BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY Tue, Jan 24, 7:30 Pm Carlson Family Stage
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2016 // 17 SEASON Northrop and Walker Art Center Present BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY Tue, Jan 24, 7:30 pm Carlson Family Stage Decadance 2017 Dear Friends of Northrop, Northrop at the University of Minnesota and Walker Art Center Present As the weather outside gets colder, things heat up here at Northrop! Throughout the spring, we’re busy celebrating the universal language of dance, with artists from the United States and Canada, Scotland, France, Korea, and Russia. Tonight, in partnership with Walker Art Center, we present BATSHEVA DANCE Batsheva Dance Company from Israel, under the direction of Ohad Naharin. COMPANY Widely recognized as one of the world’s top dance ensembles, Batsheva was founded in 1964 by the Baroness in a performance of Batsheva de Rothschild. Aiming to create an American- style repertory dance company, she selected the legendary Martha Graham as Batsheva’s first artistic advisor. The Israeli DECADANCE 2017 dancers embraced the Graham technique, channeling their physical power and emotional passion into some of that choreographer’s most acclaimed works. by Christine Tschida. Photo by Tim Rummelhoff. By the late 1970s, the Graham influence lessened, and Ohad Naharin ballet became the preferred training method. The dancers became more and more accomplished, and a larger number of Israeli choreographers began to shape the company’s distinct repertory. In 1990, Ohad Naharin—an immensely talented dancer who started his Lighting and Stage Design by Batsheva career during the Graham years, left to join Graham’s New York Company, and spent time as guest choreographer for NDT—was appointed Artistic Director. Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) Costume Design (original creations) by Naharin returned to Tel Aviv with a completely unique choreographic voice, employing meticulously textured movement and astonishing fluidity of the spine and limbs. The key to this distinctive style is Rakefet Levi Gaga, a radically different method of dance training developed by Naharin. Through Gaga, the dancers have harnessed their remarkable energy to create an extraordinary range of movement. And it is this Dancers energy that electrifies—and moves—not just the dancers, but also the audience. WILLIAM BARRY YAEL BEN EZER MATAN COHEN OMRI DRUMLEVICH BRET EASTERLING HSIN-YI HSIANG RANI LEBZELTER ERI NAKAMURA Tonight’s program, Decadance, was originally created to celebrate Naharin’s 10-year anniversary as ORI MOSHE OFRI RACHAEL OSBORNE NITZAN RESSLER IAN ROBINSON OR MEIR SCHRAIBER Batsheva’s Artistic Director. With the benefit of an additional 16 years of creative output since then, MAAYAN SHEINFELD YONI SIMON ZINA (NATALYA) ZINCHENKO ADI ZLATIN tonight’s version of Decadance boasts an even more richly varied selection of this choreographer’s exceptional work. Production Management Pomegranate Arts Thank you for being here to experience it, and for making dance a part of your life. Linda Brumbach, President and Founder Sincerely, The 2017 North American Batsheva tour was made possible by the generous support from Israel's Office of Cultural Affairs in North America. Christine Tschida Director of Northrop NEXT UP AT NORTHROP: In partnership with the Walker Art Center, Northrop presents CCN-Ballet de Lorraine in a three-part program, featuring two of Merce Cunningham’s seminal works—one of which premiered right here at Northrop 30 years ago! Join us on Thursday, February 16 at 7:30 pm, and stop by the 4th floor gallery for a special exhibit on the Fluxus Art Movement as well. This presentation of Batsheva Dance Company is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, Cover: Batsheva Dance Company in Decadance. and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota. Photo by Maxim Waratt. 2 3 DECADANCE 2017 Selected Excerpts from MUSIC Z/na (1995), Kyr (1990), Telophaza (2006), Anaphase (1993), “Recado Bossa Nova” by Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova All-Stars (N. Antonio/D. Ferreira) Mabul (1992), Sadeh21 (2011), Virus (2001), “Choo Choo Cha Cha” by Rinky Dinks Zachacha (1998), Three (2005), Max (2007) “Gopher Mamboby” by Yma Sumac “Blue Rhumba” by Rolley Polley Choreography by OHAD NAHARIN “Chihuahua” by Luis Oliveria Lighting and Stage Design by AVI YONA BUENO (BAMBI) “Glow Worm Cha Cha Cha” by Jackie Davis Costume Design by RAKEFET LEVI “It Must Be True” by John Buzon Trio “Hava Nagila” arranged by Dick Dale “Illusion” by Maxim Waratt “Echad mi Yodea”—traditional folk song arranged and performed by Ohad Naharin and The Tractor’s Revenge “Fac Ut Ardeat” by Vivaldi “Stones Start Spinning” by David Darling “The Pearl” by Harold Budd and Brian Eno, remix by Maxim Waratt Arab Folk Music arranged by Habib Alla Jamal and Khader Shama “Cum Dederit” by Vivaldi “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Harold Arlen (adapted by Marusha) “Hooray for Hollywood” by Don Swan & His Orchestra “Sway” by Dean Martin (from “Cha Cha De Amor”) “Favourite Final Geisha Show” by Chari Chari “Flutter” by Kid 606 “Mount Carmel” by Rayon “Ambient Trust, Private Birds and You Stop” by AGF “Chronomad” by Wahed “Got to Move On” by Fennesz “Na Tum Jono Ha Sum” by Rajesh Roshan “Me” by Seefeel “You’re Welcome” by Brian Wilson, performed by The Beach Boys Opposite: Batsheva Dance Company in Decadance. Photo by Gadi Dagon. 