In a festival with more than fifteen concerts – each of which features multiple works – dances are bound to blend into one another. But when a work stands out in this context, you know it’s the real deal. That’s what happened again and again at Machol Bamidbar (Dance in the Desert) this June. [...]
Whether she is performing a solo she choreographed, improvising with the Octet, or teaching a contemporary dance class, Shlomit Fundaminsky is someone to watch. She has drawn my eyes in all of these settings. Onstage she fully embodies the clever characters she creates, and in the studio, she passes on her passion for movement to [...]
We take it for granted that symphonies are scored in musical notation and plays are written in scripts. But did you know that there are ways to write down dance?
There are many forms of dance notation, from the Beauchamp-Feuillet notation of the Baroque era to Labanotation, which has recorded many ballets and modern dances of [...]
Hydra: Photo by Seto Hidemi
Oyster: Photo by Elazar Harel
Shaker: Photo by Eyal Landesman
Inbal and Avshalom: Photo by Asaf Ashkenazyn.
It usually happens like this: I sit down, explain a bit about my
research, and start asking questions. But when I first met Avshalom
Pollak, he started asking me questions! I wasn’t entirely
surprised; after all, Avshalom and his [...]
Noa Wertheim Photo by Eyal Landesman
Noa Wertheim Photo by Eyal Landesman
Vertigo and the Diamonds Photo by Dorit Tal Paz
White Noise Photo by Gadi Dagon
White Noise Photo by Miri Yanai Shimonovich
Vertigo and the Diamonds Photo by Miri Yanai Shimonovich
Eco-Dome for Noa’s work, Birth of the Phoenix Photos by [...]
Liat Dror – Photo courtesy of Liat Dror and Nir Ben-Gal
Liat Dror and Nir Ben-Gal watching rehearsal.
Adama’s Dancers Rehearsing.
Adama’s Dancers Rehearsing.
The several hour trek south from Tel Aviv to Mizpe Ramon in the Negev
desert is tiring, but at the end of the journey is a refreshing oasis:
Adama, an extraordinary dance center created by Liat Dror [...]