Itzik Galili
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The Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili (Tel Aviv) moved to the Netherlands
in 1991 where he founded his own company. The Dutch Ministry of Culture nominated him in 1997 as Artistic Director of a new company with public funding, NND/Galili Dance based in Groningen. In 2009 he moved to Amsterdam
invited by the new appointed city Company of Amsterdam for contemporary dance
: Dansgroep Amsterdam (DGA) as co-artistic director together with Kristina de Chatel.
He has built an oeuvre of more than 60 works and has created for and worked with international companies such as: Bale da Cidade de Sao Paulo, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
, Batsheva Dance Company
, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich, Cisne Negro, Diversions Dance Company, Dutch National Ballet
, Gulbenkian Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Nederlands Dans Theater II, Norrdans, Royal Finnish Ballet, Rambert Dance Company
, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
, Scapino Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet
.
He was awarded the originality prize at the Gvanim Choreographic Competition in 1991 for “Old Cartoon”
In 1992 he won the Public Prize at the International Competition for Choreographers in Groningen with his ctreaton “The Butterfly Effect” and was honoured in 1994 with the final Selection Culture Award (Phillip Morris) for exceptional talent and contribution to dance and culture in the Netherlands.
In 2002 he received the VSCD Choreography Prize and a VSCD Nomination for Best Production season 2005-2006
In 2006 Galili was Knighted in the Netherlands on the royal order of the House of Orange-Nassau
“Galili’s art lies in his capacity to balance abstraction and narration with finesse, creating works that impress themselves strongly upon us. He is one of only a few choreographers working in the Netherlands today who can structure a fragile equilibrium between humour, aggression, lyricism, sex and elegance” (Michael A. Kroes – Ballettanz International, March 2007)
"Itzik Galili is an original dance-maker in terms of the profile of the movement itself, full and
dynamic, as well as that of the choreographic prose, fluid and linear." (Gabriella Gori -
TuttoDanza, Summer 2008)
Dansgroep Amsterdam
NDD / Galili Dance
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1991 where he founded his own company. The Dutch Ministry of Culture nominated him in 1997 as Artistic Director of a new company with public funding, NND/Galili Dance based in Groningen. In 2009 he moved to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
invited by the new appointed city Company of Amsterdam for contemporary dance
Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
: Dansgroep Amsterdam (DGA) as co-artistic director together with Kristina de Chatel.
He has built an oeuvre of more than 60 works and has created for and worked with international companies such as: Bale da Cidade de Sao Paulo, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo is a classical ballet company established in 1985 by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hanover in accordance with the wishes of her mother, Princess Grace of Monaco...
, Batsheva Dance Company
Batsheva Dance Company
The Batsheva Dance Company is an internationally acclaimed dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was founded by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild in 1964....
, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich, Cisne Negro, Diversions Dance Company, Dutch National Ballet
Dutch National Ballet
Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...
, Gulbenkian Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Nederlands Dans Theater II, Norrdans, Royal Finnish Ballet, Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company, is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it would exert a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingdom, and today, as a contemporary dance company, it continues to be one of the...
, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America....
, Scapino Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die...
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He was awarded the originality prize at the Gvanim Choreographic Competition in 1991 for “Old Cartoon”
In 1992 he won the Public Prize at the International Competition for Choreographers in Groningen with his ctreaton “The Butterfly Effect” and was honoured in 1994 with the final Selection Culture Award (Phillip Morris) for exceptional talent and contribution to dance and culture in the Netherlands.
In 2002 he received the VSCD Choreography Prize and a VSCD Nomination for Best Production season 2005-2006
In 2006 Galili was Knighted in the Netherlands on the royal order of the House of Orange-Nassau
House of Orange-Nassau
The House of Orange-Nassau , a branch of the European House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands — and at times in Europe — since William I of Orange organized the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War...
“Galili’s art lies in his capacity to balance abstraction and narration with finesse, creating works that impress themselves strongly upon us. He is one of only a few choreographers working in the Netherlands today who can structure a fragile equilibrium between humour, aggression, lyricism, sex and elegance” (Michael A. Kroes – Ballettanz International, March 2007)
"Itzik Galili is an original dance-maker in terms of the profile of the movement itself, full and
dynamic, as well as that of the choreographic prose, fluid and linear." (Gabriella Gori -
TuttoDanza, Summer 2008)
Dansgroep Amsterdam
NDD / Galili Dance