2015 Annual Report Batsheva Dance דוח שנתי Company להקת מחול בת־שבע )ע״ר(

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ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - -- 33 יצירה — סטודיו — במה יצירה — Remarks סטודיו — במהOpening 2 - -- Dear Batsheva community members, the city for young audiences, including 32 morning performances for some 9,000 children and youth in schools all over the country. In 2015, Batsheva marked 25 years of artistic management by Ohad Naharin. During that time, Ohad and the Company have attained One of Batsheva’s characteristics as an international dance company extraordinary artistic achievements and gained world renown. Ohad is the number of foreign dancers. This characteristic contributes Naharin is a prolific artist of boundless energies, constantly surprising immensely to its unique spirit and achievements. Nevertheless, a and innovating. Thus, last June the Company premiered Ohad’s new series of laws designed to restrict the employment of non-citizens which was received enthusiastically by audiences ,״Last Work״ ,piece in Israel, motivated by the need to regulate the job market as a and performed for full houses. Almost 30,000 spectators saw the whole, make it difficult for the foreign dancers to remain in Israel and piece last year, both in Israel and abroad. obstructs the Company both artistically and economically. Over the past year, Batsheva offered financial compensation to foreign dancers One of Batsheva’s guidelines is the diversity of production it offers its affected by changes in income tax regulations, and at the same time audiences. Together with Ohad Naharin’s works, last December the initiated an amendment to the 1952 Entry to Israel Law. This proposed Batsheva Ensemble performed Danielle Agami’s newest piece, amendment may eventually change attitudes towards foreign ”And Still“. The Ensemble also performed Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s dancers and performers in general. ”BILL“, in a fresh and exciting version. During the past year as well, Batsheva managed to raise about The Company’s constant reinvention is also expressed in changes a quarter of its budget from donations by its friends and loyal in its composition. During the last season, five new dancers joined supporters. However, the building of its new home in the Neve Batsheva, including three who “stepped up” from the Young Sha’anan Arts Center requires fundraising on a much larger scale, Ensemble, which also celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. even considering the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality’s generous support Recall that the Young Ensemble had been created by Ohad Naharin for the project. This challenge requires Batsheva to develop new upon his arrival at Batsheva in order to train youngsters, promote resource development capabilities both in Israel and abroad, and to talent and cultivate a new audience, and it has been steadfastly find and cultivate new sponsors and supporters. We are confident in loyal to this important mission. In recent years, it has even exceeded this project’s success and of the continued support of the Company’s expectations by demonstrating a degree of professionalism typical longstanding and loyal friends. of mature and adult companies. The Ensemble put on 67 evening performances in Israel and 18 abroad. Among other things, it I congratulate Batsheva and the entire community of its friends and premiered ”Decadance“ in New York to high critical acclaim. supporters and wish all of us that this year will be as exciting and successful as the previous one. In recent years, public discourse has been preoccupied with cultivating Israel’s socio-geographical periphery. Batsheva is no exception: for many years, it has been performing for diverse audiences throughout the country, and considers it a calling to offer contemporary dance to remote rural areas where audiences have little exposure to this art form. In 2015, about a quarter of the Ittamar Givton, Company’s performances in Israel were held outside Tel Aviv, and of Chair of the Board all spectators during that year, about 40% were from towns other

Cover: "Last Work" by Ohad Naharin, 2015. Center: Shamel Pitts Center: Naharin, 2015. Ohad by Cover: "Last Work" than Tel Aviv. The Ensemble also performed frequently outside

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 5 יצירה — סטודיו — במה יצירה — Remarks סטודיו — במהOpening 4 - - Dear friends, This annual report requires us to pause and review the past year. This always seems very distant because we are constantly in the midst of an intensive present, where many things happen simultaneously. Pausing, however, offers an opportunity to look back, and this was a year of very good work in the studio, onstage and in the office, a year of refinement and improvement, with many moments of beauty and quality. The good review of 2015 belongs to everyone – the dancers and artistic staff, the administrative and technical teams, members of the public council and board, the loyal donors who believe in us and in our vision, and the large audiences supporting us, here in our city and throughout the country and the world. Together with our artistic activities, two significant and noteworthy events occurred this past year. The first is related to the dancers’ welfare – which is always a top priority for us – and involves mainly a long-awaited raise in the senior company dancers’ salaries. This move was enabled by an extraordinarily generous donation dedicated to this specific purpose. Another touching show of support enabled us to protect the wages of our foreign dancers, after a cruel amendment in income tax regulations applicable to migrant workers affected their bottom line. The second important development is the considerable progress in the project of building us a home of our own, the Neve Sha’anan Arts Campus. We are delighted to inform you that the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality joined the project as a full partner. According to Mayor Ron Huldai: “The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality has made tremendous efforts in recent years to stimulate urban renewal in Neve Sha’anan and, sees culture as an important catalyst for such growth. We hope that the establishment of the Batsheva Campus, the home of one of our most important artistic and cultural institutions, will generate diverse and international artistic activity of the highest level, alongside social and educational activities to benefit the residents of this neighborhood, the district, and the city at large”. We are now at the start of the process of raising funds for this project and are excited to continue and intensify our cooperation with the various municipal authorities towards its realization. Happy days,

