With the objective of breaking down one’s restrictive self-conscious barriers to reunite the average person with their inner beast, the Israeli-born movement language, Gaga, is sweeping the international dance community. Batsheva Dance Company director and teacher, Ohad Naharin, invented a practice that has been re-igniting thousands of people's passion for dance for almost two decades now.
The hour-long stream of improvisation based on imagery and sensory experiences liberates participants into exploring their most instinctual responses. In a framework that lacks any space for judgement, the session promotes a method of interacting with the self through unconventional movement, focusing on expression without the impediments of the analytical mind. The term was coined by the gibberish unselfconscious sounds a baby makes before becoming socially and culturally conditioned. Gaga guides participants to tap into a deeper dimension within themselves, inaccessible through more average methods of expression.
Thousands of professionals from all over the world flock to the Suzanne Dellal Center to experience this inspirational art form, and some of Naharin's students run classes abroad from London to New York. The movement language has helped dancers rediscover their personal voice, but the method was largely designed for the general public, the everyday person without any dance training.
For the fifth year, Naharin is creating a massive Gaga event with up to 250 enthusiasts, rediscovering their humanity all together.
Naharin explains that through Gaga, “we become more aware of our form and connect to the sense of the endlessness of possibilities. We explore multi-dimensional movement, enjoying the burning sensation in our muscles, are ready to snap, aware of our explosive power and sometimes using it. We change our movement habits by finding new ones. We go beyond our familiar limits. We can be calm and alert at once.”
Whether you’re a skilled dancer or it’s your very first dance class, throw on some comfortable clothing and join in an exhilarating, introspective, and fun communal experience with the master of Gaga himself on May 27th in Hangar 11 at 20:30. All the proceeds will be donated to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, so buy your ticket for NIS 60 at http://hangar11.co.il/events/. For more information, click here or call 03-5171471.