Curtain Up 6: Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor Host Noa Shadur
November 29, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor’s Big Mouth. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Dance In Israel: What is your relationship to Curtain Up?
Niv Sheinfeld: We made several pieces [for the festival]. I was doing work for the Batsheva Ensemble and the Kibbutz Dance Company in the beginning, but it was part of Curtain Up. And then I did Co-Variance, Pig, and Jorona for Curtain Up, together with Oren.
Noa Shadur’s Into the Night. Photo by Jewboy.
DII: What drew you to invite Noa Shadur to be the choreographer to share the bill with you?
Oren Laor: I suggested Noa’s name, and Niv immediately said “Yes, that’s ...
Curtain Up 5: Noa Dar Hosts Maya Brinner and Irad Mazliah
November 27, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Noa Dar’s Us. Photo by Tamar Lamm.
Dance In Israel: What is your relationship to Curtain Up?
Noa Dar: I choreographed for Curtain Up from 1996-2000, 5 years in a row. And then I was a guest artist in 2001 and again in 2004 . . . It was very important thing for me, this Curtain Up. It really was my school or my initiation program for my choreography, so I found this project very important. And I think it’s very that good this time the choreographers have a chance to express their own artistic choices and also to guide young ...
Curtain Up 4: Tel Aviv Dance Company & Yaara Dolev Host Michael Miler
November 26, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Yaara Dolev’s Blossom. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Dance In Israel: Can you tell me about the relationship you and Amit Goldenberg have had with Curtain Up?
Yaara Dolev: The first work we did with Haramat Masach [Curtain Up] was a collaboration between us and plastic artists in 2001. It was in the space between the theater and the Batsheva offices. The whole place was covered with these mobile statues and we danced with [them], and it was a very nice project. In 2002, we did another piece for Haramat Masach. It was a very political piece; the name of it was Ivrim, ...
Curtain Up 3: Yasmeen Godder Hosts Iris Erez
November 25, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Yasmeen Godder’s LOVE FIRE. Photo by Tamar Lamm.
Dance In Israel: What is your relationship to Curtain Up?
Yasmeen Godder: I’ve presented many times, from 1999-2004 consecutively. I’ve experienced the festival many times, and it has had a great impact on my career in a sense that it allowed me to present a work for those six years every year . . . I would premiere something in the winter, and in the summer I would start working again towards the new creation in the winter, so it created a cycle for me that made a lot of sense during the ...
Curtain Up 2: Vertigo Dance Company and Noa Wertheim Host Elad Shechter
November 24, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
When I called Adi Sha’al and Noa Wertheim, who direct the Vertigo Dance Company, they had just landed in Israel after an appearance at the General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America in Washington D.C. There they had presented an excerpt from Wertheim’s Mana, which will be officially premiered in Curtain 2 along with Elad Shechter’s Roni. I chatted with the couple about their U.S. trip and their experience with Curtain Up.
Noa Wertheim’s Mana. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Dance In Israel: How was your time at the General Assembly?
Adi Sha’al: People were very moved by Vertigo’s performance, and people ...
Curtain Up 1: Nimrod Freed Hosts Anat Grigorio and Dafi Altebab
November 23, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
Nimrod Freed’s Subtext. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Dance In Israel: What is your relationship to Curtain Up?
Nimrod Freed: I was produced in Haramat Masach [Curtain Up] about four times. At a certain moment I felt that I had to move on, and now it’s a very good way to come for a visit.
DII: On this visit, what drew you to invite both Anat and Dafi to join you in Curtain 1?
NF: I’ve known Anat and Dafi for many years.
Anat Grigorio’s Daydream. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
NF: I met Anat as a dancer; she came to dance in my Tami Dance ...
Curtain Up 2009: Celebrating 20 Years of Israeli Premieres
November 22, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
The Curtain Up 2009 poster. Courtesy of Ora Lapidot PR.
The annual Curtain Up festival has figured prominently in my understanding and appreciation of Israeli contemporary dance. Every autumn, this festival presents a fresh harvest of premieres by some of the field’s most promising choreographers. I have now attended Curtain Up twice, and both seasons introduced me to some new faces and showcased the latest creations by choreographers whom I was already following.
As the buzz about this year’s 20th anniversary celebration grew, I wanted to find out more about the history of Curtain Up. I talked with each of the six ...
Israeli Dance: What’s Happening in November
November 1, 2009 · Posted by Dance In Israel ·
November is a month of festivals and foreign tours. For more details about these events and other performances, visit Dance In Israel’s Calendars.
At Home
Lee In Soo’s Modern Feeling is part of Tel Aviv Dance. Photo courtesy of Ora Lapidot.
Tel Aviv Dance 2009 is in full swing at the Suzanne Dellal Center and the Opera House. Still to come are companies and choreographers from France, Spain, Korea, and Israel. Check out the lineup in Tel Aviv Dance 2009 Mixes Global and Local Dance and get to the theater from now until November 13 to catch some of the best international dance ...