Dina Aldor Ohad Naharin Adi Salant

General Director Artistic Director Co-Artistic Director Ancona Olivia Or Meir Schraiber, Dancers: Naharin, 2015. Ohad by Right: Work Last

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 6 Creation — Studio — Stage Creation — Studio — Stage 7 - - During Batsheva’s 51st season, the senior company performed Last Work 2015 a new, full-length piece by Ohad Naharin: Last Work. The Young Ensemble performed a new and original piece, by ohad naharin And Still, a new commission by Danielle Agami. Premiere: June 2015 —Performed by 18 Batsheva dancers — 65 minutes without intermission — Lighting design: Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) — Costume design: Eri Nakamura — Original music: Grisha LICHTENBERGER — Soundtrack editing: Maxim Waratt

Since its first staging, Last Work has been identified by many as another masterpiece in Naharin’s oeuvre. The Dresden and Montpellier festivals joined as co-producers in staging this piece, and it was performed in those festivals immediately after its Israeli premieres. Last Work was also supported by the New Works Fund of the American Friends of Batsheva. It was met by the audience with enthusiasm, both in live performances and social media, and was subsequently invited to multiple performances abroad in the 2016-17 seasons.

“The finest work i can remember is Last Work... It is the one that outshines all the others in its uniqueness, freshness and depth”. ,Gallery supplement ,״Summary of this year in culture״ ,Ruth Eshel Haaretz, September 2015

“This piece is breathtaking for the extraordinary dancing by the Batsheva dancers, and the way Mr. Naharin can evoke states of pleasure, pain, madness and a kind of animality – a sheer state of being in the body – through his movement” Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times, June 2015

Total number of spectators in Israel and abroad in 2015: 28,609 In Tel Aviv: 11,819 — Outside Tel Aviv: 6,130 — Abroad: 10,660 Zinchenko, Omri Drumlevich Zina ( Natalya ) Zinchenko, Dancers: Naharin, 2015. Ohad by Work Last Left:

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 9 יצירה — סטודיו — במה Creation — Studio — Stage 8 - - BILL 2010 And Still 2015 by Sharon Eyal by Danielle Agami and Gai Behar

And Still Premiere: December 2015 — Performed by 18 Young Ensemble dancers — 30 minutes — Lighting design: Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) — Costume design: Eri Nakamura — Stage Design: Amir Raveh

BILL Performed by 18 Young Ensemble dancers — 30 minutes —Lighting design: Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) — Original music and soundtrack: Ori Lichtik, Sharon Eyal, and Gai Behar — Costume design: Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar

Danielle Agami was invited by Ohad Naharin to create a new work on Fraiman Korina Dancer: 2015. Agami, Danielle Right: And Still by Batsheva – the Young Ensemble, And Still. Agami danced with Batsheva between 2002-2010. In 2007-2009 she produced the Batsheva Dancers Create series, and served as Rehearsal Director for the senior company in 2008-2010. Agami later moved to New York, where she was put in charge of Gaga USA. She has been invited to create works throughout the world, most recently by White Bird Music Center Los Angeles and the Industry Opera. In 2012 she founded her own dance company ATE9 in Seattle, realizing in full her unique artistic voice as a dancer, creator, and teacher. Alongside this piece, the Ensemble performed a shorter version of Bill by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, originally produced in 2010.

“Both pieces are enchanting beyond the movement language and execution. The stage is full, saturated with magic that spills over to the spectators, enwraps and enraptures them”. Ruth Eshel, Haaretz, December 2015

Total number of spectators of And Still / BILL in 2015 — 1,832 by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, 2010. Dancer: Etay Axelrod Etay Dancer: 2010. Eyal and Gai Sharon Behar, Right: BILL by

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 10 Batsheva Dancers Create Performances — Repertoire 11 - - PORCH THREE 2005 An evening of creations by by ohad naharin Batsheva – the Young Ensemble In 2015, Batsheva renewed THREE, Ohad Naharin’s classic 2005 masterpiece, commissioned for a week of performances by the Paris Opera House in early The Ensemble staged Porch in June 2015 as part of Batsheva 2016. The renewal of this masterpiece for the Paris Opera House enabled Dancers Create, the traditional annual workshop supported the Company to perform it also in Israel. Here, THREE was performed both by the Michael Sela Fund for Cultivation of Young Artists in front of new audiences who have not had the opportunity of seeing it performed live on stage, and in front of audiences that have seen it in the at Batsheva. The workshop offers dancers production and past and could now revisit it anew. marketing resources to stage an evening of their independent choreography. As in the past, these evenings have attracted “Scholarly, sexy, precise and incredibly complex” considerable interest and media coverage, and the Ensemble Sharon Tamir, Mako, January 2016 staged multiple public performances.

Total number of spectators of THREE in Israel — 1,074 Works by Etay Axelrod, Yael Ben Ezer, Chiaki Horita, Ido Gidron, Madison Hoke, Gil Hacohen, Lenny Hassin, Matan Cohen, Yonatan (Yoni) Simone, Amalia Smith, Shane Scopatz, Yankalle Filtser, Doron Perk, Kelvin Vu — Performed by the Ensemble dancers and guests — 80-90 minutes. The evening was accompanied by an art exhibition in Studio Dalia, where the dancers demonstrated their skills in additional areas such as painting and photography.

