Gaga/dancers classes online

Gaga is the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin throughout many years, parallel to his work as a choreographer and artistic director (1990-2018) of Batsheva Dance Company. Gaga originated from Naharin’s need to communicate with his dancers and his curiosity in the ongoing research of movement.

Gaga classes are predicated on a deep listening to the body and to physical sensations. The instructions are deployed to increase awareness of and further amplify sensation, and
rather than turning from one prompt to another, information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically challenging experience. While many instructions are imbued with
rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, insisting on a specific process of embodiment. Inside this shared research, the improvisational nature of the exploration
enables each participant’s deeply personal connection with Gaga.

Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening the body and adding flexibility, stamina, agility, and skills including coordination and efficiency while stimulating the senses and imagination. The classes offer a workout that investigates form, speed, and effort while traversing additional spectrums such as those between soft and thick textures, delicacy and explosive power, and understatement and exaggeration. Participants awaken numb areas, increase their awareness of habits, and improve their efficiency of movement inside multilayered tasks, and they are encouraged to connect to pleasure inside moments of effort. The language of Gaga is in a continual process of evolution, and the classes vary and develop accordingly.

How to Apply:

Gaga/dancers is open to professional dancers and dance students.

Participants have an opportunity to attend one class with preferable teacher and / or all three classes.

To participate please send a short cover letter and resume to [email protected];
in the subject line please write: Gaga/dancers
Deadline: 7 September
Working language: English
Attendance is free

Classes will be held in ZOOM

Teachers biographies:

Omri Drumlevich

Omri Drumlevich was born in Kibbutz Ramat Rachel in 1992. He danced with Mehola Jerusalem and studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Omri participated in Batsheva Ensemble’s Excellence program. He joined the Batsheva Ensemble in 2010 and Batsheva Dance Company in 2012

Bobbi Jene Smith

Bobbi Jene Smith is from Ames, Iowa. She is an alumnus of the Juilliard School, North Carolina School of the Arts, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. From 2005-2014 she was a member of the Batsheva Dance Company under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin. She has worked and collaborated with a variety of artists around the world including Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More and Martha Clarke. She is a certified Gaga teacher and has taught the repertory of Ohad Naharin in schools and universities around the U.S. since 2005. She is in constant process with her three most recent works, A Study on Effort, Harrowing, and Arrowed.

Adi Zlatin

Adi was born in Jerusalem in 1983. She began dancing at the age of 6 at the Jerusalem Conservatory and trained with the renowned teacher Hasia Levy-Agron. At the age of 12, Adi joined the Hora Jerusalem dance group. In 2001, she graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance high school.
Adi joined the Batsheva Ensemble in 2001, and in 2004, she became an official member of Batsheva Dance Company. While dancing with Batsheva, Adi participated in many of choreographer Ohad Naharin’s projects and was fortunate to work with Sharon Eyal as well. In 2012, Adi won the America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship and the prestigious Yair Shapira award. As of 2019, she is still a performing dancer with Batsheva and continues to be part of Ohad Naharin’s research of Gaga.
Adi is a certified Gaga instructor and teaches in Israel and around the world.

The project is supported by Tbilisi City Hall, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia and Creative Georgia.

 

 

https://www.gagapeople.com/en/

Teachers: Omri Drumlevich, Bobbi Gene Smith, and Adi Zlatin

Dates: 11,12,13 September
Hour: 19:00
Duration: 45 minutes