Tag: ohad naharin

An Ode to Batsheva's Dancers

The members of Batsheva Dance Company look dangerous, predatory. They’re feral cats, at once totally in control and totally wild. You feel like they’re always on the verge of boiling over—always just about to explode. I saw these creatures perform Batsheva director Ohad Naharin’s Hora at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night. And though […]

Gaga Everywhere

In a mirror-less dance studio, your teacher asks you to move as if you’re in the shower and the hot water has suddenly disappeared. What do you do? You twitch, you vibrate. You can almost feel that freezing-cold water pelting your shoulders. As you shiver, you imagine how that movement affects each molecule in your […]

Juilliard's All-Stars

Remember that feeling you used to get on Christmas morning, as you ran downstairs to see what presents were waiting for you under the tree? That’s how I felt walking into the Juilliard Dances Repertory concert last night. The annual showcase gives Juilliard’s stable of dancers a chance to tackle well-known contemporary works. And every […]