• Short Film by Etay Axelrod • Adjustment And Wrinkles by • Muddle by Yael Ben Ezer and Lenny Hassin Chiaki Horita • The Dive by Matan Cohen • Room No. 1 by Ido Gidron • Shimmy by Yoni Simone • Green Gown by Madison Hoke • Hour by Amalia Smith • The Bus Fell Off The Cliff by • Nature 1 by Shane Scopatz Gil Hacohen • Otosan by Yankalle Filtser • Four Kings by Kelvin Vu • Hirhur Amok by Doron Perk • Lemons And Rhythm by Lenny Hassin

Total number of spectators of Porch in Israel — 733 Or Meir Schraiber Ian Robinson, Center: Naharin, 2005. Right: Ohad THREE by

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 13 יצירה — סטודיו — במה Performances — Repertoire 12 - - 2015 Repertoire: Last Work — THREE — MAX — Project Secus — The Hole — Sadeh21 — Decadance — Kamuyot — Deca’le — And Still / BILL

Performance Runs Last Work 2015 — Tel Aviv 32 • Dresden, Germany 3 • Prague, Czech Republic 2• Montpellier, France 2 • Melbourne, Australia 2 And Still / BILL 2015 — Tel Aviv 7 Project Secus 2014 — Tel Aviv 9 • Hof HaCarmel 1 The Hole 2013 — Tel Aviv 30 MAX 2007 — Yavne 1 • Tel Aviv 12 Sadeh21 2011 — Rehovot 1• Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 • Lyons, France 4 • Pau, France 1 • Quimper, France 1 • Saint-Brieuc, France 1 • Tel Aviv 3 THREE 2005 — Tel Aviv 3 Decadance 2000 — Rehovot 1 • Haifa 1 • Emek HaMa’ayanot 1 • Santiago, Chile 4 • Vannes, France 1 • Arcachon, France 1 • La Rochelle, France 2 • Vilnius, Lithuania 1 • Nicosia, Cyprus 1 • Limassol, Cyprus 1 • Williamstown, USA 1 • New York, USA 8 • Yokohama, Japan 1 • Nagoya, Japan 1 • Kitakyushu, Japan 1 • Melbourne, Australia 1 • Athens, Greece 2 • Tel Aviv 6 • Herzliya 1 Kamuyot 2003 — Be’er Sheva 2 • Givat Brenner 4 • Nazareth 2 • Rishon LeZion 4 • schools in Tel Aviv 4 • public performances in Tel Aviv 14 • closed performance in Tel Aviv 1 • Merhavim Regional Council 2 • Ashdod 2 • Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council 2 • Kibbutz Shoval 2 • Hefer Valley Regional Council 2 • Tiberias 4 • Ma’alot-Tarshiha 2 Deca’le 2012 — Herzliya 1 • Jerusalem 2 • Tel Aviv 8 • Haifa 1 Batsheva Dancers Create workshops 2015 —Tel Aviv 6

Total performances in 2015 — 234 In Tel Aviv: 142 — Countrywide: 48 — Abroad: 44 by Ohad Naharin, 2015 Ohad by Right: Work Last

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 14 Our Dancers Our Dancers 15 - - Company Dancers Batsheva – the Young Ensemble Dancers Apprentices: in 2014-2015 in 2014-2015 Olivia Ancona, William (Billy) Barry, Omri Drumlevich, Bret Easterling, Etay Axelrod, Yael Ben Ezer, Matan Cohen, Gil Hacohen, Iyar Elezra, Mario Bermudez Gil, Hsin-Yi Hsiang, Rani Lebzelter, Korina Fraiman, Ido Gidron, Madison Hoke, Lenny Hassin, Eri Nakamura, Ori Moshe Ofri, Rachael Osborne, Shamel Pitts, Oscar Ramos, Chiaki Horita, Ori Kroll, Yaara Lapid, Doron Perk, Yonatan (Yoni) Simone, Nitzan Ressler, Ian Robinson, Or Meir Schraiber, Maayan Sheinfeld, Shane Scopatz, Amalia Smith, Kyle Scheurich, Yankalle Filtser Bobbi Jene Smith, Maya Tamir, Zina (Natalya) Zinchenko, Adi Zlatin Kelvin Vu

The Batsheva dancers — truly some of the most beguiling creatures I’ve ever seen on stage…No other company in the world has a physical voice as strong and singular as Batsheva…individuals who display extraordinary speed, extraordinary control, extraordinary focus and extraordinary range with almost dismissive nonchalance” Brian Schaefer, Out Magazine, USA, November 2014

