Batsheva Dance Company - Deca Dance
From: Friday, 2nd November 2012
To: Saturday, 3 November 2012
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Synopsis
Batsheva Dance Company founded by Martha Graham in 1964, entered a new era in 1990 with the appointment of Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin as Artistic Director. Naharin revolutionised dance in Israel, turning Batsheva performances into cult events and capturing new young audiences at home and abroad.
Our Review:
3 November 2012
Get there early. While the house lights are still up and the theatre not yet full a solo dancer, looking like Charlie Chaplin reincarnated, is performing a gentle soft shoe on stage.
This is typical of the positive attitude of the Batsheva Ensemble – why wait for the show to start when you want to dance? One dance opens with the company making tight minimal movements wearing forced artificial smiles before they tumble across the stage like kids at playtime.
The company comprises 18 dancers with an average age of 20. They have been trained in the Gaga method which looks like an organic version of hip-hop. Whereas hip-hop is mechanical and sharp in Gaga the movements are fluid –bodies almost seem to ripple – and natural.
The Gaga technique is perhaps best illustrated by the opening to Act Two where the entire company dressed in identical leotards take turns to twist and contort whilst never losing their place in the line that runs across the ...
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Ohad Naharin (Director)
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