Tag: Nimrod Freed
Curtain Up 2009: Celebrating 20 Years of Israeli Premieres
As the buzz about this year’s 20th anniversary celebration grew, I wanted to find out more about the history of Curtain Up.
Israeli Dance: What’s Happening in November
November is a month of festivals and foreign tours.
Dance in the Desert: Shavuot at Adama
Photo: At Adama’s Shavuot festival in 2008, dancers gathered around for an aerial dance workshop. While some dancers and movers will gather at Vertigo Dance Company’s Eco-Art Village for the […]
Home Port Festival Lures Audiences to Jaffa Port
Located next to a swarm of bobbing fishing boats, this enormous hangar is not your typical destination for a dance performance. Yet the members of the Choreographers Society have lured a mix of devoted dance fans and less seasoned audience members to the Jaffa Port over the last several weeks.
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.