Dance

Jerusalem highlights: May 29-June 4

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
My Life with Arthur Szyk (see Tuesday).
BDS FASHION statement: Anti-Israel earrings worn in London.

Cultural boycott surge: Israeli artists cut off from global stage after October 7

If artists are stifled and only one-sided rhetoric is allowed, the damage will extend far beyond Israel; it will impoverish cultural discourse worldwide.

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
‘SEPARATIONS/DOME,’ Batsheva Ensemble. ‘The work began from a feeling, an everyday sensation of vulnerability.’ – Bosmat Nossan

The body continues: In war, dance becomes a way to survive

In their new works for the Batsheva Ensemble, choreographers Bosmat Nossan and Roni Chadash echo the rhythm of Miriam as a practice of necessity.

|ByORI J. LENKINSKI
Engraving: The Song of Miriam (1880), by William Blake Richmond.

Before the song: On Passover, Miriam leads with rhythm when the path is unclear

Miriam leads not through words or commands but through rhythm, movement, and shared presence. Her tambourine becomes a structure that others can enter.

|ByNERIA BARR

Israeli choreography lights up Independence Day celebrations in Croatia

JUNE 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli artists perform in iconic cultural district in Hong Kong

JUNE 11, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli dancers perform in an iconic cultural center in Paris

JUNE 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli dance company Inbal performs in Paris

Israeli dance companies bring Spring awakening to Germany

JUNE 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company

Israel's Tomer Giat debuts his creation at Intimadance Festival

Next weekend, Giat will premiere Missing, his inaugural creation, as part of Tmuna Theater’s Intimadance Festival. 

JUNE 6, 2023ByORI J. LENKINSKI
TOMER GIAT

Israeli artists dance of love and broken hearts in Taiwan

JUNE 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dortmund Ballet –  Midsummer Night’s Dream Choreographed by Alexander Ekman - review

Ekman is a well-known choreographer and he did well in using only a few thematic elements from the original play and adjusted them partially to his culture and artistic discourse with his peers.

JUNE 5, 2023ByORA BRAFMAN
BALLET DORTMUND’S ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’

Batsheva presents encore of Naharin’s ‘Anafaza’

This month, the Batsheva Dance Company and Batsheva Ensemble will return to the stage with an updated Anafaza.

JUNE 5, 2023ByORI J. LENKINSKI
OHAD NAHARIN’S ‘Anafaza’ takes flight.

The Nederlands Dance Theater returns to Israel

The evening boasts works by Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, Romanian choreographer Edward Clug and Israeli dancer and choreographer Nadav Zelner.

JUNE 1, 2023ByORI J. LENKINSKI
NDT2 IN action.

'Midsummer Night’s Dream': A surreal and erotic extravaganza - review

Dortmund Ballet returns to Israel with Alexander Ekman’s monumental ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’

MAY 13, 2023ByNERIA BARR
THE DORTMUND BALLET performs Alexander Ekman’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream.’