VIDEO BOX / FOCUS ON ISRAEL / YAG_THE MOVIE by Ohad Naharin

In YAG di Ohad Naharin, la prima produzione di Batsheva adattata appositamente per lo schermo, Naharin usa il linguaggio cinematografico per comunicare il suo lavoro sia come regista che come coreografo. La scomparsa del palcoscenico, ora sostituito dall'inquadratura cinematografica, crea un incontro diretto con i danzatori. Il video artista Roee Shalti, che filma regolarmente Batsheva, ha filmato e montato il pezzo con Naharin. Lo spazio spoglio, utilizzando la stessa illuminazione in tutto, è l'impostazione per il movimento raffinato. YAG è stato girato nell'ottobre 2020 al Varda Studio di Batsheva, Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv.
"Amore per la danza, desiderio, trasformazione delle emozioni in puro movimento, ballerini che infondono contenuti che non ho scritto, raffinatezza ed esagerazione, famiglia, tatto, consistenza, flusso, risate di se stessi, morte, tempo, corpo, passione, immaginazione, biscotti della fortuna , nudità, Hamutz-Hamutz, rosso, groove, controllo, piacere, rinuncia." (Ohad Naharin)



In Ohad Naharin's YAG, Batsheva's first production adapted especially for the screen, Naharin uses cinematic language to communicate his work both as director and choreographer. The disappearance of the stage, now replaced by the cinematic frame, creates a direct encounter with the dancers. Video artist Roee Shalti, who regularly films Batsheva, filmed and edited the piece with Naharin. The bare space, using the same lighting throughout, is the setting for refined movement. YAG was filmed during October 2020 at Batsheva's Varda Studio, Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv.
"Love of dancing, longing, transformation of emotions into pure movement, dancers infusing content I have not written, refinement and exaggeration, family, touch, texture, flow, laughter at oneself, death, time, body, passion, imagination, fortune cookies, nudity, Hamutz-Hamutz, red, groove, control, pleasure, giving up." (Ohad Naharin)

50 min. The piece contains nudity

Directed by: Ohad Naharin
Cinematography by: Roee Shalti
Editing by: Roee Shalti and Ohad Naharin
Costumes: Eri Nakamura
Lighting Consultant: Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi)
Music: John Zorn, Gaetano Donizetti, John Taverner, Ennio Morricone, Ran Slavin
Text: Ohad Naharin

Performed by six Batsheva dancers, season 2020/2021:
Yael Ben Ezer, Sean Howe, Londiwe Khoza, Igor Ptashenchuk, Yoni (Yonatan) Simon, Hani Sirkis

Produced by Batsheva Dance Company, October 2020. Filmed in Varda Studio in memory of Varda Kenny, Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv
The restaging and filming of this production has been made possible through the generous support of :
Nurit and Rick Amdur
The Zita and Mark Bernstein Family Foundation of Winnipeg
The Chleck Family Foundation of Boston
Anonymous Donors in Israel