Jaron Margolin

Jaron Margolin

Jaron Margolin ( Hebrew ירון מרגולין born June 5, 1954 in Moshav Tel Adashim) is an Israeli dancer and choreographer .

Life

Margolin was born in Tel Adashim in 1954. His family is one of the founders of the village. His father, Jakob, who was also born in this village, worked in several companies. His mother, Eve, a Holocaust survivor , was born in Warsaw and was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 1944 to April 1945 . In 1948 she emigrated to Israel, where she danced with Mia Arbatova in Tel Aviv. Margolin's sister, Shlomit Margolin-Tamir, published the book “Bows” in 2013 about the life of the mother.

Dance career

Margolin already danced in his childhood. At the age of 14 he had the opportunity to study with Yardena Cohen, the recipient of the Israel Prize for her work as one of the founders of Israeli dance. In 1977 Margolin was accepted into the Batsheva Dance Company and made his debut with the solo "Would you like" in the dance "Room", which was choreographed by Anna Sokolow .

In 1979 Margolin left the Batsheva Dance Company and joined the teacher and choreographer Flora Cushman and the Jerusalem Dance Workshop. In the same year he received a scholarship to study Maurice Béjart's École-Mudra in Brussels. At this time he created his first solo "David", which he performed in Bern and Zurich. He was then invited to present his special technique at the Harald Kreutzberg Dance Academy in Bern. He also created the "Jaron Margolin Dance Recital" with which he toured Europe in 1980 and which premiered in Tel Aviv and at the Stein amphitheater in Jerusalem. Ken Tabachnick developed a light show with torches for the show. At the same time, Margolin founded his first dance group, the Katamon Workshop of Movement, in which Anna Sokolow and Flora Cushman were involved as artistic advisors and guest lecturers.

In 1987 Margolin founded the Jaron Margolin Dance Company in Jerusalem, which took part in the Israel Festival Jerusalem that same year. Anna Sokolow choreographed “Poem” for this production, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's “Alone”; with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff . Several independent choreographers experimented in the dance theater of which Margolin was a member. who took part in the Israel Festival Jerusalem that same year. Anna Sokolow choreographed “Poem” for this production, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's “Alone”; with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Several independent choreographers experimented in the dance theater of which Margolin was a member. With this amateur troupe, Margolin choreographed “The Dances of Sems Sons”, which were performed all over Europe.

In 2015, at the age of 61, Jaron Margolin returned to the stage with the dance “Leontes”. The premiere took place in Jerusalem.

Jaron Margolin

Margolin method

Margolin developed her own dance language, which promotes the flexibility and movement of a dancer. His techniques have been adopted by some of his students who use the Margolin Method as part of their work as healers and therapists.

Personal life

Margolin lives in Jerusalem and works as a healer. His first marriage, which was divorced in 1985, had two children.

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Cursed Women

Margolin's first famous dance production “Cursed Women” (1987, music by César Franck ), inspired by four poems by Charles Baudelaire , was controversial because it was the first time in Israel that completely naked men and women danced on stage. The debut took place in Tzavta Tel Aviv rather than in his hometown of Jerusalem, fearing that ultra-Orthodox demonstrations would prevent the debut.

Bundestag dances

Before their real premiere at the Israel Festival, the Davidsbündlertänze were performed in 1989 with the music of Robert Schumann as a guest of the Noverre Institute in the house of the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany.

Other

• Inferno (1992, music by Franz Liszt ): a duet inspired by the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri . Margolin appeared next to his dancer and student Yael Harmati.
• Trost (1992, music by Franz Liszt)
• Fire of Envy "Nur al Ira" (1996, Arabic music by Mohammed Abdel Wahab )
• Persian Dance (1997, music by Modest Mussorgsky ). Solo, which Margolin worked on for 10 years and which he created for his dance student Gal Chen.
• Oriental Fantasy (1997): a three-hour show that premiered in the Jerusalem Theater; It comprised several dance pieces by Margolin, which he developed for his students and for the best belly dancers in Israel. * Tango on the edge of a stool (1998, music by Alfred Schnittke )
• The Dancing Serpent (1999, music by César Franck ): Margolin himself considers this piece, inspired by one of Charles Baudelaire's poems, to be the high point of his work.

Publications

The Splendor of Movement

In this work, published in 1980, Margolin describes the body as the basis of dance through the kabbalistic concept of the tree of life . The quality of the muscle flow shows the dancer's spirit and the existence of a soul. Margolin uses this theory in his body training method as a dancer and as a teacher. The Splendor of Movement was celebrated in the German daily Berliner Morgenpost as a new philosophy of dance.

