Dance Or Die

Performed by: Roy Aati, Jermaine Dean, Falencie Filipo, Akashi Fisiinaua, Jacob Tamata, Darren Taniue, and Jaycee Tanuvasa

Number: “The Voguing Dance Scene in New Zealand”

Style: Voguing

Batsheva Dance Company - Sadeh21

By Ohad Naharin In collaboration with Batsheva Dance Company dancers, 2010/2011 season. Performed by 18 Batsheva - the Young Ensemble dancers.

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

read more: https://batsheva.co.il/en/repertory?open=sadeh21

Review by Jana Perkovic:

“Sadeh” means field: as in field of study, of action. Ohad Naharin’s new choreography for Batsheva is composed of 21 segments, each of which seem to introduce a different way of … well, certainly moving. But also an entire way of being in the world.

Sadeh1 consists only of solos: bendy, rubbery bodies, as if reacting to external forces with elastic feedback. Sadeh3 is marked by a woman walking around the dancers, her whole body contorted in an extremely strange waddle. Sadeh 5 is the most distinctive: a groovy music number begins with female dancers snapping their fingers in unison, soon launching into a rather masculine rendition of club dancing. They are joined by figures in elegant, feathery strapless dresses: the male dancers.