Over the weekend, as part of Machol Shalem Dance House’s Jerusalem International Dance Week, winners of the second annual Jerusalem International Choreography Competition were announced.Over 100 applicants from over a dozen countries were received, of which eight were selected for the semi-final round.To consider these works, Machol Shalem’s directors Ruby Edelman and Ofra Idel assembled a panel of judges hailing from many fields. The panel consisted of cultural leaders from around the globe such as choreographer Uri Ivgi; Laurent Van Kote, head of dance of France’s Ministry of Culture and Communication; Zach Granit, head of Culture and Art Administration of Israel’s Ministry of Culture and Sport; Angela Mattox, artistic director of the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art; and Polish critic and panel chair, theoretician Jadwiga Grabowska.
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