Creatures of Dance
A Podcast on Contemporary Dance in Israel
Dr. Yael (yali) Nativ and Iris Lana
creaturesofdance@gmail.com
We invite you to listen to Creatures of Dance, a podcast on contemporary dance in Israel with Yali Nativ and Iris Lana.
The field of contemporary dance in Israel is complex and unusual in scope, saturated with references to local cultural, social and political contexts and with deep affinities to the international dance arena. The podcast offers an informed and enjoyable discourse about dance in Israel for a wide audience, researchers and students.
Produced in the recording studio, field recordings, and live events with an audience
New episodes
Episode 32: Arkadi Zaides - 'Documentary Choreography' for Human Reality
Conversations with Choreographers series (in Hebrew)
Fall 2023
Episode 38: Vertigo Dance Festival
Live at the Ecological Art Village, Kibbutz Nativ Ha’Lamed Hei (in Hebrew)
Fall 2023
Episode 39: Room Dances Festival and Amos Hetz
Live at Salon Ben Dossa, Jaffa Tel Aviv (in Hebrew)
Winter, 2023
Episode 39 English: Lisa Nelson - The Generosity of Looking
On Collaboration with Amos Hetz and Room Dances Festival
With: Lisa Nelson American dance-maker, improviser, videographer, and collaborative artist
Winter 2024
Episode 40: Galit Liss - Shattering the Stereotype! Aging Women Dancing
Choreography and performance for non-dancers (in Hebrew)
Winter 2024
Episode 41: Sderot Adama: Resilient Softness in a Disastrous Situation
Dance, art and culture after and before October 7, 2023 (in Hebrew)
Spring 2024
Episode 42: Power of Balance: Bodies in Plural
Dance with & without Disability
Live at the 3rd Dance and Disability Conference (in Hebrew)
Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv
Summer 2024
Episode 43: Honoring Yair Vardi
Live at Intimdance Festival, Tmuna Theatre Tel Aviv (in Hebrew and some English)
Summer 2024
Coming up!
Dance in Israel after the crisis of October 7th and during the Gaza war.
We will discuss how the dance community organizes itself inwardly, towards itself and outwardly in relation to the international arena. We will talk about the role of the art of dance in days of crisis and war and explore the uniqueness and contribution of embodiment and body practices, movement and dance creation in such times for the community itself and the general public
Israeliness and canon in Ohad Naharin's 'Kyr' (wall in Hebrew) (1990) , Batsheva Dance Company
53:06 minutes
Israeli identity and politics in Ohad Naharin’s '2019' (2019) Batsheva Dance Company
33:04 minutes
Gender play in the works of Yasmeen Godder, Anat Danieli & Omer Uziel, Merav Dagan and Roni Chadash
53:52 minutes
Masculinities in the works of Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor, Gilad Jerusalmy, Yossi Berg & Oded Graf; Roy Assaf and Adi Boutrous. Recorded: Winter 2021.
1:15:55 minutes
Ethnicity and Local Jewish Mizrahi Folklore in Israeli Contemporary Dance.
Recorded: Spring-Summer 2021.
1:20:47 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
with Dr. Idit Suslik
41:50 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
with Dr. Idit Suslik
1:19:40
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
with Dr. Erez Maayan Shalev
52:00 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
With Dr. Erez Maayan Shalev
53:17 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
With Dr. Lior Avizoor
39:10 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
with Dr. Lior Avizoor
42:50 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
With Dr. Avital Barak
45:21 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
With Dr. Avital Barak
58:00 minutes
From the series 'Movement Material - Conversations with choreographers’
With Yair Vardi
48:02 minutes
Live at Suzanne Dellal Centre
01:27:16
On Collaboration with Amos Hetz and Room Dances Festival (Recorded February 2024)
28:31
This podcast is part of the discursive platform of Tights: Dance & Thought.
The podcast was produced in collaboration with The Cultural Diplomacy Bureau at The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The production was supported by the Israeli Choreographers' Association and the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports.
This podcast is available on: Apple, Spotify, Deezer, Google, Link Tree
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The podcast Creatures of Dance on dance in Israel, is available to the public on the various streaming platforms. An attempt was made to locate all
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