Season 2011/20122

Sadeh21 by Ohad Naharin in collaboration with Batsheva dancers

"Liberation of feelings… electrifying bodies… tuned like a fairytale orchestra, remarkable precision - and it's as beautiful as a dream" (Ynet, May 27, 2011).

Since its premiere at the Israel Festival, Jerusalem in May 2011, 'Sadeh21' has been praised by both audiences and critics alike, and seen by an excess of 10,000 people. This season the piece will be presented in Hamburg, Tel-Aviv, Dimona and Toronto.

Sharon Eyal & Gai Bachar / Yasmeen Godder - Premieres by Batsheva Dance Company

An evening comprised of two works by guest choreographer Yasmeen Godder, and Sharon Eyal - Batsheva Dance Company's House Choreographer.

Yasmeen Godder, invited by Ohad Naharin to create for Batsheva, takes inspiration for this work from "Flamboya" - a book by photographer and designer Viviane Sassen. Godder created a piece in which screening, hiding, shadowing and disappearance allow the identity to expose, present and stay loyal to itself while creating a world which plays between limitation and fantasy.

Sharon Eyal and Gai Bachar created a piece that attempts to create crises of different kinds. The piece is comprised of small families coming together in gentleness and attention.

BILL by Sharon Eyal

"BILL is not just another well choreographed piece, but rather a milestone, a significant and wondrous creation by a skilled and mature artist who is not afraid of complexity" (Ynet, May 13, 2010)

Sharon Eyal's piece created in 2010 is an exciting stage event, created for the entire company, in which Eyal continues to explore the tension between the individual and cloned identities.
Eyal's work bears a clear personal signature - rich, demanding and powerful movement language accompanied by a soundtrack that always serves as a dominant force in her work.

MAX by Ohad Naharin

Ohad Naharin's creation for ten dancers continues to search and explore the origin and essence of movement, examining formations, time and space. Set to an original score by Maxim Waratt.

Since its creation MAX has been presented throughout the world, and this season in Tel-Aviv and the winter North America tour, also including San Francisco, Philadelphia and Chicago.

FURO by Ohad Naharin and Tabaimo

Special event - re-staging of the piece created by Ohad Naharin and Japanese video artist Tabaimo - this time in the intimate setting of Batsheva's Varda Studio.

The dance installation will be presented continually for a few hours each performance day, and the audience is free to enter and exit, meeting various casts of performing dancers on stage.

Tabaimo's hand-painted story taking place in a Japanese bath-house is screened on three walls, creating the illusion of a room. In to this, Naharin combines a musical score and dance.

Premiere by Sharon Eyal & Gai Bachar + Tabula Rasa by Ohad Naharin

Naharin's landmark creation from 1986 and a premiere by Sharon Eyal & Gai Bachar - presented by Batsheva Ensemble

Ohad Naharin's 'Tabula Rasa' was originally created in 1986 for the Pittsburg Ballet (USA). Ten dancers dance to the music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. In Israel the piece was first presented in 1987, and has not been staged since 2004. An opportunity to meet the dancers of Batsheva Ensemble performing a Naharin classic.

The evening will also include a new creation by Sharon Eyal and Gai Bachar for Batsheva Ensemble.

Hora by Ohad Naharin

Hora is performed by 11 dancers who are always on stage, always present, always available. Their rich movements encounter a tantalizing soundtrack arranged and performed by pioneering synthesizer musician Isao Tomita.
In Hora, Naharin and his dancers present a sequence of climaxes with almost no rest in between.

Three by Ohad Naharin

"Exceptionally inventive, thrilling dance"
(New York Times, November 2007)

'Three' was created in 2005 and has since been frenquently presented on the most prestigious stages and leading festivals worldwide.
Enveloped in seemingly arbitrary movement, Batsheva dancers test their individual boundaries creating a composition of force, speed and passion. Ohad Naharin's ongoing process of dance investigation is nourished by his infinite curiosity, sharp intuition and fascination with the body and movement.

Deca Dance by Ohad Naharin

“Naharin's choreography is so rich and was danced by his company with such raw energy that one left knowing they had witnessed something spectacular”.
(Charelston Post and Courier Reviewer, May 27, 2007)

'Deca Dance' brings together memorable and favorite segments of Ohad Naharin's creations from the last 20 years, is constantly updated and offers a fresh look at choreographic materials performed by Batsheva.

Kamuyot by Ohad Naharin

"Both moving and memorable"
(New York Times, March 5, 2008)

Ohad Naharin's 'Kamuyot' is immediate and toys interactively with the conventional relationship between audience and performers. It is intense, funny, poignant, inventive and powerful; unhindered by the barrier of words, it inspires dialogue and expression in the first universal language - movement and dance.

Variations Theme - Dances by Noa Eshkol

The Chamber Dance Group will present pieces from dance suites by Noa Eshkol, creator of the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation.

The dances are created according to the notation system and are based upon the unique composition rules of Noa Eshkol. One of the characteristics of her creation is positioning dance as an independent entity, which does not rely on stage effects, such as scenery, costumes or music. Dance is a distilled art form that stands alone.