Photo Ilya Melnikov Batsheva Dance Company Choreographer & Artistic Director Ohad Naharin has been hailed as one of the world’s preeminent contemporary choreographers. As Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company since 1990, he has guided the company with an adventurous artistic vision and reinvigorated its repertory with his captivating
Gaga(dance vocabulary) Gaga is a movement language and pedagogy developed by Batsheva Dance Company director and teacher Ohad Naharin. Used in some Israeli contemporary dance, [1] it has two educational tracks which are taught in Israel as well as several other countries: Gaga/Dancers, intended for trained dancers, which comprises
danceclasses as a child, Ohad Naharin grew up in a home rich with creativity and movement. His father, Eliav Naharin, was an actor before launching a career in psychodrama. His mother, Sofia Naharin, had a wide-ranging education in music and dance, including studies with Noa Eshkol and Moshe
Arecent performance of ‘Momo’, by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin in collaboration with the Tel Aviv–based Batsheva Dance Company at Lisbon's Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) was an enthralling journey into an imaginary realm of raw and tender movement and emotion, showcasing Naharin’s idiosyncratic artistic vision and

Designedfor the first time in 2000, the program then celebrated the 10 years worth of creations of Ohad Naharin with the company, offering a striking collage of excerpts from his work. The piece has been steadily reworked and enhanced, and now gives the Israeli choreographer a chance to display his various inspirations – from the most

RachaelOsborne and Iyar Elezra in Ohad Naharin’s Hora. Photo by Gadi Dagon. I first wrote the article below for the Forward last winter, when the Batsheva Dance Company toured North America in three large-scale productions. Now, right before New York audiences catch Ohad Naharin’s duet B/olero in City Center’s popular Fall for . 24 293 163 172 257 2 306 172 11

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