Dance

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.

BDS FASHION statement: Anti-Israel earrings worn in London.
‘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

Engraving: The Song of Miriam (1880), by William Blake Richmond.

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

The writer with Roberto Casarotto during the interview.

Dancing for health in museums with dance activist Roberto Casarotto - interview


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

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

People visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border, December 31, 2023

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. 

 ‘APPROPRIATION’ – a new work by acclaimed choreographer and performer Hillel Kogan, performed by the Batsheva Dance Company.

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.

 Hummus and Hashem: Chaya Lev smiles big with ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne at The Red Heifer steakhouse.

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.

 VHarasymiv

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.

 THE ALVIN AILEY American Dance Theater.

‘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.

 LAST DANCE with death: The moment Mann pulls the trigger on the SS officer/Nazi.

Batsheva Dance Company to bring back 'Anafaza 2023'

Anafaza 2023 adheres to the same format, including some iconic sections from older works such as Echad Mi Yodea as well as excerpts from more recent works such as Yag. 

 "Anafaza" 2023.

Dancers perform Holocaust tribute on Argentina’s ‘Got Talent’

The young dancers wore the striped pajamas of concentration camp internees. Each performer also wore a yellow star of David bearing their names.

 The set of Britain's Got Talent

Ukrainian sisters face five-year prison term for dancing on soldiers' graves

Video: Two Ukrainian sisters recorded themselves dancing and twerking in minimal clothing. The footage went viral.


Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to return to Israel

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to Israel with two programs that illustrate the company’s connection with the past and its commitment to evolving into the future. 

 ALVIN AILEY American Dance Theater in Kyle Abraham’s ‘Are You in Your Feelings?’