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Due to popular demand . . .
Since I’ve been posting about my experiences with Gaga, I have gotten a few questions about where people can take classes. Here’s some answers:
First, there is a Gaga intensive going on this summer in Tel Aviv, Israel. Above is the advertisement, and for more information, you can contact Reut directly at the e-mail listed there.
Not in Israel or not able to come here? There are going to be a few summer Gaga and repertory intensives in the U.S. Ariel Freedman, an American who has been dancing with the Batsheva Ensemble, will be teaching from July 14-26 at the Baryshnikov Art Center in New York. The classes are already full, but there may be a wait list. To learn more about this workshop, go to this link: http://www.baryshnikovdancefoundation.org/schedules_gaga.html
If you’re on the West Coast, Bobbi Smith - another American who has been dancing with the Ensemble - will be teaching at an intensive held by the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. You can check out this program at the following link: http://www.sfconservatoryofdance.org/intensives/index.htm
Enjoy! If anyone takes either of these workshops, I’d love to hear about it!
I still browse the New York Times arts page every morning, and I saw that Cedar Lake performed Ohad Naharin’s Decadance as part of the Joyce Theater’s 25th anniversary festivities; did anyone in NYC make it to the concert? Back here in Israel, the Batsheva company is *very* busy. In the next month and a half, I’ll be seeing Naharin’s MAX and Shalosh (Three), Sharon Eyal’s Makarova Kabisa (a new work which premiered earlier this year), and Furo, a collaboration between Naharin and the Japanese animation artist Tabaimo which will be at Tel Aviv’s port over the course of a few weeks. Plus there are plenty of concerts by other companies which I’m planning to attend, as well as end-of-year performances at arts high schools and academies. Spring is busy here!
Meanwhile, I’m off to join in festivities for Israel’s 60th birthday. There’s supposed to be some folk dancing near the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, so perhaps I’ll get to experience a different kind of Israeli dance . . .
