Video: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance
If you’re in Atlanta, Georgia – or if you know someone in Atlanta – here’s a heads up:
I’m happy to announce that I am speaking in the Emory Friends of Dance Lecture Series on Wednesday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). My talk, Foreign Exchange: American and Israeli Dance from Martha Graham to Ohad Naharin, will precede a performance by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet of Ohad Naharin’s Decadance. I won’t be in Atlanta in person, but I will be speaking via Skype and have an exciting presentation prepared!
Cedar Lake performing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance. Photo by Paul B. Goode.
Here’s the official blurb about my lecture:
Forty years ago, Israel’s premiere dance company imported works by top American choreographers. Now cutting-edge American troupes like Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet are drawing crowds with choreography by Israeli artists. In this lecture, dance scholar Deborah Friedes Galili explores the dynamic relationship between American and Israeli dance and traces the meteoric rise of Israeli contemporary dance. This lecture will be presented live from Israel via webcam prior to the performance by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.
Cedar Lake performing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance. Photo by Paul B. Goode.
My lecture is free and open to the public, so if you’re in Atlanta, I hope you will come listen in the Chase Lobby at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Road. I will speak for one half hour, and then there will be a question and answer session. Please let others know about this event as well!
Related Articles on Dance In Israel
- Batsheva Dance Company: From Graham to Gaga
- Americans in Israel: Cedar Lake in Tel Aviv Dance 2008
- Ohad Naharin’s Deca Dance in Israel: A Cycle Completed
Related Links
- Emory Dance Program Events
- Emory Report (article about the event)
- Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
- Batsheva Dance Company