4 5 ABOUT THE COMPANY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OHAD NAHARIN BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY has been critically choreographic voice. Naharin is also the originator Born in 1952 on Naharin’s compelling choreographic craft acclaimed and popularly embraced as one of the of the innovative movement language, Gaga, Kibbutz Mizra, and inventive, supremely textured movement foremost contemporary dance companies in the which has enriched his extraordinary movement OHAD NAHARIN vocabulary have made him a favorite guest artist world. Together with its junior Batsheva Ensemble, invention, revolutionized the company’s training, began his dance in dance companies around the world. His works the Company boasts a roster of 34 dancers drawn and emerged as a growing international force in the training with the have been performed by prominent companies from Israel and abroad. Batsheva maintains an larger field of movement practices for both dancers Batsheva Dance and garnered him many awards and honors for his extensive performance schedule locally and and non-dancers. Company in 1974. rich contributions to the field of dance, namely: internationally with over 250 performances and During his first Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from over 100,000 spectators per year. The Batsheva dancers take part in the creative year with the the French government (1998), New York Dance processes in the studio and create themselves in company, visiting and Performance (Bessie) Award for Naharin’s Batsheva Dance Company was founded in 1964 the annual project “Batsheva Dancers Create” choreographer Virus (2002), New York Dance and Performance by the Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild, who supported by The Michael Sela Fund for the Martha Graham (Bessie) Award for Anaphaza 2004), a Doctor enlisted Martha Graham as its first artistic adviser, Cultivation of Young Artists at Batsheva. Photo by Gadi Dagon singled out Naharin of Philosophy honoris causa by the Weizmann a role that she held until 1975. Ohad Naharin for his talent and invited him to join her own Institute of Science (2004), the Israel Prize assumed the role of Artistic Director in 1990 Batsheva Dance Company is company in residence company in New York. While in New York, for dance (2005), a Doctor of Philosophy honoris and propelled the company into a new era with at the Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv. Naharin studied on a scholarship from America- causa by the Hebrew University (2008), the EMET his adventurous curatorial vision and distinctive Israel Cultural Foundation at the School of Prize in the category of Arts and Culture (together American Ballet, furthered his training at the with Yair Vardi, 2009), the Samuel H. Scripps Juilliard School, and polished his technique with American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime master teachers Maggie Black and David Howard. Achievement (2009), Dance Magazine Award He went on to perform internationally with (2009), an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree Israel’s Bat-Dor Dance Company and Maurice from the Juilliard School in New York (2013), Béjart’s Ballet du XXe Siècle in Brussels. Honorary Fellowship by the Tel Aviv Museum (2014), an Honorary Fellowship by the Rupin Naharin returned to New York in 1980, making Academic Center (2015), The Carina Ari Medal, his choreographic debut at the Kazuko Hirabayshi Sweden (2016), Award for Excellence in the Arts studio. That year, he formed the Ohad Naharin in Israel, and The Harvard Club of Israel (2016). Dance Company with his wife, Mari Kajiwara, Naharin will also participate this year in the who died of cancer in 2001. From 1980 until prestigious Rolex Mentor-Protégé Arts Initiative, 1990, Naharin’s company performed in New and will serve as mentor for Londiwe Khoza, a York and abroad to great critical acclaim. As young dancer from South Africa. his choreographic voice developed, he received commissions from world-renowned companies including Batsheva, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, and Nederlands Dans Theater. Naharin was appointed Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company in 1990 and has served in this role except for the 2003–04 season, when he held the title of House Choreographer. During his tenure with the company, Naharin has choreographed close to 30 works for Batsheva and its junior division, Batsheva—The Young Ensemble. Naharin trained in music throughout his youth, and he has often used his musical prowess to amplify his choreographic impact. Batsheva Dance Company in Decadance. Photo by Maxim Waratt. 6 7 THE DANCERS WILLIAM BARRY was born OMRI DRUMLEVICH was RANI LEBZELTER was RACHAEL OSBORNE was in 1989 in New York.