BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY & THE BATSHEVA ENSEMBLE
Anafaza by OHAD NAHARIN
1h30
Ohad Naharin’s Anafaza was created in December 1993 for the 30th anniversary of the Batsheva Dance Company. In June 2023, a new edition was performed in front of 20,000 spectators over two weeks, with live music by Naharin and the band Tractor’s Revenge, Avi Belleli and Danni Makov.
The current interpretation of Anafaza retains the energy and scope of its previous versions but reflects a more cynical, violent, and fractured reality. In addition to beauty, sensuality, and ecstasy, it embodies defiance, presenting a dance that struggles against the swamp of reality threatening freedom of thought, spirit, and body. It seeks to rid itself of the intoxication of power, incitement, and divisive rhetoric, while clinging to the hope for healing and restoration.
With the Chaillot National Dance Theatre
Dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company Yarden Bareket, Billy Barry, Emil Brukman, Adi Blumenreich, Nathan Chipps, Holden Cole, Guy Davidson, Iyar Elezra, Sean Howe, Londiwe Khoza, Adrienne Lipson, Bo Matthews, Sofiia Pikalova, Danai Porat, Igor Ptashenchuk, Yoni (Yonatan) Simon, Annika Verplancke, Gili Yaniv Amodai, Yarden Zana Dancers of the Batsheva Ensemble Zoe Bayliss Nagar, Zachary Burrows, Jesse Callaert, DanDan Cohen, Victor Duval, Eddieomar Gozales Castillo, Shira Kestenboum, Larissa Leung, Ori Manor, Maya Marom, Celia Merai, Chase Peterson, Leann Reizer, Kelis Robinson, Noga Sneh Apprentices Amit Ben-Yesh, Roee Mazurik, Naama Morad, Toam Suissa Lighting Creation Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) Costumes Rakefet Levy Final Modification Eri Nakamura Sets Tzachor Gadi, Maxim Waratt Assistant Costumes Ariel Cohen Music Avi Balleli (bass), Dani Makov (percussion), Ohad Naharin (guitar and vocals) “There Was Always This Shadow, Always This Doubt”: from a conversation with David Grossman Texts Maxim Waratt Flags Mandy Mualem Music “Echad Mi Yodea” Tractor’s Revenge & Maxim Waratt “Stonewave for 6 Percussionists” Rolf Waillin “Riacho” Guem “Spiegel Im Spiegel” Arvo Part “Fanfare For The Common Man” Aaron Copland “Bullet In The Head” Rage Against the Machine Maxim Waratt, Yehonatan Oppenheim
The revisited version of Anafaza is a co-production of the Batsheva Dance Company and ToMix, a specialized content platform for multi-dimensional cultural events.
Co-production La Villette – Paris, Chaillot National Dance Theatre
Practical information
Grande Halle
Metro
Line 5 - Porte de Pantin station
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de Pantin station
Bus
Bus 75, 151 - Porte de Pantin stop
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
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Cité des Sciences
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