group from Jerusalem and Oshra Elkayam's ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES IN HEBREW "Motion Theatre" also performed. "New Facets in Dance" was the Israel AGADA TI'S JEWISH ARTISTIC DANCE by Festival's contribution in the sphere of Ya'acov Koplewitz (Yeshurun Keshet). original Israeli dance theatre, presenting Eli An in-deapth analysis of the art of dance in general, its and Alice Dor-Cohen in their "Rooster Jewish aspects and how it is reflected in the art of Baruch Arena" at the Citadel and a joint evening of Agadati, the pioneer of modem dance in Israel in the 20's. R ina Schenfeld's group. the Kibbutz Company and TAMAR. Neta Plotzki The essay by the well-known poet and critic was written premiered her "Degilte Fish" show, which more than 50 years ago and hasn't been published yet. deals with the Japanese "Fugu Plan", the astounding story of Jewish refugees in the Far IN THE BEGINNING SARA CREATED MULTI­ East during the holocaust; Oshra Elkayam MEDIA by Giora Manor and her group gave "Tremolo in 1 'h Before founding Inbal Dance Theatre 36 years ago, Sara Inches"; Amos Hetz and his six dancers also performed. Levi-Tanai created several pageants in kibbutzim combining texts, dance and music in a style which today would be Among the foreign dance companies called multimedia, a term as yet unknown then. This is participating in the festival were the Sankai a 'pre-history' of Inbal. Juku Butogroupfrom Japan on a return visit NKING by Ruth Eshelש and Muteki-Sha Dance Group, another VISUAL T exponent of Buto. From Canada came Marie Dancer and choreographer Ruth Eshel stresses new Chouinar with her daring, provocative approaches to the art of dance . solo performances "Marie chien noir" and "Entree en matiere"; from Italy Carolyn Carlson; Pauline Daniels in her "Portrait", THE PHENOMENON BREAKDANCE by Joyce from Holland. Momix Dance Theatre from Mollov the U.S.A. also took part in the festival. Mollov, a teacher and writer who lives in New York, describes the latest development in dance, Breakdance. Several of the shows 1isted under theatre, such as Lindsey Kemp's group, could also be RECONSTRUCTING OSKAR SCHLEMMER'S listed under movement-theatre, as the border between "Iegitimate" theatre and dance is BAUHAUS DANCES by Dr. Ronit Land becoming increasingly blurred. MEETING LINDSA Y KEMP by Eli Dor-Cohen Jonathan Karmon's dance company ceased to The painter and performance-artist Dor-Cohen met Lindsay function after two seasons of successful Kemp during the '84 Israel Festival in Jerusalem and later performing for reasons known only to joined Kemp's company in Barcelona, Spain. He kept a Karmon himself. journal consisting mainly of drawings, parts of which are Pamela Sharni continued to perform her own reproduced. solo-works. Ohad Naharin with Iris Frenkel came to visit and danced at the Tel Aviv ISRAEL DANCE INDEX 1975 - 1985 museum. Dalia Low organized a The edito'rs hope to be able to include an English version of well attended summer seminar on Spanish the index of all the material which appeared in ISRAEL dance and toured a show, in which guests DANCE since it started ten years ago in next year's issue. from Spain and herself appeared. Two new important dance books in Hebrew were published: Zvi Friehaber's "Dance * Among the Jews" and Doris Humphrey's "The Art of Making Dances" in