The Independent Dance. Essence, Creation and Interpretation

Margolin wrote this work together with the philosopher Nicu Horodniceanu (: Naftali Ironi pseudonym) in 1999.

various

In the 1990s Margolin was a dance critic for Die Jerusalemer Zeitung and for the radio. He has published articles in various magazines and websites, and worked as an editor and contributor to the IsraelDance.co.il website.

• Can One Teach Choreography? (1984) Israel Dance Annual
• Problems of the Coda (1986) Israel Dance Annual
• Problems of the Beginning (1987) Israel Dance Annual and (1996) Folk Dance Supplement
• Dances From the Olympus - The Landscape Dances by Sara Levi-Tanai (1989) Israel Dance Annual
• Is an Open Mind Dangerous to Dance? (1994) Israel Dance Quarterly
• The Fighters of the Streets of New York (1996) Israel Dance Quarterly
• Daddy, I'm Dancing Nude (1997) Israel Dance Quarterly
• Flourishing Talent Portrait - About Orna Kugel the Ballerina of the Israeli Ballet (1998) Israel Dance Quarterly

Awards

• 1977: Gertrud Kraus of the America Israel Cultural Foundation
• 1980–81: Scholarship to study at the Maurice Béjarts Mudra School in Brussels
• 1993: Honorary award for a choreography performed at the Brasov Dance Festival
• 2000: Certificate of Appreciation from the Jerusalem City Council for his services in promoting youth in Jerusalem

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nira Paaz: Mia Arbatova . In: Jewish Women's Archive . Retrieved December 26, 2013.
2. ^ Shlomit Margolin-Tamir: Bows . Dror Lanefesh, Israel 2013.
3. ↑ Ruth Eshel: The Israeli legend who raised generations of dancers . In: Haaretz , January 26, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2013. 
4. ^ Rooms / Anna Sokolow . In: Batsheva repertoire . Batsheva Dance Company. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
5. ↑ Ruth Eshel: Institutionalization and Centralization: Dance in Israel 1964-1977 . In: Dance Today . No. 6, September 2001, p. 86.
6. ↑ Pamela Kidron: Jerusalem's Dance Companies . In: Israel Dance Annual . , Pp. 169-174. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
7. ^ Judith Brin Ingber, Giora Manor: International encyclopedia of dance . Ed .: Selma Jeanne Cohen. 1st edition. Oxford University Press, New York 2004, ISBN 0-19-517369-4 .
8. ^ Lottery Support Dance . In: YnetNews , August 11, 2002. Retrieved December 26, 2013. 
9. ^ Yaron Margolin - Healer and Former Israeli Dance Star - Choreographer . In: IsraelSeen.com , January 15, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2013. 
10. ↑ Shir Haham: The Day the Israeli Sex was Born . In: Haaretz , January 4, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013. 
11. ^ Ruth Eshel: Dance Costume Design In Israel . In: Israel Dance Quarterly . No. 11, 1997, p. 79. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
12. ^ Giora Manor: Premieres 1988/90 . In: Israel Dance Annual . 1989, p. 146.
13. ↑ Davidsbundlertanze Solo Video Documentation . Yaron Margolin. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
14. ^ Yaron Margolin “The Last Oriental Supper” from the Oriental Fantasy. (Part I) . Retrieved December 26, 2013.
15. ↑ About Yaron Margolin . Retrieved December 29, 2013.
16. ^ The Romanian Jewish Community . Retrieved December 26, 2013.
17. ^ Israel Dance . Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 26, 2013. 
18. ^ Yaron Margolin: Can One Teach Choreography? . In: Israel Dance Annual . 1984, pp. 25-27. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
19. ^ Yaron Margolin: Problems of the Code In: Israel Dance Annual 1986, pp. 8-12. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
20. ^ Yaron Margolin: Problems of the Beginning In: Israel Dance Annual 1987, pp. 10-13. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
21. ^ Yaron Margolin: Problems of the Beginning In: Israel Dance Annual May 1996, pp. 5-9. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
22. ^ Yaron Margolin: Dances From the Olympus . In: Israel Dance Annual . 1989, pp. 163-170. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
23. ^ Yaron Margolin: Israel Dance Quarterly . In: Israel Dance Quarterly . No. 3, 1994, pp. 36-37. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
24. ^ Yaron Margolin: The Fighters of the Streets of New York . In: Israel Dance Quarterly . No. 9, 1996, pp. 38-43. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
25. ^ Yaron Margolin: Daddy, I'm Dancing Nude . In: Israel Dance Quarterly . No. 11, 1997, pp. 46-47. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
26. ^ Yaron Margolin: Flourishing Talent Portrait - About Orna Kugel the Ballerina of the Israeli Ballet . In: Israel Dance Quarterly . No. 13, 1998, pp. 40-43. Retrieved December 26, 2013.