6.7.2026-7.7.2026 A SUITE OF DANCES – A DAY IN THE STUDIO
Julidans AmsterdamNoa Eshkol / Noé Soulier & Dance On EnsembleA Suite of DancesDance Compositions / Choreography: Noa EshkolStaging: Mor Bashan (The Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group)Staging Assistant: Dror Shoval (The Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group)Sound Design: Mattef KuhlmeyCostume: WerkstattkollektivA Day in the StudioChoreography: Noé SoulierCostume: Chiara Valle VallominiMusic: A Day in the Studio, Hanne Lippard (2020); Portals, Jana Irmert (2025); Phase III, Lucy Railton (2025)A Suite of Dances – A Day in the StudioPerformance: Javier Arozena, Alba Barral Fernández, Anna Herrmann, Dominic Santia, Gesine Moog, Lia Witjes Poole, Marco Volta (5 dancers with an alternating cast)Light & Technical Direction: Martin BeeretzSound: Mattef KuhlmeyArtistic Direction Dance On Ensemble: Ty BoomershineIn this Performance, the Dance On Ensemble turns its attention to the work of choreographer Noa Eshkol (1924–2007). Her precise dance compositions and the movement notation system she developed are reconstructed. In response, dancer and choreographer Noé Soulier develops a new choreographic work of his own. His practice,See More
6.6.2026Workshop with the Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group
La Ménagerie de Verre In collaboration with the Museum of Jewish Art and History, the Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group is offering a morning workshop for professional dancers, followed by a performance that same evening.Noa Eshkol created EW Movement Notation primarily as a compositional tool. EWMN makes it possible to define, analyze, and quantify the given material of the dance field — namely, the body moving through space and time. The notation enabled her to organize this material into new, complex forms and structures.In the workshop, participants will explore the encounter between the moving body and its graphic representation — the symbols written on the manuscript page — through the various modes of practice this encounter opens: reading, writing, performing, and composing. 11:00-12:30Single price: €10In partnership with the Museum of Jewish Art and HistoryLa Ménagerie de Verre website See More
16.4.2026Ohad Naharin in conversation with Olivia Gesbert On the occasion of the exhibition “Noa Eshkol. 1924-2007. Dance and compositions”
The mahJ - Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, ParisOhad Naharin, the choreographer and creator of the movement language “Gaga,” is a major figure in contemporary dance.Born in 1952 in Mizra, Israel, he began his career as a dancer with the Batsheva Dance Company in 1974 and made his choreographic debut in New York in 1980.In 1990, Naharin was appointed artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company and founded the Batsheva Ensemble. He has created more than thirty works for these two companies and has also staged works for other companies around the world.In addition, Naharin developed “Gaga,” an innovative exploration of movement and a daily training practice for Batsheva dancers, which has since spread worldwide among both dancers and non-dancers.After nearly thirty years at the head of Batsheva, Naharin stepped down as artistic director in 2018, while continuing to work there as associate choreographer. Batsheva remains the primary site of his research, development, and teaching of “Gaga.”In connection with the exhibition dedicated bySee More