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 16 Our Dancers Our Dancers 17 - - Dancers’ Welfare Batsheva continued prioritizing and acting relentlessly to ensure the dancers’ In 2015, Batsheva added an individual accident insurance policy to its welfare and wellbeing – their pay and employment conditions, their physical insurance offerings. Consequently, in case of injury during activities for and social welfare, their daily work environment, their training as teachers which the dancer is not paid by the Company, and is therefore under the and their cultivation as performing artists and independent creators. responsibility of the National Insurance Institute, the dancer is entitled – in addition to the NII compensations and income protection insurance policies In 2015, the Company gave its adult dancers a long-awaited raise, made – to a monthly payment of up to 4,000 NIS to cover treatment expenses. possible thanks to a dedicated donation with long-term commitment. This represents a significant improvement in the support network offered by The 15% raise will also increase the pension saving factor and the value of the Company. overtime paid to the dancers. As part of the Company’s daily training routine and diverse educational In late 2014, the foreign dancers employed in both the senior company and activities, Batsheva continued to prepare its dancers for a future career in the Young Ensemble were negatively affected by a change in income tax teaching. Batsheva also continued to cultivate its dancers’ choreographic regulations which revoked basic benefits that until then had been awarded talents in ongoing creative processes in the studio. For more than a decade to migrant workers as well. This resulted in a significant reduction in their net now it has also allocated time and production resources to the annual pay, which was particularly painful given their situations as foreigners living Dancers Create workshop. Finally, Batsheva continues to be a natural home in Israel without a supporting family. Batsheva raised dedicated funds to to former dancers currently active as independent choreographers. compensate them for this loss. Batsheva continued maintaining its comprehensive treatment services, directed by an expert physical therapist in charge of monitoring health, ongoing treatment, recommendations for preventive treatment, acute injury treatment and recommendations for post-injury rehabilitation. In 2015, the Company significantly improved its physical therapy services thanks to a new agreement with a physical therapy institute that provides a comprehensive range of services. This improvement enables us to offer a greater number of treatments easily accessible from the studios, as well as close support suitable for Batsheva's busy schedule, which often includes overlapping activities like tours abroad with intensive performance tours in Israel. Further improvements included renovating the Company’s physical therapy room. The treatments are provided to our dancers without any limit and are fully funded by Batsheva. Together with ongoing physical therapy treatments, Batsheva continued to offer its dancers a broad range of treatments, including regular preventive treatments from various techniques, including Shiatsu, Ilan Lev Method, acupuncture and medical massage. As in every year, Batsheva also had all its dancers undergo medical fitness tests and provided each with a customized health menu on performance days. The Company dancers’ challenging schedule, both in Israel and abroad, is maintained with strict supervision of the dancers’ working conditions and compensation, and compliance with regulations related to working hours, rest periods and annual leaves. by Ohad Naharin, 2003. Dancer: Amalia Smith Amalia Dancer: Kamuyot Naharin, 2003. Ohad by

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- - - - In Tel Aviv Countrywide Abroad Total 33,304 22,010 40,580 spectators - - - in 2015 95,894 - by Ohad Naharin. Photo by Maxim Waratt by Photo Decadance Naharin. Ohad by

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 20 Community and Education Community and Education 21 - - Batsheva cultivates audiences in geographically and socially Or Meir Schraiber, Ori Moshe Ofri, Rani Lebzelter, Ido Gidron, Yael Ben Ezer, peripheral areas of Israel, in collaboration with local culture Etay Axelrod, Lenny Hassin, Yonatan (Yoni) Simone, Korina Fraiman, and Yotam Baruch. centers and authorities. We encourage and foster talent and Batsheva Day excellence in local dance communities through workshops and Batsheva Day is an educational and experiential day at the Batsheva studios courses, and maintain an extensive network of partners and for young students and their teachers. In 2015, Batsheva held 16 such days for professional contacts with various partners throughout the dance schools and programs from all over Israel and the world, including Ort Alon in Yokneam, Orot Israel College in Elkana, Mosenson Youth Village in country. In our Tel Aviv home, we also promote and deepen the Hod Hasharon, and the ARToffNIA Dance School in Olsztyn, Poland. exposure to dance among diverse audiences. Batsheva Studios The Batsheva studios at the Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theater has Morning School Show Program hosted a broad range of activities for diverse audiences, including talks with The Batsheva Ensemble’s morning show project has long been recognized dancers, open rehearsals, Batsheva Days, presentations to new audiences worldwide as a prime example of educating in the arts of dance and without previous exposure to dance or to the Company’s work, and meetings performance. In 2015 alone, the Ensemble staged 32 performances of Ohad with artists from other disciplines. Naharin’s Kamuyot for some 9,000 children and youth in schools all around Israel, mostly sponsored by the Ministry of Education’s National Culture Performance Tickets for Charitable Organizations Program (Sal Tarbut). Every year, Batsheva donates about one percent of the tickets to its shows in Tel Aviv to various charities. In 2015, 220 tickets were donated to several Batsheva Excellence Program NGOs, including Yeladim – Fair Chance for Children; Amitim Program for Batsheva’s Excellence Project was held for the fifth year. Some 90 young Integrating the Mentally Ill into the Community; Rett Syndrome Foundation; participants from dance programs in high schools and various institutes Krembo Wings; Adam Teva V’Din (for the environment); and the Good throughout the country were selected. They arrived at the Company’s Neighbor Association. studios for several weekly meetings, where they studied Gaga and repertoire and honed their professional skills for their future careers. Batsheva provided Benefit Events transportation fare to train and bus stations for students arriving from afar to In 2015 Batsheva took part in fundraising events for the Rett Syndrome enable them to return home safely. It gave three full scholarships to students Foundation and for the Muzot Art School. In addition, Ohad Naharin, the Irad Avni, Paz Kagan, Hani Sirkis, and two half-scholarships to Alma Karvat Company dancers and team members, together with the team members Shemesh, Reches Yizhaki. at Hangar 11 at the Tel Aviv Port, held a mass Gaga lesson in the annual fundraising event for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). Summer Courses for Dance Students In July 2015 Batsheva offered two intensive courses for young dance students, and following the previous year’s success, one course cycle was dedicated to young dance students from abroad. A total of 161 students took part in the Company’s summer courses, including 18 foreign students from the USA, Russia, Holland, Sweden, France, Britain, Japan and Peru. Two full scholarships were given to students Shai Otolongi and Halla Nasrallah. All courses and educational activities are directed by dancer and choreographer Hillel Kogan, who has been managing the Ensemble’s rehearsals for over a decade now. Note that the absolute majority of the Israeli Company and Ensemble dancers started their career in Batsheva in the annual course for outstanding young dancers, including Nitzan Ressler, Omri Drumlevich,

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 22 International Tours — Press — Awards International Tours — Press — Awards 23 - - In 2015, the two companies toured theaters and leading festivals In addition, prior to the Ensemble’s visit in New York, an extended profile of worldwide. These tours received extensive mainstream and Ohad Naharin was published in The New York Times’ prestigious T-Magazine. social media coverage. Batsheva held 44 performances abroad in In December 2015, Ohad Naharin was appointed Honorary Fellow at the Ruppin Academic Center, Israel, alongside social entrepreneur Ronny Douek. 2015, for 40,000 spectators in total. In November 2015, Tomer Heymann’s documentary Mr. Gaga was screened. The movie, about Ohad Naharin and Batsheva, was the product of eight years The major tours during that year were as follows: of work and over 1,200 hours of raw footage edited over four and a half years. • Sadeh21 tour in Europe, which included performances in Amsterdam, Some 20 team members worked on this film, including researchers from Europe, the renowned Maison de la Danse de Lyon, and in other French towns USA, Japan and Israel, who located rare archival materials related to Naharin’s (Arcachon, Pau, La Rochelle, Quimper, Vannes & Saint-Brieuc), before a early creative years. At the time of this report, the film is still being screened in combined audience of some 11,000 spectators. cinemas across Israel. An Israeli-Swedish-Dutch-German co-production, the film was supported by Channel 8, the New Fund for Cinema & Television (NFCT), • Decadance performances by the Ensemble at the Santiago a Mil Mifal HaPayis, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (New York), and the International Theatre Festival, Chile before an audience of 5,000. Family Robert Weil Foundation. • Last Work’s first tour in Dresden, Prague (part of Tanec Praha, the was screened in the international film festivals of Jerusalem, International Festival of Contemporary Dance and Movement Theatre), Mr. Gaga London, Amsterdam and Florence, and won the Best Documentary Film and the Montpellier Dance Festival. This tour attracted extensive media Award at the Tempo festival in Stockholm. coverage and included full-house performances before an audience of 7,000. • Decadance performances at the Joyce Theater in New York. The Ensemble performed eight times before full-house audiences totaling 4,000 spectators. • Decadance two-week tour in Japan (Yokohama, Nagoya and Kitakyushu) and Australia, where the Ensemble performed at the Melbourne Festival, before an audience of 9,500. In all its overseas performances, Batsheva held Gaga workshops for professional dancers and developed its professional relations with dance academies, studios and diverse training institutes. Batsheva was prominently covered in the international media, receiving stellar reviews in all its tours.

wrote Roslyn Sulcas, commissioned by The New York Times to cover the Montpellier Festival. In her report, Sulcas highlighted Batsheva’s performance out of all the festival’s offerings. Photo by Lisa Preiss Fried Preiss Lisa by Photo

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 24 Batsheva Hosts The Batsheva Archive 25 - - In 2015 as well, Batsheva opened its doors to artists from a variety of The Batsheva Archive was named Leading Archive of the Dance Category in disciplines, as part of the Batsheva Hosts performance series. The following the digitization project of the National Library, the Prime Minister’s Office performances were staged: The General and the Sea by Yonatan Levi; an Heritage Program and Harvard University. The project is designed to salvage evening with three pieces by Hillel Kogan, Basmat Nusan and Gili Navot; all of Israel’s dance collection, preserve and upload it to the internet for Climax by Yasmeen Godder; and an evening of two works by French full public use. The Batsheva Archive will lead a comprehensive project of choreographer David Wampach as part of The Diver Festival. locating the collections throughout the country, including private collections concealed from the public eye. These materials will then be indexed and Digital Media digitized on a widely accessible online platform.

