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Batsheva Dance Company
The Emanuel Gat dance troupe will perform at Tel Aviv's Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater on October 3 and 4, 2019 (Courtesy Emanuel Gat)
September 25, 2019, 1:54 am
Emanuel Gat Dance heads home for Suzanne Dellal’s 30th season
The France-based troupe that was founded in Tel Aviv comes back for the dance center celebration
By Jessica Steinberg
Choreographer and Israel Prize winner Ohad Naharin, seen speaking on stage during the final rehearsals for Batsheva's 50th Anniversary performance at the Tel Aviv Opera, June 21, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 3:53 pm
Israel Prize-winning choreographer says he supports BDS agenda
Ohad Naharin of the Batsheva Dance Company would favor a boycott of his own performances if it would help Palestinians
By TOI staff
Yuval Pick, a choreographer who is coming to Dance France 2018 with his dancers to perform 'Acta est fabula' (Courtesy Yuval Pick)
September 18, 2018, 1:58 pm
French dancers mix it up at Suzanne Dellal’s Tel Aviv fest
Dance France is part of Tel Aviv Dance, four months featuring visiting troupes at the performance center
By Jessica Steinberg
Shamel Pitts (right) and Mirelle Martins in their work, 'Black Velvet,' which features some nudity and is being performed as part of Jerusalem International Dance Week (Courtesy Shamel Pitts and Mirelle Martins)
November 30, 2017, 7:10 pm
As Culture Ministry tsks at nudity, Jerusalem’s Dance Week takes off
Government wants to make sure viewing public knows unclothed performances are being staged without its funding
By Jessica Steinberg
Roderick George / kNoname Artist will perform at this year's Tel Aviv Dance (Courtesy Jubal Battisti)
August 5, 2017, 10:58 am
Tel Aviv Dance brings three months of messages and moves
Modern dancers from 12 international troupes as well as Israeli companies will perform on the Suzanne Dellal stage
By Jessica Steinberg
Bobbi Jene Smith (C) accpets the Best Documentary Cinematography Award on behalf of Elvira Lind from Jurors David Wilson (L) and Barbara Kopple (R) during Awards Night during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 27, 2017 in New York City. (Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival/AFP)
April 28, 2017, 1:54 pm
Film on US dancer in Israeli company wins at Tribeca
Jury praises ‘Bobbi Jene’ documentary at NY festival for ‘pushing non-fiction intimacy to bold new places’
By AP and TOI staff
Eight members of modern dance troupe Vertigo show part of their newest piece, 'One. One and One," created in celebration of the group's 25th anniversary celebration (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
January 17, 2017, 11:37 pm
Dance troupe Vertigo gets upgrade at 25-year mark
Group marks its anniversary with a new piece, a book and formal designation as one of Israel’s four major dance troupes
By Jessica Steinberg
Eliana Girard, a dancer who was worked with Cirque du Soleil and Taylor Swift, at the Western Wall with Birthright (Courtesy Elana Mariani)
January 17, 2017, 3:30 pm
After Cirque and Taylor Swift, dancer finds Birthright
Ten-day Israel trip is ‘blowing her mind,’ says Eliana Girard, who won the ninth season of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’
By Jessica Steinberg
“Mr. Gaga” plays at the New York Film Festival on Jan. 12, 2017. (Gadi Dagon)
January 12, 2017, 11:35 am
5 standouts from the New York Jewish Film Fest
Annual festival started Wednesday, features 2 weeks of flicks ranging from the uniting power of hummus to the last days of Yitzhak Rabin
By Gabe Friedman
Ka'et Ensemble dancers performing their newest work, 'Heroes,' premiering at the Heaven and Earth dance festival on November 17, 2016 (Courtesy Yarden Meirovitz)
November 14, 2016, 4:07 am
The religious men who dance like heroes
Ka’et Ensemble presents its latest work in this week’s Jerusalem dance festival, ‘Between Heaven and Earth’
By Jessica Steinberg
British musician and composer Brian Eno. (CC-BY cosciansky\Wikimedia commons)
September 7, 2016, 5:07 pm
Pioneering English musician bars Israeli dancers from using his work
U2’s producer Brian Eno tells Batsheva Dance Company to stop using his composition after learning its Italy tour was sponsored by Israeli embassy in Rome
By Stuart Winer
Paddle-boarders lining up for Tel Aviv's now-annual seaside competition, taking place this year on Thursday, April 28 (Courtesy Efrat Saar)
April 20, 2016, 11:08 am
With Passover in the air, freedom to enjoy a show, or two
This holiday season, don’t pass over these great events around the country, many of them free
By Jessica Steinberg
A photo of dancers in the throes of Gaga, the free-style dance movement created by Batsheva artistic director Ohad Naharin (Courtesy Gadi Dagon)
March 20, 2016, 1:14 pm
Festivals are going crazy for ‘Mister Gaga’
The Heymann Brothers’ documentary about choreographer Ohad Naharin is a winner
By Jessica Steinberg
Premier dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov in his solo performance of 'Brodsky/Baryshnikov,' opening Tuesday night in Tel Aviv's Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater. (Courtesy Janis Deinats)
January 18, 2016, 5:49 pm
Baryshnikov returns to Tel Aviv with solo show
Renowned dancer starts an international tour of ‘Brodsky/Baryshnikov’ at Suzanne Dellal
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Evermore,' a piece choreographed by Dwight Rhoden, performed by Peridance (Photo credit: Jaqlin Medlock)
July 28, 2015, 5:45 pm
Dancer Igal Perry coming home to Israel
NYC-based choreographer eyes Israel’s modern dance boom with approval, noting that when he left, the scene drew few men
By Jessica Steinberg
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