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DVD + Blu-Ray:
The Art of Ohad Naharin

Two of the most emblematic works of the Batsheva Dance Company's current repertoire, both filmed in Paris: "Naharin’s Virus" and "Last Work".

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    BAC159 BAC459 THE ART OF OHAD NAHARIN (DVD + BLU-RAY) © Bel Air Classiques

  • BAC159 BAC459 THE ART OF OHAD NAHARIN (DVD + BLU-RAY) - Last Work | Copyright: © Gadi Dagon

    BAC159 BAC459 THE ART OF OHAD NAHARIN (DVD + BLU-RAY) - Last Work © Gadi Dagon

  • BAC159 BAC459 THE ART OF OHAD NAHARIN (DVD + BLU-RAY) - Naharin's Virus | Copyright: © Gadi Dagon

    BAC159 BAC459 THE ART OF OHAD NAHARIN (DVD + BLU-RAY) - Naharin's Virus © Gadi Dagon

Founded in Tel-Aviv in 1964, the Batsheva Dance Company has been headed by Ohad Naharin since 1990: An incredible dancer with musical training, who has a true passion for movement. Through his “Gaga” technique, a choreographic vocabulary that explores the sensations and the availability of the bodies, he made his mark on the dance world and offered the company its finest hours. In 2015, Tomer Heymann’s documentary “Mr. Gaga” paid tribute to the Naharin phenomenon, its influence on the contemporary dance scene and in pop culture. This diptych aims to broaden the Batsheva videography by, as a showcase of Naharin’s aesthetics and demanding technique, featuring two of the most emblematic works in the company’s current repertoire, both filmed in Paris.

A collective creation, Naharin’s Virus is, in a way, a dialogue between Naharin’s choreographic style and the Batsheva dancers’. Its starting point is the text Publikumsbeschimpfung (Offending the Audience) by the Austrian playwright Peter Handke. An aesthetic manifesto, it is also a political piece: it is worth noting, for instance, that it features traditional music written by a Palestinian composer…

A carefully negotiated balance between frenzy and meditation, a frail and unstable whole saturated with an enigmatic opacity and symbolism, Last Work is also a politically committed, ethically-charged piece reflecting on war, peace, oppression and coercion. While dance is stretched up to its limits, Naharin’s choreographic gesture calls for a new outlook on our contemporary world, its violence, its future.

Genre Ballet
Recording location Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse
Recording date 2014 (Naharin's Virus)
Recording date 2017 (Last Work)
Duration 63 min (Naharin's Virus)
Duration 66 min (Last Work)
Video format Color, 16/9, NTSC (DVD), Full HD (Blu-ray)
Audio format PCM 2.0
Dance style Gaga
Choreography by Ohad Naharin
Dance Company Batsheva Dance Company
Distribution DVD Naxos Distribution

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