Batsheva Dance Company
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It was founded by Martha Graham
Martha Graham
Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.She danced and choreographed for over seventy years...
and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild in 1964.
From its inception until 1979, the prima ballerina of Batsheva was Rina Schenfeld
Rina Schenfeld
Rina Schenfeld is an Israeli choreographer and dancer, one of the leaders in creating an Israeli style in modern dance.As prima ballerina and choreographer of the Batsheva dance company from its founding in 1964 to 1978, she achieved world renown, and was called by the New York Times "one of the...
; she and Rena Gluck were the company's principal dancers for many years. Ohad Naharin
Ohad Naharin
Ohad Naharin is an Israeli contemporary dancer, choreographer and dance company artistic director.-Biography:...
has been artistic director since 1990.
External links
- Batsheva Dance Company: From Graham to Gaga - Batsheva’s transition from a strongly American-influenced company to the more distinctive troupe which has captivated contemporary audiences.
- Getting to Know the Batsheva Ensemble - An overview and glimpse into the daily life of the Batsheva Dance Company's second troupe.
- “Deca Dance” in Israel - a view of Ohad Naharin’s "Deca Dance" within the context of Israel's dance history.
- “MAX” - Connecting to Ohad Naharin’s Choreography
- Batsheva Ensemble in Ohad Naharin’s “Kyr/Z/na”
- Batsheva Dance Company: Ohad Naharin’s “Shalosh” (“Three”)
- Batsheva Dance Company Premieres Sharon Eyal’s “Bill”
- Sharon Eyal’s “Bill” is Back at Batsheva Dance Company
- Archival footage of Batsheva Dance Company performing Deca Dance in 2004 at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival