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Royal Ballet star Natalia Osipova returns to Israel with world premiere by Israeli choreographer

Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova returns to Israel on December 17 and 18 with 'Force of Nature,' a world premiere that combines classical ballet and contemporary dance.

NATALIA OSIPOVA’S performances will feature the world premiere of a new work created in collaboration with an Israeli choreographer.
The Celtic Throne production blends traditional and modern Irish dance with acrobatics, aerial feats, and martial arts.

Celtic Throne returns to Israel for four-city November tour after 2025 run was cut short

‘ALL SPIRITS’: The Hebrew title, ‘Kol HaRuchot’ plays on meaning of ‘To hell with it!’

To hell and back: A political ballet for Israel’s age of war

Havana Baker: Josephine in Cuba, 1950; photo by Rudolf Suroch.

Josephine Baker: Dancer, spy, and champion against racism and antisemitism


'Mars,' 'And Over Again': Artistic presentations side by side

What a chilling moment when current reality meets head-on a stale yet popular military-march tune of yesteryear.

A SCENE FROM ‘Mars’ by Lior Tavori.

Dancers Amnon and Jill Damti are ‘Ambassadors of Israeli Culture’

From the start they traveled the world performing in all manner of institutions – prisons, shelters for asylum-seekers, embassies and orphanages and have seen the effect of their theraputic work.

The dancing duo of Amnon and Jill Damti have performed around the world.

Amid COVID-19, Israel's Flamenco Days Festival heads online

The Flamenco Days Festival will take place on March 18, 19 and 20.

THE FLAMENCO Days Festival will take place on March 18, 19 and 20.

'Dance - is it a sickness or a gift?' A pandemic tale

“Even though there was a lockdown, and we weren’t allowed to perform for a whole year, the creation arose in such a strong way,” she says.

RINA SCHENFELD in ‘The Diary’: It reflects the two sides of me, the two different approaches. I am answering myself.

Meet the olah running a dance school for haredi women

The program’s goal is to empower the girls’ self-esteem and feelings of self-worth.

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Turning a Byzantine well near Arad into a dance stage

The current cast of “Perforated Earth” includes 14 performers and three musicians.

WORK NEAR THE Byzantine well in the desert 10 minutes from Arad  – the site of ‘Perforated Earth.’

To dance or not to dance

It was during this confusing period that Rina Schenfeld was informed that she had won the prestigious Rosenblum Prize for the Performing Arts in the lifetime achievement category.

RINA SCHENFELD: This connection between words and movement is so inspiring for me and the dancers.

Schenfeld’s dilemma: To dance or not to dance

In one of her poems, Schenfeld writes, “Word replaced movement. Threw it out the door.”

RINA SCHENFELD

COVID-19 hasn’t stopped one of Israel’s national passions: folk dance

Those in the know say some 200,000 Israelis across the nation attend regular Israeli folk dance, including public and private sessions called harkadot, on beachfronts, sports facilities and more.

Festival goers dancing to Israeli folk music at camp Bitnua

A dance created for the blind and visually impaired dancers

Choreographer Shiri Teicher created a dance without sight

Dance without sight