a translation by Dov Harpaz. * 37 TOURS ABROAD MIRALI SHARON DANCE Artistic Director: Nava Zuckerman COMPANY Producers: Ilan Rosenthal, Mike Zuckerman June 1984 - Finland Dancers: Irit Ben-Zur, Joanna Reis, Judy November/December 1984 - U .S.A. and 30; Ugarit St., Tel Baruch 69016, Litany, Pen ina Bard, David Cohen-Levi, Mexico Tel.: 03-482946 Haggai Ben-Yehuda, Lihi Semel, Noya Lancet, Serge Albaz, Yossi Pershitz, Kobi PREMI ERES IN 1984 Choreographer and Artistic Director: Mirali Sharon Meidan tt " Reminiscences Rehearsal Director: Michal Hason Ch.: Moshe Efrati; m .: Dieter Schnebel, Dancers: David Rapoport, Aimy Edelstein, PREMIERES IN 1984 Henry Bee, J.S. Bach; c.: Moshe Ben-Shaul; Moshe Goldberg, Limor Goldberg, Amiel "Coffee, Please" 1.: Dan Redler Malaleh, Na'ama Yadin, Yael Parran, Ch.: Nava Zuckerman and Group; m. : Rafi Iris Frenkel, Simmi Jose Kadishzon; s. & c.: Tali Itzhaki; 1.: Judy Kuperman * PREMIERES IN 1984 MAGMA DANCE GROUP "Reflections" Ch. : M. Sharon; m. : Brian Eno; c.: Michal * 5, Mossinson St., Tel-Aviv 62965, Gamzo; 1.: Ben-Zion Munitz Tel. : 03-454312, 730954 "La Follia" OTHER EVENTS Dancers: Or Begim, Rina Badash, Diti Tor Ch.: M. Sharon; m.: Noam Sheriff The main international dance event in 1984 PREMIERES IN 1984 was the First Congress on Movement "Concertina" * Notation, held at the Tel Aviv University and Ch. : R. Badash; m .: Robert Wyatt RINA SCHENFELD DANCE at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem in August, which attracted scholars and artists "Zoom" THEATRE from many countries. The excellent Ch. : D. Tor organisation and high level of presentations "Luna Park" 13, Harav Friedman St., Tel-Aviv 62303, made it into a great success. Ch.: Or Begim; m.: T Tel.: 03-446745 Artistic Director & choreographer: At the Acco Theatre Festival in October, Rina Schenfeld devoted to fringe performances, several "Luna Park" movement theatre groups appeared, among Ch. : Or Begim; m .: The Residents Dancers: Tamar Borer, Naomi Bloch, Duki Graf, Ilan Diamant Leshem, Merav them '·The Bustan" studio from Netanya, "Clementuz" Simri, Dovi Karmi, Tal Karmi, Edna Katz, Ofira Cohen and her group in something Ch.: Or Begim; m.: John Hassel Tamar Feigenblat, Margalit Deri, Revital called quite aptly Puzzle"; as well as " Jig-Or-No" heד ' Prisler, Avi Kaiser, Betty Schechter, Sigal established dance-groups, such as Ch.: D. Tor; m .: 1rish dance tunes Sperling Ensemble, Jerusalem", (formerly known as he Jerusalem Workshop") in works by its ד' PREMIERES IN 1984 members and guest choreographers Helga * Langen and Ya'acov Sharir. At the Khan el "Ballade" OSHRA ELKAYAM MOTION Umdan, Batsheva, Inbal and the Kibbutz Ch.: Rina Schenfeld; m. : Chopin, THEATRE Dance Company performed . 1.: Roderick van Gelder 1, Ussishkin St., Ramat Hasharon 47210, "Sharsheret" 1n August the first meeting of dance groups Tel.: 03-485399 Ch.: Rina Schenf eld; m.: Steve Reich organized by Omanut L'am and the Ramleh c.: Oded Gera; 1. : Roderich van Gelder Artistic Director: Oshra Elkayam municipality took place. Under the t itle "Seasons" "New Colours in Dance" there were Dancers: Adi Etzion, Serge Albaz, Vered Ch. : Rina Schenfeld; m. : Vivaldi ; workshops with members of the now defunct Naharin, Ofra Ariav, Gideon Shirin 1.: Roderick van Gelder TAMAR dance company, with Linsdey PREMIERES IN 1984 Kemp and