25.8.2023-27.8.2023Pause: The Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group
KW BerlinCurator: Krist GruijthuijsenCuratorial Assistant: Nikolas Brummer The Chamber Dance Group—originally named ‘The Chamber Dance Quartet’—was founded by Noa Eshkol (b. 1924, PS, d. 2007, IL) in 1954 for performing her compositions, developed through Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation (EWMN). Eshkol danced with the group until the late 1950s, when she became increasingly focused on developing EWMN, composing, and teaching her dances. After she died in 2007, the group was refounded as ‘The Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group’, featuring veteran dancer, Rachaeli Nul Kahana, as well as the new members, Mor Bashan, Noga Goral, and Dror Shoval, who have joined the group since. Dance performances by The Chamber Dance Group are made up of the basic material of all dance styles, namely, the movement of the human body. For Eshkol, dance was a pure art form, in and for itself, to be practiced without scenery, costumes, or music. She treated the parts of the human body as separate instruments, notSee More
24.9.2022DANCE PERFORMANCE WITH THE NOA ESHKOL CHAMBER DANCE GROUP-Norrköpings konstmuseum
Norrköpings konstmuseum During the Culture Night, The Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group visits Norrköping to give a unique dance performance with choreography by the legendary Noa EshkolWhat: Dance performance , Sat 24 September at 13:00–14:00Location: Gallery 5, HarlekinenTickets: FULLY BOOKEDTickets must be picked up no later than 30 minutes before the show starts (at 12:30 p.m.), otherwise the ticket will go to someone else.For the Israeli artist Noa Eshkol, dance was a pure art form, to be practiced without scenery, costumes or music. She treated parts of the human body as separate instruments, corresponding to the musical components of an orchestra, each with its own rules of movement. This performance features a special performance by members of her chamber dance group that showcases the breadth and ingenuity of her methods.Using compositional techniques such as serialism, canon, fugue, etc. she used these forms to create polyphony between different parts of each dancer’s body and between the dancers asSee More
20.9.2022Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group: Homework – Gestures
Ultima Sentralen , OsloA rare chance to see legendary Noa Eshkol’s unique choreographic system in actionFor Israeli artist Noa Eshkol (1924–2007), dance was a pure art form, to be practised without scenery, costumes or music. She treated parts of the human body as separate instruments, equivalent to the musical components of an orchestra, each with its own rules of movement.This afternoon features a special performance by members of her Chamber Dance Group showcasing the breadth and inventiveness of her methods.Drawing on compositional techniques such as serialism, canon, fugue, etc, she used these forms to create polyphony between various parts of each dancer’s body and between the dancers as a group. Eshkol’s profound understanding of the body and her inexhaustible creativity resulted in unique, complex and beautiful masterpieces.Noa Eshkol began her professional career in the 1950s as a dancer, choreographer and theorist. In her quest to analyze body movement, she created ‘Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation’ (EWMN) together with her pupil,See More
19.9.2022Noa Eshkol workshops- beginners/advanced
Ultima c/o Sentralen, OsloNoa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group:Open Classes, Dance and Movement Advanced 10:00-11:30Beginners 16:00-17:30 Your body is an orchestra! Enter the incredible mind-body matrix of Noa Eshkol.In two participatory sessions you can experience working with the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation (EWMN) system, from striving to embody the movements of EWMN to expressing the poetic dimensions of Noa Eshkol’s compositions.For Israeli artist Noa Eshkol, dance was a pure art form, to be practised without scenery, costumes or music. She treated the parts of the body as separate instruments, not unlike the musical instruments of an orchestra, each with its own rules of movement. Her compositions rely on seriality, as well as on the polyphonic forms of canon, fugue, etc. She used these forms to create polyphony between various parts of each dancer’s body and between the dancers as a group. Her profound understanding of the body and inexhaustible creativity resulted in unique, complex and beautiful masterpieces.The open classes will be ledSee More