• Batsheva Website In 2015, a new website was launched with improved user interface, online purchasing service and mobile phone synchronization. Among other things, the website now enables e-tickets to be received directly in the user’s email inbox. Some 40% of all tickets were purchased through the website. • This year, 166,089 different users accessed the website 280,138 times – an increase of 7% compared to 2014. More than a quarter (28%) are from abroad, including USA, France, Germany, Britain, Japan, Australia, Canada, Holland and Italy. Curtain call at the premiere, Habima Theatre, 1964. Photo by David Ulmar David by Photo 1964. Habima Theatre, Curtain call at the premiere, • Facebook: The number of Batsheva’s Facebook friends increased by over 40% compared to 2014, and is now 38,200. 73% are from overseas. Additional objectives of this project are to create an infrastructure for dance • YouTube: The Company’s YouTube channel has 9,520 subscribers, two- research, turning it into a field of knowledge, and creating a broad dance thirds of whom are from abroad. It boasts a cumulative two million community in Israel and the world connected through the internet by a views. The past year saw a 36% increase in YouTube views compared to uniform language. This is part of Israel’s larger Landmarks Project designed 2014, with an annual 494,833 views. to preserve the nation’s cultural heritage. Given the experience gained in the Batsheva Archive project and the quality of the product, the entities in • Instagram: Batsheva opened an Instagram profile and reached 10,000 charge of the project decided to start the digitization of the Israeli art world followers in 2015. with the dance area and devote all the resources required for comprehensive • Batsheva Club: Batsheva maintains an online members’ club with some execution to this project. In addition, the project will be accompanied by a 18,000 active members, an increase of 20% compared to 2014. professional advisory committee.

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 27 יצירה — סטודיו — במה — Ohad Naharin’s 25th Anniversary 26 - Batsheva — the Young Ensemble's 25th - Anniversary

The year 2015 marked Ohad Naharin’s 25th anniversary as Batsheva’s Artistic Director. Since his appointment in 1990, he has created an impressive collection of over 30 choreographic works, many of them world classics. Kyr (1990), his first piece for the Company, was a trailblazing work that took the Israeli dance world by storm, and marked his first step as a leading choreographer and auteur. Batsheva Dance Company has come to be identified with his ouevre and distinctive idiom. To mark this anniversary, Batsheva produced a catalogue documenting Naharin’s works for the Company. The catalogue is distributed in bookstores, academic institutions and other venues. The year also marked the 25th anniversary of Batsheva – the Young Ensemble, the junior company founded by Naharin upon his appointment to Artistic Director in order to train dancers, nurture talent and cultivate young audiences. Members of the Ensemble take part in a two-year program that includes intensive studio work, studying and performing an extensive repertoire for diverse audiences and international tours. Many members of the senior company are Ensemble graduates, and many Ensemble graduates are active dancers and choreographers in the Israeli and international dance scene. The Batsheva Ensemble includes 14-16 dancers aged 18-24 selected in international auditions. In 2015, the auditions attracted 480 outstanding students from the leading schools in Israel and overseas. The Ensemble is known across the world as a unique program of artistic mentorship, education and training. In 2015, the Ensemble put on 67 public evening performances, 32 morning performances for schoolchildren across the country, and 18 performances abroad. Among other things, it staged Decadance for the first time in New York, at the Joyce Theater, receiving critical acclaim.

“Watching Batsheva’s junior branch, the Young Ensemble...is hardly a downgrade from seeing the main company. Many of the dancers, aged 18 to 26, are as superhumanly spry as their counterparts in the by Ohad Naharin, 2015. Dancer: Ido Gidron Ido Dancer: Naharin, 2015. Ohad by main troupe, if not more so...” Siobhan Burke, THE New York Times, September 2015 Right: Project Secus

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 29 יצירה — סטודיו — במה יצירה — סטודיו — במה 28 - - Ohad Naharin with Batsheva - The Young Ensemble Naharin with BatshevaOhad - The Young