others; during the three days of the meeting works by Ronit Levi, Heda Oren, "Tremolo in 1)f, I nches" * Alma Frankfurt, Miri Ben Baruch, Lea Ch. & staging: O. Elkayam; m. : collage, TMU·NA DANCE THEATRE Avraham, Laurie Friedman Hagai Ben Arik Shapira; 5.: Moshe Sternfeld, GROUP Yehuda. Arie Bursztyn, Ilana Caliph Or Yehudith Gruenspan ; 1.: Benzion Munitz Begim, Tamara Mielnik, Amos Pinchasi, Oded 28, De Haas St., Tel Aviv 62667, Cafri, Heptzibah Avraham, Neta Plotzki and * TeJ . : 03-449878 other creators were shown. Amos Hetz's 36 62093; Tel. : 03-266610 " Disturbances in the System " Guest Teachers: Mayer Levine, Rachel (Regretably, no information about the Ch.: Daphne Einbinder; m. : Kraftwerk Zide-Booth companyavailable). Diisseldorf; c.: Daphne Einbinder ; Rehearsal Director: Zichri Dagan 1.: Uri Rubinstein, Judy Bobrow THE HAI FA BALLET Dancers: Zichri Dagan, Mike Levine, " Cyclinear" Shlomo Zaga, Ari Fastman, Rami Be 'er, ·Ch. : Hannah Alex;m.: H. AlexandJapanese Boaz Cohen, Reuven Ben Ishi, Efrat Livni, 71, A. H. Silver St., Haifa 32694; Haiku poems;c.: Judy Bobrow, H. Alex Esti Giron, Anat Asulin, Nitza Gambo, Tel.: 04-227850 ' ,' Improvisation" Osnat Livni, Sivan Cohen, Noga Arnon, Artistic Directors: lIana & Adam Pasternak illon ; Anat Eshed, Osnat Orenס Ch.: the company with Margarete Dancers: Irit Almog, Ora Alkelay, Orli m.: Pamela Jones, Joseph Miron Bavli, Michal Wasserman, Ronit Yanay, TOURS ABROAD Eli Lazar, Yael Levitin, Tal Sinai, Ziva Dor, Zacki Rubinstein, Ronella Ritmo, London - May 1984 Danni Rechov, Ran * PREMI ERS IN 1984 PREMIERES IN 1984 INBAL DANCE THEATRE "Waiting for ..." "The Seasons" Ch.: Spider Kedelsky;m.: Collage;c.: Penina 6, Yehieli St., Tel Aviv 65149, Ch.: lIana Pasternak; m.: G. Verdi Abukasis; 1.: Judy Kuperman Tel.: 03-653711,652758 "Toccata and Fugue" "Once Upon a Time" Artistic Director: Sara Levi-Tanai Ch .: Adam Pasternak; m.: J.S. Bach Ch.: Heda Oren; m.: Vivaldi, traditional "Collage" Compeny Director: Zion Nur'el percussion; c.: Eli Dor-Cohen; 1. : Nissan Ch.: Adam Pasternak; m.: Schubert, Chopin, Dancers: lIana Cohen, Malka Hadgbi, Gelbard Debussy, Prokoffiev Sara Zarev, Ronit Levi, Cohava Arava, "Death Comes to Rocking Horse Michael" Osnat Sharabi, Zion Nur'el, Mordechai Ch. : Rami Be'er; m.: Yossi Mar-Chaim; Abramov, Jacov Barav, Erez Afgun, Zvi c.: Penina Abukasis; d.: Moshe Hadari, * Halili, Nethanel Noam 1.: Nissan Gelbard THE ENSEMBLE, JERUSALEM "lIlustrations" - Shape and Colour PREMIERES IN 1984 (Formerly: The Jerusalem Dance Ch.: Yaacov Sharir; m.: Burton McClean; Workshop) "Shirot Ve'shirim" (Chants and Songs) c.: Yaacov Sharir; 1.: Armenta Lussari Ch. & Libretto: Sara Levi-Tanai ;m.: Shelomo "Dancing Day" Shaltiel Center, 13, Oley Hagardom St., Gronich;s. & C. : Eli Dor-Cohen; Ch. : Christopher Bruce; m.: Gustav Holst; East Talpiot, Jerusalem 93801, 1. : Rafi Cohen c.: Pamele Marre; 1.: Christopher Bruce Tel. : 02-717877 (day);02-711966 (evening) "Ovot" (Sorceries) "Black Milk" Collectively directed. Ch. : Rina Sharett; m.: Shosh Reisman; Ch.: Ohad Naharin; m.: Kaku Abba; Dancers: Aya Rimon-Levy, Daphne s. & C.: Yehudit Gruenspan c.: Berta Kwartz; 1.: Nissan Gelbard Einbinder, Galia Magen, Shoshi Levy, "Farewell to Queen Sabath" Hannah Alex, Hadar Meliniak Ch.: Benjamin Zemach;m.: Daniel Musicians: Pamela Jones, Josef Miron Shwartzman; s.