In Venezuela Naharin and the dancers explore dialogue as well as conflict between movement and the content it represents. Many questions and a few answers arise about the choices the choreographer has. Naharin attempts to include the audience in this freedom of choice along with its endless scope of possibilities, while making a critical comment about all of us.
Considered one of the great dance pioneers of his generation and acclaimed around the globe, Ohad Naharin has been director of the Batsheva Dance Company since 1990, converting it into one of the most important in the world, with over 250 performances a year. Naharin is the creator of an innovative and rich language of movement known as ‘gaga’, which has spread through the industry like wildfire.
“Venezuela, with its wonderful dancers, is a fascinating and multifaceted piece that contains a surprise that remains with the viewer long after leaving the theater“. (Yael Efrati, Timeout, May 2017)
Performed by Batsheva Dance Company dancers
Produced by Batsheva Dance Company / Co-producers Chaillot National Theater, Paris; Hellerau –European Center for the Arts, Dresden / With special support provided by the Dalia and Eli Hurvitz Foundation, as well as the New Works Funds of Batsheva and the American Friends of Batsheva
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Lighting Design Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) / Soundtrack Design and Edit Maxim Waratt / Musical Advisor Nadav Barnea / Costume Design Eri Nakamura / Assistants to Ohad Naharin and Eri Nakamura Ariel Cohen / Dancers Instructor Natalia Petrova. Assistant Omri Mishael / Special thanks to The Israeli Ballroom Dancing Fund.
Music “Coma” by Converter, “Ae Ajnabi” (From “Dil Se”) by Mahalakshmi & Udit Narayan, “Bullet in the Head” by Rage Against the Machine, “Mirage” by Biz, “The Wait” by Olafur Arnalds, “One Large Rose” by Niblock Phill, “Dead Wrong” by The Notorious B.I.G, “Kyrie fons bonitatis, Litany”, “Beata Viscera” – Gregorian Chant, Songs of the Spirit; “Offertorium: Lubulate Deo Universa Terra” – Gregorian Chants from Mönchsschola der Erzabtei St. Ottilien; “O Euchari” by Hildegard Von Bingen; “De Profundis”,”Alma Redemptoris”- Gregorian Chants;” Alma Redemptoris Mater”, “Litany: Litany” -Gregorian Chant from Westminster Cathedral Choir.
Season: 2018-2019
February 21 to 24
20 h (Sunday18 h)
Sala MAC
28 €
Running time: 80 minutes