Dance as a Political Statement

An Interview with Nir Ben Gal BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Nir Ben Gal and his wife Liat Dror live and work in the desert of Israel. Their company and school are called Adama. This interview is part of Where Dance Is, a series of interviews with high level dance artists working […]

May 7, 2015  |  Read Article

Finding Room to Dance

An Introduction to the Where Dance Is Series BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ARTWORK BY VIDA VILJOEN I didn’t move to Santa Fe to dance, though I knew I wasn’t finished dancing. I didn’t know what I was going to find, but the last thing I expected to find was room. In […]

May 4, 2015  |  Read Article

Learning about Place

Editor’s note: This month on Stance on Dance, several dance artists have been asked to share a pivotal dance experience that changed their trajectory or the way they think about dance.  BY NINA HAFT Liat Dror/Nir Ben Gal Company’s Anta Oumri Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 1998 […]

March 9, 2015  |  Read Article