Batsheva Dance Company: 'It's about making the body listen'

Batsheva Dance Company: 'It's about making the body listen'

Founded in 1964 in Tel Aviv with Martha Graham as its first director, Batsheva Dance Company has grown to become one of Israel's most innovative companies, renowned for their primal energy and joyful stylistic mashups. As its new season opens, film-maker Mat Heywood steps behind the scenes with artistic director Ohad Naharin as the company rehearses and discovers how dancing is all about tuning in.

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[olgazelenska]

this is my fav video on whole youtube now 😁 thank you!

[rul]

Thiis what i call authenticity, i feel and donot use my mind at all!

[lauragreenhalgh]

Pretty ironic that the point of the video is listening to the body, how rare and important that is and that it has been titled 'making the body listen'....

[susanvinten]

Listening to our body....rather than telling it what to do.

[federicalepore]

Ciao siamo tre ragazze e siamo stanche dei corrispettivi padre madre e amica.. E dei coreografi e dei vostri ballerini

[trafik-iiki]

I don't understand how they listen to the body when everyone is doing the same sequence like an army and I don't hear what the dancers have to say, only Ohad speaks, why?