The Art of Ohad Naharin : Sadeh21 [VOD]

The Art of Ohad Naharin : Sadeh21

Founded in Tel-Aviv in 1964, the Batsheva Dance Company was headed from 1990 to 2018 by Ohad Naharin, an incredible dancer with a musical training, and a true passion for movement. Through his “Gaga” technique, a choreographic vocabulary that explores the sensations and the availability of the bodies, he made his mark on the dance world and offered the company its finest hours. In 2015, Tomer Heymann’s documentary “Mr. Gaga” paid tribute to the Naharin phenomenon, its influence on the contemporary dance scene and in pop culture. The collection ‘‘The Art of Ohad Naharin’’ is a showcase of Naharin’s aesthetics and demanding technique : after a first volume featuring Naharin’s Virus and Last Work, two of the most emblematic works in the company’s current repertoire, this new release presents Sadeh21, created in 2011 in collaboration with the dancers, and interpreted by the ‘‘junior’’ branch of Batsheva : The Young Ensemble.

Transmission is a fundamental element of Naharin’s philosophy. It is not surprising that Batsheva – The Young Ensemble was created the same year that the choreographer took over the Israeli company, on the contrary, it shows the choreographer’s desire to nurture young dancers and help them develop their creative process, but also to deepen his own choreographic language by getting an outside look on his own work. This is what happens with Sadeh21 : upon seeing it danced by the Young Ensemble, Naharin even said it felt like seeing it for the first time. This ‘‘choreographic odyssee’’, this ‘‘epic-dance expedition’’, with its strong contrasting effects and its bare simplicity, presents the essence of movement, stripped of all tricks or devices, and thus underscores the extraordinary emotional powers of dance. Rejuvenated by a new generation of interprets from all over the world, the choreography becomes incandescent and resembles an explosion of sensuality, radiant, dangerous and exciting.

The Art of Ohad Naharin : Sadeh21 [VOD]

SADEH21
by Ohad Naharin

With the dancers of Batsheva – The Young Ensemble
Chen Agron, Gil Amishai, Cesar Brodermann, Ariel Gelbart, Londiwe Khoza, Béatrice Larrivée, Shir Levy, Federico Longo, Ohad Mazor, Robin Lesley Nimanong, Tom Nissim, Igor Ptashenchuk, Tamar Rosenzweig, Lihi Shochatovitch, Nicolas Ventura, Shaked Werner
and Reches Itzhaki, Avigail Shafrir

Lighting design : Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi)
Soundtrack Design and Edit : Maxim Waratt
Costumes : Ariel Cohen
Videos : Raz Friedman

This piece is dedicated to Noa Eshkol (1924 – 2007)
Creator of the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Method and Notation

Musical excerpts :
Autechre & The Hafler Trio – 3hae
Ohad Fishof & Maxim Waratt – Pictures
David Darling – Stones Start Spinning, Music Of A Desire, Remembering Our Mothers
Tomoko Sauvage – Calligraphy
Autechre – Vletrmx
Jun Miyake – La Clé
Gavin Bryars – After The Requiem
Jacob Kirkegaard – Swimming Pool
Angelo Badalamenti – Diane And Camilla
Junko – Untitled (Side A)