dance

New flamenco show Darabar to hit Jerusalem after delay due to Hamas war

We could all do with some positive vibes as things stand, and the Pessachs and their flamenco troupe might just have a happiness elixir to offer us. 

07/04/2024

An internal exodus: An inside look on Harry Houdini

Artistic director of Jerusalem Ballet Company discusses career and death of Harry Houdini

By ORI J LENKINSKI
03/04/2024

Israeli trance community dances its way back from October 7

Following October 7, after a period when people took time to digest what had occurred, trance events started up again, but in a somewhat different mode.

By INBAL AHARONI
25/03/2024

Días de Flamenco Festival in Tel Aviv will keep the Spanish beat going

This year’s Días de Flamenco (Flamenco Days) Festival, 30 years after its founding, will take place at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv (March 28-30). 

21/03/2024
People visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border

Portuguese festival: 'Zionism has no place on a dancefloor'

Portuguese Waking Life festival sparks debate after equating Zionism with racism on dancefloors. Controversy ensues.

Batsheva Dance Company's new performance draws a line on certain cultural appropriations

Choreographer and performer Hillel Kogan has coined the work, “a ballet,” unabashedly appropriating a well-patented format into the contemporary dance realm. 

By ORI LENKINSKI
07/03/2024

Chaya Lev: Jerusalem's infectious spirit of dance and positivity

A Black Jew in Israel, Chaya Lev shares her journey – while dropping some hilarious one-liners – and her mission to bring joy to others.

Bride's provocative wedding song leads to immediate divorce

Unheard of: Newlyweds split after bride dances to controversial song, causing family feud and immediate divorce.

By WALLA!
03/12/2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater arrives at Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center - review

Fortunately, after all these years “Revelations” remains fresh. Every performance by the company ends with this brilliant choreography.

By ORA BRAFMAN
26/09/2023

‘Memento’: A riveting Holocaust story unlike any other ballet

Memento is a historically based fictional ballet inspired by the heroic tragedy of a Jewish ballerina, Franceska Manheimer-Rosenberg, known by her stage name, Franceska Mann.

By URIEL PEIZER
17/09/2023
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