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 30 Resource Development Who we are 31 - - In 2015, Batsheva raised 5.5M NIS in donations, representing 26% of its Public Council (at the time of this report) Board of Directors annual budget. These donations enable the Company to remain outstanding Ittamar Givton, in all its diverse activities: producing new works, caring for its dancers, Prof. Michael Sela, Gili Navot Chairman performing a rich repertoire in Israel and worldwide, and providing a variety Honorary Chairman Yossi Nitzani Ravit Barniv of educational and enrichment programs. Michael Kenny, Dr. Gila Ofer Tamar Barnoy-Goitlin Batsheva Circle of Friends Chairman Sally Oren Nehama Karpol Burak The two friends’ circles of Batsheva expanded in 2015 and now include some Adi Amorai Dr. Tsiyona Peled Orly Dankner 250 couples. Our friends follow Batsheva closely, participating in its various Avner Barel Sharon Podrojski activities and attending events. In 2015 Batsheva held eight special events for Sergio Edelsztein its friends, including the premieres of Ohad Naharin’s Last Work, performed Ravit Barniv Zvi Poleg Gilead Halevy by the senior company, and the joint performance of Sharon Eyal and Gai Tamar Barnoy-Goitlin Norbert Rubinstein Michael Kenny אוהד נהרין הצעירה בת-שבע - הלהקה עם אנסמבל רקדני אנסמבל בת-שבע - הלהקה הצעירה Behar’s Bill and Danielle Agami’s And Still, performed by Batsheva – the Yoram Blizovsky Yuval Saar Daphi Levy-Weiss Young Ensemble. Batsheva also held a family event for the Young Friends Nehama Karpol Burak Sara Sela Yossi Nitzani Circle, special Gaga lessons and a tour of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The Orly Dankner Rachael Shain-Argaman Shaul Shelach highlight was an event in honor of Ohad Naharin’s 25th anniversary with Ilan de Vries Shifra Shalit Zeev Sokolowski Batsheva, attended by over 500 guests, at which Tomer Heymann’s Mr. Gaga Nava Dissentchik Dr. Hadassa Shani was screened. Roy Vermus Ronny Douek Shaul Shelach Sandra Weil Created in 2012 at the initiative of Daphi Levy-Weiss, Sharon Podrojski, and Moshe Dovrat Zeev Sokolowski Sigal Mordechai, the Young Friends Circle continues to widen its ranks and is considered a shining example of modern philanthropy. Sergio Edelsztein Roni Somek Mira Eidels Sandra Weil Batsheva also expanded its contacts with friends from all over the world and Benny Gal-Ed z”l Elie Wurtman deepened its existing relations. Throughout the year, Batsheva hosted friends in Tel Aviv for performances and studio visits. (until 2015) Yair Vardi Ittamar Givton Roy Vermus After the impressive jubilee events of 2014, in 2015 Batsheva deepened its Zach Granit Zvi Ziv (since 2016) resource development work in the US considerably. It expanded its American Friends association, which currently numbers some 125 members, and Gilead Halevy increased the amounts donated by more than 300% compared to 2013. In Michal Helfman Observer: October, the Company held two events for its friends in New York around Moshe Hendeles Keren Carmel the Ensemble’s performances at the Joyce Theater; the events were attended Dvori Hoffman-Lubitch by over 300 people. Dalia Hurvitz In Australia, Batsheva held an event to cultivate its relations with its local Adv. Ziv Ironi Audit Committee Legal Consulting: friends. The event was held around the Company’s performances at the Danny Karavan Norbert Rubenstein, Goldfarb Seligman & Co. Melbourne Festival. In France, a Friends of Batsheva Association was Etty Kenny Chairman created under the sponsorship of Le Fondation du Judaïsme Français. This Ron Klajman Adi Amorai association was created prior to Batsheva’s performances at the Paris Auditors: Brightman Bruno Landesberg Yoram Blizovski Opera House in early 2016. In addition to its ongoing fundraising activities, Almagor Zohar & Co. Batsheva’s Resource Development Department began preparing for the huge Daphi Levi-Weiss Moshe Dovrat fundraising campaign for the Company’s new home, in the Neve Sha’anan Ofra Meitar Bruno Landesberg Arts Campus in downtown Tel Aviv. Sigal Mordechai Zvi Poleg Prof. Yael Moria

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 32 Who we are — Batsheva Supporters 2015 Who we are — Batsheva Supporters 2015 33 - - Public Support: Salaries Young Friends’ Circle. Company’s Performances Special Support of the Patrons Ministry of Culture Anonymous donors, USA Circle of Friends prints are in the Melbourne 2015 Joyce Theater Anonymous and Sport, Cultural and Israel funded courtesy of Ora Festival, Australia Performances, New Deborah and Charles Administration, Dance Jonas Grandér with Family and Eytan Stibbe Besen Family Foundation York in honor of the 25th Adelman Department – Sweden Debbie Dadon Anniversary of Batsheva Ilan Cohen Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality Maya and Avi Lavi and In-kind Donations Jacqui Scheinberg – the Young Ensemble Yoron Cohen and Fiorenza Ministry of Foreign Affairs, friends of AllianceBernstein Atera Networks Jody and John Arnhold Scholey Cohen Division for Cultural and Holding LP, England Dr. Avraham Bain, Dr. American Friends of The Arnhold Foundation Tony Felzen Scientific Affairs Harel Insurance & Finance Daphna Paran, and Dr. Batsheva: Laurie M. Tisch Judith and John Hannan Dr. Lily Naveh and Avner Chaim Paran Members of the Board: Illumination Fund Marvin Israelow and Batsheva’s Home at the Naveh Carmel Wineries Nathan Hevrony, Saul and Mary Sanders Dorian Goldberg Suzanne Dellal Center: Neta Segal Goldfarb Seligman & Co., President through the Joyce Theater Ilan Kaufthal Dellal Family Dr. Hadassa Shani and Meir Law Offices Judy Bernstein Bunzl, Foundation The Kirsch Foundation The Dalia & Eli Hurvitz Shani Microsoft Israel Secretary Charles and Naomie Foundation – Studio Adrienne and Jonas Weil Sa'ar Plinner, Adv. May Sanders, Treasurer Benefactors Kremer Dalia, in honor of Dalia (since 2016) Anonymous Jeremy Levin and Margery Hurvitz Equipment for the Stage Special Support for the Nurit Kahane BHI – USA, Bank Feldberg Kenny Family and and Rehearsals Event Marking the 25th Saul Sanders (since 2016) Hapoalim Karen and Joseph Levine Eastronics – Studio Varda, Anonymous Anniversary of Ohad Sara Sela Avi and Maya Lavi - Eli Milbaur in memory of Varda Naharin in Batsheva Dr. Andrew Shiva AllianceBernstein Holding Evi Musher Kenny Special Support for and the Founding of the Liora Sternberg LP Steven Pesner Sokolovsky Family Batsheva – the Young Ensemble Linda and Howard Lynn Povich Ensemble Long Term supporters: Sokolowski Marcia and Ralph Preiss Long Term Supporter Aharon Gutwirth Benefactors Jody and John Arnhold The Susan Isabel Pam Schafler and Friend: Foundation Daphi and Gigi Levy- Judy Bernstein Bunzl and Foundation Lynn C. Schneider The Family Robert Weil An anonymous donation in Weiss Nick Bunzl William and Janet Foundation honor of the National Young Sigal Mordechai and The Goldfarb Charitable Premier Patrons Schwartz The Sammy Ofer Arts Foundation, USA Charlie Hava Foundation The Russell Berrie Sanford Zweifach Batsheva Fund Rivka Saker and Uzi The Harkness Foundation Foundation And many more friends Community Outreach Zucker Nathan Hevrony Alain Coblence around the world. The Michael Sela Fund and Education Nurit Kahane Jack Gindi for Cultivation of Young Bank HaPoalim – Poalim Sponsors Robin Preiss-Glasser Lily and Avner Naveh Young Patrons of the Artists at Batsheva: in the Community Bavli Park Jerome Robbins Jonathan and Nancy American Friends of Sara and Prof. Neta Boxenbaum Caliente Music Foundation Littman Batsheva Michael Sela Foundation Carmel Wineries Liora and The Dalia & Eli Hurvitz Diesenhaus BTC Menachem Sternberg Young Patrons’ Benefit Long Term Loyal Support: Foundation Dan Hotels Chair Teva Industries “Shay le’Israel” – The Harel Insurance Sarah Arison, Ensemble Jewish Federations of Lexus Premier Benefactor New Works Fund North America Sonigo American Friends of Sotheby’s Host Committee Batsheva Batsheva Circle of Suzuki Nicholas Coblence Anonymous Friends, Israel Tony Felzen Nehama Karpol Burak and 250 families, who Special Support for the Joey Lico Jacob Burak support the Company Daniella Segal Iris Hoffman-Frenkel and participate in its wide Tamar Sela The Dalia & Eli Hurvitz variety of activities. 145 Foundation couples are members of Arieh Ruttenberg the Young Friends' Circle. Lilit and Shmulik Zysman Bank Leumi Private Dancers’ Wellness and Banking supports the

