Batsheva Dance Company
The Batsheva Dance Company is an ensemble for contemporary dance from Israel .
history
The co-founder Baroness Bethsabée (Batsheva) de Rothschild (1914-1999) was the daughter of Baron Edouard de Rothschild (1868-1949). The family fled the Nazis to New York , where Bethsabée made the acquaintance of the choreographer Martha Graham . In 1962 de Rothschild emigrated to Israel, where he quickly recognized the lack of a company for contemporary dance. She brought Graham to Israel and founded the Batsheva Dance Company with her in 1964 , with the Baroness mainly contributing the financial capital, while Graham provided the artistic inspiration. Co-founders were the dancers and Martha Graham students Rina Schenfeld (* 1938) and Rena Gluck (* 1933), who worked for the company until the late 1970s.
repertoire
Initially, the repertoire consisted mainly of Graham dance pieces: Errand into the Maze , Diversion of Angels , Embattled Garden , Cave of the Heart and Learning Process . In 1974 Graham wrote Jacob's Dream, his own piece for the Batsheva Company.
In 1990 the dancer and choreographer Ohad Naharin (* 1952) became artistic director. He didn't start dancing until he was 22 . In 1976 he studied with Graham and one year later switched to the Juilliard School . At the age of 28 he presented his first major choreography. His dance language was initially based on Pina Bausch and William Forsythe . In 1980 he founded his first group with the Ohad Naharin Dance Company and toured the USA. In 1987 he wrote a choreography for the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). His first highly acclaimed production as a director for Batsheva was called Kyr (Wall).
The Batsheva Dance Company not only performs choreographies by Naharin around the world, but also by other ensemble members. The longtime Batsheva dancer Sharon Eyal (* 1971) contributed to the repertoire, among others Love (2004) and Bill (2011).
literature
- Martha Bremse: Fifty Contemporary Choreographers , Routletge, London, New York, 1999, ISBN 978-1-136-82832-4 , p. 173
Web links
- Company website
- Jewis Virtual Library
- Wiebke Hüster: Bill celebrates European premiere. , November 5, 2011 Internet site Deutschlandfunk
- Batsheva Dance Company, Tel Aviv: Sadeh21 ( Memento from January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- BATSHEVA ENSEMBLE (Israel) with DECA DANCE as guest at Theater Bonn. In: theaterkompass.de. December 2, 2011, accessed February 26, 2019 .
- Ditta Rudle: Batsheva Dance Company: Ganz schön gaga ( Memento from July 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In Die Presse , Vienna of March 21, 2008
Individual evidence
- ^ Jewish Women's Archive
- ↑ Rebecca L. Torstrick: Culture and customs of Israel , Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004 ISBN 978-0-313-32091-0 , p. 168
- ^ Ohad Naharin ( Memento from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )