Tag: Mimi Ratz Wiesenberg
Celebrating Shavuot through Movement: Hagiga with Bodyways, Vertigo & the Amuta
Photos: The 2009 Hagiga Celebration, including Vertigo Dance Company and choreographers of the Amuta. Studio photos from 2007 festival are by Rivi Nissim and Amos Vinikof. For religious Israelis, the […]
Home Port Festival: History in the Making for the Choreographers Association
Last night I witnessed dance history – and I hope that the opening night of the Home Port Festival (and the festival itself) will go down in the books not as an isolated moment in time but as the recognized beginning of a new stage, figuratively and literally, for Israel’s independent choreographers.
Home Port Festival: 54 Choreographers in 33 Concerts at the Jaffa Port
The Home Port festival was initiated by the Amuta (which translates as the Choreographers Association or the Choreographers Society), an umbrella organization for fifty-four independent choreographers who draw from styles as varied as contemporary dance, flamenco, and belly dance.