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - - 35 יצירה — סטודיו — במה 34 Who we are — Management & Staff 2015 Annual Report - (at the time of this report) - Production: Batsheva Dance Company Artistic Director: Ohad Naharin Director of Batsheva Circle of Translation: Ami Asher Dina Aldor Guy Bernard Reichmann Executive Director: Friends: Hebrew language editor: Nufar Kedar Co-Artistic Director: Adi Salant External Relations, Department of International Development: English language editor: Talia Heiman Deputy Director and CFO: Talia Heiman Michal Schwartz Development Officer, Israel: Photos by: Gadi Dagon Deputy Director of Content and Liron Bleiberg Graphic Design: Re-Levant Communications: Noa Ron Assistant to CFO: Avital Sarver Printing: A.R. Print Ltd. Deputy Director, Development and Director of Accounting: External Relations: Dita Kohl-Roman Alona Orlyansky (since 2016) Assistant to Executive Director: Inbal Office Manager: Ofra Sellem Jacobi (since 2016) Director of International Tours: Company and Stage Manager: Iris Bovshover Yaniv Nagar Producer: Naomi Friend Senior Rehearsal Director: Luc Jacobs Director of Production: Hila Razon Ensemble Director: Matan David Chief Technical Director: Roni Cohen Ensemble Rehearsal Director: Senior Company Sound Director: Hillel Kogan Dudi Bell Ensemble Stage Manager: Senior Company Lighting: Gadi Glik Gavriel Spitzer Ensemble Technical Director: Motti Katzav Business and Community Relations Ensemble Sound: Igal Feldman Director: Roni Dori Ensemble Lighting: Itzik Assulin Director of Content and Head of Sewing Department: Communications: Hadar Stav Haya Geiman Sales and Marketing Director: Seamstress: Olga Zvetkov Reut Ben Yehuda Wardrobe Manager: Shoshi Or-Lavi Production Assistant: Barak Ganor Website Editing: Hadar Stav, Location Manager: Moti Amar Guy Bernard Reichmann, Ali Aadi Customers service manager: Heads of Physiotheraphy: Orian Oscar Dudi Kishban (until 2015), Box Office: Ayelet Amir, Tal Gafny, David Golebowicz, Oded Givon – Michal Givony, Lilach Karni, Yarden Physiotherapy Center Tzahala Kum, Shalom Meoded, Aliza Mevorah, (since 2016) Shimon Rakovsky, Avigail Shafrir, Gal Sheer, Janette Tuffan Public Relations: Mira Ann Beinart House Photographer: Gadi Dagon Resource Development Director, Graphic Design: Israel: Keren Reches (until 2015) Hadar Portnoy Nerubay (until 2015), Resource Development Director, Re-Levant (since 2016) International: Lisa Preiss Fried by Ohad Naharin, 2015. Dancer: Iyar Dancer: Naharin, 2015. Elezra Ohad by Right: Work Last

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