Author: Deborah Friedes Galili
Going Gaga: My Intro to Gaga Dance Classes
Gaga was developed by the Batsheva Dance Company’s artistic director, Ohad Naharin, and it evolved not only through his work with professional dancers but through experimentation with non-dancers.
Surveying Dance Technique in Israel: A Report from the Studios
I attempted to do my initial survey in a relatively methodical manner, working my way slowly from studio to studio and taking classes labeled modern (מודרני – “moderni”), contemporary (עכשווי – “achshavi”), or release (רליס – “release”).
Machol Shalem: The Jerusalem Modern Dance Festival
A video about the Jerusalem Modern Dance Festival 2007 Tel Aviv may be the undisputed center of contemporary dance in Israel, but Jerusalem also boasts several dance companies, studios, and […]
Dancing in Another Language
Studio at Adama in Mizpe Ramon, Israel At my first Hebrew lesson last year, I approached my tutor with this request: please teach me the names of body parts. I […]
Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak: An Interview on Imagination (Podcast)
I caught up with Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak in the spring of 2008 to learn how this imaginative couple concocts such unique creations.