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Curtain Up 5: Noa Dar Hosts Maya Brinner and Irad Mazliah
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...
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Curtain Up 6: Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor Host Noa Shadur
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...
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International Exposure 2009: Showcasing Israeli Dance
Barak Marshall’s Rooster. Photo by Avi Avin. As autumn turns into winter, there’s an interesting progression from one dance festival in Tel Aviv to the next. Tel Aviv Dance introduces Israeli...
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Machol Shalem 2009: A Cutting-Edge Dance Festival in Jerusalem
Video: Trailer for Less Mess, a collaboration between Ruby Edelman, Sascha Engel, and Christina Gehrig Binder Just as the dance scene has quieted down a bit in Tel Aviv after a series of festivals,...
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International Exposure 2009: A Perspective from Abroad
Video: Maya Brinner’s Red Ladies was one of several works exploring the individual within the group at International Exposure A few weeks after International Exposure 2009, not only am I continuing to...
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Exploring Israeli Society through Dance at International Exposure 2009
Video: Promo for Arkadi Zaides’s new Quiet As guest writer Brian Schaefer wrote in his article, for most visitors from abroad, International Exposure is a veritable “crash course” in Israeli...
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Israel Festival 2010
ISRAEL FESTIVAL 2010 from ISRAEL FESTIVAL on Vimeo. Video: Preview of the Israel Festival 2010 As mid-May turns into late May here in Israel, spring is in full bloom. The sun is now everpresent, no...
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Maholohet: SummerDance 2010 Heats Up at Suzanne Dellal
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...
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Tel Aviv Dance 2010
Video: Preview of Tel Aviv Dance 2010 Four years after its founding, the Tel Aviv Dance festival – an outgrowth and expansion of the earlier Dance Europa festival – is now an eagerly anticipated...
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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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International Exposure 2010: Video Preview
Nir Ben-Gal and Liat Dror’s Terminal B. Photo by Naama Nada. Even though December has started and the shelves of Tel Aviv’s bakeries are lined with sufganiot, the jelly donuts traditionally eaten...
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The 50th Israel Festival: Batsheva, Merce Cunningham, and More
Video: The 2011 Israel Festival 50 years of the Israel Festival – this country’s most prestigious multidisciplinary arts festival – is a milestone worthy of celebration. And for local dance lovers,...
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Intimadance 2011: Breaking the Fourth Wall at Tmuna Theater
Dafi Altebab’s High Expectations. Photo by Gadi Dagon. Don’t be surprised if you find dancers peering out at the risers, posing questions to viewers, or requesting some assistance from spectators at...
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World Dance: Machol Olam 2011
Video: Trailer for World Dance This summer, dance from Israel has been crisscrossing the globe with tours and performances at major festivals. In recent weeks, with the five-day Contemporary Israeli...
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Shades of Dance 2011: 16 New Choreographers at Suzanne Dellal
Liron Ozeri’s Caravan. Photo by Kobi Ben Sasson. As Idit Herman stepped up to the podium in Yerushalmi Hall at the Suzanne Dellal Centre for the press conference announcing Shades of Dance (Gvanim...
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Shades of Dance 2011 Video Preview
Lilach Livne’s Monday Larissa. Photo by Lilach Livne. After months of work, sixteen up-and-coming choreographers are ready to unveil their creations in the 2011 Shades of Dance competition at the...
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Curtain Up 2011: A Festival of Dance Premieres
In Her Own Words by Rachel Erdos. Photo by Yaniv Cohen. Founded in 1989, Curtain Up (Haramat Masach in Hebrew) has become a centerpiece of Israel’s contemporary dance calendar. In many ways, the...
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International Exposure 2011: The Year in Israeli Dance
Renana Raz’s The Diplomats. Photo by Gadi Dagon. As 2011 draws to a close, it’s natural to reflect on the year that has passed – and for those of us who follow Israeli contemporary dance,...
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Testing Tools 2012 at the Shenkin Garden and Beit Tami, August 7-9
This is a guest post by Meredith Nadler. “Testing Tools – Festival of Art in the Making,” an experimental arts festival in its ninth edition this year, offered audiences an intimate view of both visual...
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International Exposure 2012: Showcasing Israeli Dance
Yossi Berg and Oded Graf’s Black Fairytale. Photo by Sharlota Hammer. It’s time for an annual ritual in the world of Israeli concert dance: International Exposure. From December 5-10, arts...
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