The Batsheva Ensemble will get your heart racing with their new performance of Hofesh Schecter’s Uprising and the world premiere of Danielle Agami’s Shula this Thursday, June 27, 2013.
Testosterone rules in Uprising! The intense physicality and signature body language of Hofech Schecter‘s choreography is expressed in the cast of seven male dancers: Tamir Eting, Mario Bermudez Gil, Eduard Turull, Shane Scopatz, Oz Shoshan, Gil Shachar, and Or Schraiber. Schecter, a dancer in the Batsheva Dance Company before launching his London-based international career as a choreographer, gave the work to Batsheva and came to Israel to rehearse with the dancers in preparation for this premiere.
Daniella Agami danced in Batsheva from 2002 – 2010, fulfilling additional roles in the company as artistic director and producer of dancers workshops from 2007 – 2009, and rehearsal director from 2008 – 2010. She is also fondly remembered by this writer as an imaginative, mind and body-stretching Gaga teacher. An independent choreographer, she lives and works in Los Angeles, where she founded her own company in 2011: Ate9 Dance Company. Agami was invited to create a work for the Batsheva Ensemble and has been working with a cast of seven female dancers on Shula. A brief glimpse of select scenes reveals Shula to be visually and emotionally compelling, with unexpected twists. Shula will be performed by: Noam Eidelman Shatil, Rani Lebzelter, Keren Lurie-Pardes, Shani Licht, Ayelet Nadav, Mariko Kakizaki and Maya Tamir.
The Batsheva Ensemble dancers are amazing – with all the surging energy of youth, abundant talent, and the ability to convey a stirring emotional range and depth. Don’t take my word for it – go see for yourself!
Performances: June 27th at 21:00; June 28th at 22:00; June 29th at 21:00; July 3rd at 21:00; July 4th at 21:00; July 5th at 14:00; July 6th at 21:00; July 10th at 21:00; July 11th at 21:00; July 12th at 14:00; July 13th at 21:00. Tickets may be purchased online.
Photos from my preview look at Uprising and Shula may be seen on the Midnight East facebook page.
