Tag: Yasmeen Godder
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.
Dancing Through the Intifada: Yasmeen Godder’s “Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder”
In 2004, Yasmeen Godder focused her artistic lens squarely on the conflict in her country – and specifically on the tragic images flooding the media – in “Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder.”
Snapshots from International Exposure 2008
International Exposure brought the dance scene into focus for me, clarifying and sharpening some observations I had started to form since my research began in 2007.
International Exposure 2008: Day 2
(Video: Ov by Renana Raz and Ofer Amram) The opening night of International Exposure whetted my appetite for a festival full of Israeli contemporary dance, and now I’m ready for […]