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Ohad Naharin to Receive 2009 Scripps/ADF Award
Ohad Naharin. Photo by Gadi Dagon.Since 1981, the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award has been bestowed annually on luminaries of the dance world. From Martha Graham (the first recipient)...
View ArticleOhad Naharin in America: “Out of Focus” Documentary
(Video: Excerpt from Tomer Heymann’s Out of Focus)More and more video cameras are making their way into dance studios as choreographers seek to document their work. Usually the footage remains in...
View ArticleFrom Writing to Talking about Dance
DTW’s artistic director, Carla Peterson, talks about Deganit Shemy’s workNow that the jetlag is wearing off and I’m more or less settled back in to Tel Aviv, I’m ready to tell the tales of a dance...
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Photodance Exhibit Celebrates 20 Years of Dance at Suzanne Dellal
Yasmeen Godder’s I’m Mean I Am. Photo by Tamar Lamm.Suzanne Dellal’s next show boasts quite an impressive roster of choreographers and performers. It’s not every day that you find these names on the...
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Israeli Dance: What’s Happening in October
Video: Maria Kong’s FlingAs usual, there are lots of dance performances happening in Israel’s dance scene this month – but as I looked at the calendar, I realized that October is packed with several...
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Andrea Miller: From Gaga to Gallim Dance (Podcast)
Andrea Miller. Photo by Franziska Strauss.(You can subscribe to this podcast using the iTunes software by clicking this link to the podcast feed.)Usually I meet choreographers before I interview...
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Israeli Dance: What’s Happening in November
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 HomeLee In Soo’s Modern Feeling is part of Tel Aviv...
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Ohad Naharin Receives a 2009 Dance Magazine Award
Ohad Naharin. Photo by Maxim Vart.It’s been a banner year for Ohad Naharin. Just a few months after receiving the prestigious Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award, the choreographer was...
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Celebration in Pictures: Anna Sokolow Centennial at the Dance Library of Israel
The flyer for the Anna Sokolow centennial exhibition in Tel Aviv. Courtesy Henia Rottenberg.Attention dance history fans: this year is the centennial of choreographer Anna Sokolow’s birth, and her...
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Invitation to a Lecture at Emory University on American and Israeli Dance
Video: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performing Ohad Naharin’s DecadanceIf 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...
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Suzanne Dellal Center Wins the Israel Prize in Dance
On my first full day in Israel nearly two and a half years ago, I made a pilgrimage to the Suzanne Dellal Center. Although I didn’t yet grasp the scope of the complex’s activities, I had heard that...
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Israeli to Compete in Youth America Grand Prix Finals
Gaya Bommer. Photo by Yossi Zveker. Israeli contemporary dance has gained international renown over the last two decades, but the country’s small ballet scene is barely known abroad. Yet next week,...
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Interview with Yael Flexer: Examining Collaboration, Performance, and Culture
Yael Flexer. Photo by Chris Nash.Born in Israel, Yael Flexer is a well-known fixture in London’s bustling contemporary dance scene. After directing Bedlam Dance Company for over a decade, she joined...
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Anna Halprin in Israel
Anna Halprin. Photo by John Kokuska.The legendary Anna Halprin will be visiting Israel this month as a Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Fellow, with the financial support of the U.S. Department of...
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Curtain Up 2010: Video Preview
Dana Ruttenberg’s Private I’s premieres in Curtain 3. Photo by Gadi Dagon.In its 21-year history, Curtain Up – Israel’s primary platform for premieres by independent Israeli choreographers – has...
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Celebrating Dr. Ruth Eshel and Ethiopian Shoulder Dancing in Israel
Beta Dance Troupe. Photo by Irene Fertik.She is a pioneer of Israel’s fringe dance, presenting avant-garde solos in the late 1970s when performing in large, established repertory companies was the...
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Conference: Modern Jewish Experience through the Lens of Dance
Boxerman by Noa Zuk. Dancers: Maree ReMalia, Mara Penrose, and Dante Brown. Photo by Melissa Bontempo.As my family and friends in the U.S. have updated me about snowstorm after snowstorm, I have...
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Choreographer Ze’eva Cohen at the Dance Library of Israel
It’s not surprising that as I shifted my focus from ballet to modern dance and began researching both in the U.S. and Israel, I repeatedly came across Ze’eva Cohen’s name. Cohen started her illustrious...
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Gaga for Japan: Class with Ohad Naharin to Benefit Earthquake & Tsunami Victims
Flier for the Gaga benefit for JapanHave you been thinking about trying Gaga, Ohad Naharin’s movement language? Are you interested in doing something to help those affected by the earthquake and...
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Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance, edited by Judith Brin Ingber
Image courtesy of Judith Brin Ingber.I have been eagerly awaiting the release of Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance ever since writer and editor Judith Brin Ingber first sent me a table of contents....
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