What is “Contemporary” Dance?
July 30, 2010 · Posted by Dance Doc's Think Tank ·
Defining dance and locating its roots is never simple and never complete, but the attempt is always enlightening. All summer I have been thinking about Contemporary dance: Historically, how did Contemporary dance evolve? What are its major influences and artistic motivations? What are its distinguishing features? How does one train to become a Contemporary dancer? [...]
Peridance Capezio Center 2010-07-29 12:43:00
July 29, 2010 · Posted by Peridance Capezio Center ·
GOING GAGA?Peridance Capezio Center, in collaboration with Ohad Naharin, is thrilled to announce:Gaga ClassesOffered exclusively in NYC at Peridance!Starts August 2nd!Gaga is a movement language developed by Ohad Naharin, Artistic Director of Israel’s Bat Sheva Dance Company. Dancers and non-dancers alike reconnect to the way they move as individuals and humans. The technique emphasizes tension release, harnessing your imagination, finding your own passion for movement, and understanding the body as an intrinsic source of power and energy.Learn more about this exciting new class!
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 ...
Blood Diamond- The Ballet
June 16, 2010 · Posted by "Bodies Never Lie" ·
Here are what I can come up with (off the top of my head) as the most enjoyable full length top 5 live dance performances I’ve seen:
1. Eugene Onegin- Sttugart Ballet
2. La Bayadere- Marinsky Ballet
3. Anytown- Shapiro and Smith
4. Edward Scissorhands- Matthew Bourne (choreography)
5. Swan Lake – Louisville Ballet
This list would have been a lot harder to make if I were including individual pieces, ‘Forbidden Boundaries’ by River North (chor. Frank Chaves) and ‘Decadance’ by Cedar Lake (chor. Naharin) would have made the list- and I’m not including things I’ve only seen on youtube or tape- therefore eliminating ‘Vespers’ and ...
Koresh strikes gold with Israeli’s duet
April 29, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
By Ellen Dunkel For The Inquirer
Inspiration can come from the least likely sources.
For Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, it happened on a plane, via an in-flight entertainment program. “Greensleeves” from John Gay’s 1728 Beggar’s Opera was playing in his ears as two flight attendants demonstrated safety regulations.
And he saw dance.
“I thought it was funny,” he said in an e-mail.
The English folk ballad became the score for Passomezzo, a 10-minute duet created in 1989 for Nederlands Dans Theater’s junior company.
Philadelphia’s Koresh Dance Company will perform Passomezzo for the first time Thursday night when the company opens ...
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 ...
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 ...
