Dance Voices - קולות המחול

From the 1920s to the mid-50s, the main dance style in Israel was Ausdruckstanz. In the 50s, after approximately fifteen years of cultural isolation – World War II, Israel’s War of Independence and the economic depression of the 1950s in Israel – foreign dance companies from USA and Europe started performing in Israel.

One of the most beautiful and exciting dances performed lately in Israel is White Noise, created by Noa Wertheim for the Vertigo Dance Company. White Noise was premiered in April 2008 in Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel-Aviv. The dance deals with life experiences in the 21st century, influenced and shaped by the uproar of consumerism, and the overflow of information. One of the most beautiful and exciting dances performed lately in Israel is White Noise, created by Noa Wertheim for the Vertigo Dance Company. White Noise was premiered in April 2008 in Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel-Aviv. The dance deals with life experiences in the 21st century, influenced and shaped by the uproar of consumerism, and the overflow of information.

White Noise, photo by Gadi Dagon

The Lost Dances of Egon Schiele, a video-dance, was created in 2002 by the contemporary British choreographer Lea Anderson and Kevin McKeirnan for her all-male group, The Featherstonehaughs. It was based on The Featherstonehaughs Draw on the Sketch Books of Egon Schiele, a dance that was first performed in London, 1998. Anderson started to choreograph in 1984, with the foundation of her all-female company, The Cholmondeleys (pronounced Chumlees). After establishing a second company, The Featherstonehaughs (pronounced Fanshaws), in 1988, which was concerned with images of masculinity, Anderson’s reputation as a leading choreographer was assured (Hargreaves, 2002).