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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 469

modern dance

From '4 Fantasies and a Monkey' by Yossi Berg and Oded Graf at the 2024 TLV Dance, August 1-10, 2024 (Courtesy Vojtech Brtnicky)
July 4, 2024, 11:27 am
TLV Dance event reframed with Israeli troupes only
The 24th year of the summer dance festival will take place at the Suzanne Dellal Center, with 19 performances and open rehearsals
By Jessica Steinberg
The Vertigo dance troupe and musician Itamar Douari collaborated on a new piece, 'Premiere 24,' premiering in June 2024. (Courtesy)
June 4, 2024, 10:58 pm
Dance troupe Vertigo, musician Itamar Doari collaborate on piece
‘Premiere 24’ evokes the current difficult reality in Israel, bringing audiences into the modern dance experience
By Jessica Steinberg
Octogenarian dancer Rina Schenfeld dances the seasons in 'In My Room,' premiering January 6 and 7, 2023. (Courtesy PR)
January 1, 2023, 1:12 pm
Octogenarian Rina Schenfeld dances like a child in 2 new pieces
Veteran dancer premieres a solo choreographed to Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons,’ a performance by her dance group to the lyrics of poet Meredith Monk
By Jessica Steinberg
Gauthier Dance brings 'Swan Lakes' to the Tel Aviv Opera house October 20-22, 2022 (Courtesy Gauthier Dance)
October 18, 2022, 4:19 pm
Four ‘Swan Lake’ homages swim onto Tel Aviv stage
Stuttgart-based Gauthier Dance performs 4 separate works, with one by Israeli Hofesh Shechter, all inspired by Tchaikovsky classic
By Jessica Steinberg
Ephrat Asherie Dance performing 'Odeon' at the 2022 Vail Dance Festival in Beaver Creek, Colorado on July 31, 2022. (Courtesy: Christopher Duggan)
August 9, 2022, 10:43 pm
Ephrat Asherie brings NYC street dance scene down Rocky Mountain way
Born in Israel, raised in NY, Asherie uses West African movement to process her own multinational background
By Jessica Steinberg
Germany's Ballett Dortmund will perform in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa on June 8-14, 2022 (Courtesy Ballett Dortmund)
May 31, 2022, 4:32 pm
Germany’s Dortmund dancers in Israel after 2-year delay
‘It’s an inspiration for our dancers to travel to Tel Aviv,’ director Tobias Ehinger says of the troupe’s long-awaited tour
By Jessica Steinberg
Dancer and choreographer Rina Schenfeld from her new work, 'The Diary, Part 2,' to be performed at her Tel Aviv studio on March 11 and 12, 2021 (Courtesy Dovrat Asulin)
March 10, 2021, 11:43 am
Veteran choreographer dances through pandemic, but craves the stage
Rina Schenfeld, Israel’s modern dance muse, now 83, realizes she still needs an audience — but is forging a new relationship with it
By Jessica Steinberg
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
Members of New York's Ballet Hispanico, dressed for performing 'Carmen,' which they are bringing to Israel at the end of July 2019 (Courtesy Ballet Hispanico)
July 11, 2019, 1:52 pm
‘Carmen’ meets Picasso: NYC’s Latino troupe Ballet Hispanico heads to Israel
The classic femme fatale story is brought to life by dancers in black and white in a critically acclaimed departure
By Hannah Harnest
Netta Yerushalmy at BAC Residency in New York, screen grab captured June 9, 2019 (via YouTube)
June 9, 2019, 5:58 pm
Wesleyan receives US national grant to host dancer Netta Yerushalmy
Connecticut university gets $15,000 from National Endowment for the Arts for residency and performance by dance artist raised in Israel
By AP
Dancers in 'Monster,' Sharon Vazanna's new work that premiered in Tel Aviv in September 2018, and will travel around Europe through 2018 and 2019. (Courtesy Ascaf Avraham)
September 6, 2018, 8:33 am
In ‘Monster,’ dance troupe channels innermost feelings about the female body
The Sharon Vazanna Group premiered new work this week in Tel Aviv, will perform in Russia, Switzerland, and Australia, this year and next
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
Orly Portal, one of the guest dancers appearing at 'Between Heaven and Earth,' the Ka'Et Ensemble festival taking place November 2-9, 2017 (Courtesy Tami Weiss)
October 16, 2017, 9:16 pm
A modern dance fest rooted in Jewish values
The all-male, nearly all-religious Ka’Et Ensemble brings local troupes to perform at its annual festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Agriculture and art merge for a two-day fair at the Tel Aviv Port, showcasing products from the Modiin area. (Courtesy Eldad Maestro)
May 17, 2017, 8:34 am
Spring time is festival time in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
From nighttime food tours and a rave party in the capital, to urban design and philosophy debates in the White City, anything goes in the month of May
By Jessica Steinberg
Adam McKinney performs 'HaMapah/The Map.' (Amanda Adams Louis)
April 17, 2017, 4:20 am
Drones onstage? Choreographer waltzes across genre, media and technology
Orthodox-educated, gay, mixed-race dancer Adam McKinney breaks boundaries to unite people through poetry in motion
By Lisa Klug
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