Posted on 20 February 2010 by Deborah Friedes Galili
Video: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance
If you’re in Atlanta, Georgia – or if you know someone in Atlanta – here’s a heads up:
I’m happy to announce that I am speaking in the Emory Friends of Dance Lecture Series on Wednesday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). My talk, Foreign Exchange: American and Israeli Dance from Martha Graham to Ohad Naharin, will precede a performance by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet of Ohad Naharin’s Decadance. I won’t be in Atlanta in person, but I will be speaking via Skype and have an exciting presentation prepared!
Cedar Lake performing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance. Photo by Paul B. Goode.
Here’s the official blurb about my lecture:
Forty years ago, Israel’s premiere dance company imported works by top American choreographers. Now cutting-edge American troupes like Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet are drawing crowds with choreography by Israeli artists. In this lecture, dance scholar Deborah Friedes Galili explores the dynamic relationship between American and Israeli dance and traces the meteoric rise of Israeli contemporary dance. This lecture will be presented live from Israel via webcam prior to the performance by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.
Cedar Lake performing Ohad Naharin’s Decadance. Photo by Paul B. Goode.
My lecture is free and open to the public, so if you’re in Atlanta, I hope you will come listen in the Chase Lobby at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Road. I will speak for one half hour, and then there will be a question and answer session. Please let others know about this event as well!
Posted on 19 October 2009 by Deborah Friedes Galili
In honor of our website’s first anniversary, we’ve rolled out a new magazine-style design! If you’re reading this in your e-mail inbox or RSS feed reader, please visit us online and explore the new features we’ve unveiled (featured content, easier navigation, a better featured video system, an advanced search box, and more).
In the next few weeks, aside from our usual articles, we will publish some posts talking about the new features and also asking you about the direction we will take in the upcoming year.
A lot has happened since we established Dance In Israel one year ago today. We’ve published over 90 articles, including 8 podcasts. 26,000 visitors from 137 countries around the world have explored our site, looking at 2 pages on average. 120 people subscribe to us via e-mail, and approximately 40 have our content delivered to their RSS feed readers. We have 312 fans on Facebook (and counting). We’ve hit Google page rank 5, a sign of our strength on the web. And to boot, we – Deborah, who writes the posts, and Tal, who builds the blog – got married!
Thank you for following us as we developed over the past year, and please stay with us – there’s lots more to come!
Speaking about dance in Israel to a group of tourists, March 2008. Photo by Marilyn Friedes.
As you know by now, I have a passion for writing about dance in Israel. I also have a passion for speaking about dance in Israel, and as I plan a trip to the U.S. in April, I’m hoping to give a few lectures on the subject. If you’re interested in hearing a lecture or can recommend a place to give a lecture, please read more.
Posted on 10 December 2008 by Deborah Friedes Galili
Shortly after I started blogging, I found the desire and the need to follow other dance blogs on a regular basis. I was eager to discover other dance bloggers and connect with them; I hoped that online, I might find a community feeling similar to what I had always enjoyed in the studio.
Three issues arose as I explored the dance blogosphere from my initial vantage point:
It wasn’t always easy to find dance bloggers, even though we exist (really!)
Once I found other dance bloggers, following their posts by entering their sites individually (every day) became very time consuming and tiring.
I still wanted to connect more easily to other dance bloggers and readers – especially since I was halfway around the world from most of the people I met online!
I hope to see these issues resolved through the introduction of a new website that is bringing dance bloggers together: www.DanceBloggers.com
Posted on 19 October 2008 by Deborah Friedes Galili
Deborah Friedes stretching on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel.
My very first post on my very first blog was titled, “Some context, or why I am traveling halfway around the world for a year.” I was about to leave the U.S. for Israel, where I would be researching Israeli contemporary dance on a Fulbright grant. Little did I know that I would travel halfway around the world and stay there. After seeing the vibrancy of dance in Israel, I realized I could research the subject for years to come, and so in the fall of 2008, I undertook a major move to pursue my passion: I made aliyah and moved to Israel.
Every week, on DanceInIsrael.com, I will publish written posts, photo journals, and audio podcasts. My content will reflect the range and vitality of the concert dance scene in Israel. Beside publishing fresh content, I will also re-publish material from my Fulbright year; some of this was initially posted on The Winger, Israel Seen, and my own blog. For those of you who have followed my writing on other websites during the past year, you’ll be happy to know that I will preface my older posts with brief musings and my current perspective on the subject.
I invite you to subscribe for free e-mail updates from DanceInIsrael.com when new content goes online by clicking here and typing your e-mail address (please make sure to follow the link in the first e-mail you will receive to complete the subscription process!).
And now, on to the blog! Before we plunge into the heart of the subject, let us start together at a jumping-off point: the seeds of my research. Below is my first post from my original blog, published on my professional website on September 18, 2007.
