008), Three (2005), Mamootot (2003), and Kamuyot (2003).
This programming has promoted what Naharin has discussed in several press conferences: an opportunity for the choreographer, dancers, and audience members alike to revisit the choreography. Project 5, itself a compilation of excerpts stretching from 1985’s Black Milk to 2008’s B/olero and originally danced by five women, was ...
Invitation to a Lecture at Emory University on American and Israeli Dance
February 20, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Video: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance
If you’re in Atlanta, Georgia – or if you know someone in Atlanta – here’s a heads up:
I’m happy to announce that I am speaking in the Emory Friends of Dance Lecture Series on Wednesday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). My talk, Foreign Exchange: American and Israeli Dance from Martha Graham to Ohad Naharin, will precede a performance by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet of Ohad Naharin’s Decadance. I won’t be in Atlanta in person, but I will be speaking via Skype and have an exciting presentation prepared!
Cedar Lake performing ...
Pro-Palestinian activists call for boycott
February 20, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
Boycott Is Sought Against Israel Ballet
by Daniel J. Wakin, The New York Times, February 19, 2010InfiniteBody
http://infinitebody.blogspot.com
Pro-Palestinian activists call for boycott
February 20, 2010 · Posted by InfiniteBody ·
Boycott Is Sought Against Israel Ballet
by Daniel J. Wakin, The New York Times, February 19, 2010InfiniteBody
http://infinitebody.blogspot.com
Batsheva Dance Company: Ohad Naharin’s “Shalosh” (“Three”)
February 15, 2010 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Video: Batsheva Dance Company in Ohad Naharin’s Three
Five years after its premiere, Ohad Naharin’s Shalosh (Three) still lures audiences to the Suzanne Dellal Center – and judging by the enthusiastic curtain calls last Saturday night, the work continues to captivate crowds. My preview of this run of Three was originally published in the Jerusalem Post as “Lucky Number ‘Three.’”
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Three by Ohad Naharin. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Addressing a small crowd in the Batsheva Dance Company’s studios during an open rehearsal of Three, artistic director and choreographer Ohad Naharin mused that we frequently revisit books, movies, and music. So ...
