Out of Focus: A Documentary on Ohad Naharin

Before you see Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 performed at Fall Works, join us for Out of Focus – A Documentary on Ohad Naharin to learn more about the choreographer. This program, presented in partnership with Charlotte Dance Festival, highlights one of the 21st century’s most influential contemporary dance choreographers, Naharin, the artistic director of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company.

Immediately following the screening, Caroline Calouche (CDF Director) will lead a discussion with Charlotte Ballet Artistic Director Jean Pierre Bonnefoux, company dancers and Erez Zohar who is setting Minus 16 on the company. Tickets are just $15 for the documentary experience – purchase yours here!

Photo by Maxim Warrant of Batsheva Dance Company.

Documentary Details

When: Oct 13 , 2016

Price: $15

Time: 7:30PM

Where: Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance

Out of Focus

Out of Focus  is a dynamic film that illustrates Naharin’s teaching of “Gaga,” a movement language and pedagogy that emphasizes a dancer’s somatic experience. Use of mirrors and traditional dance attire such as tights and leotards are not the focus of Gaga, as a greater importance is placed on improvisational techniques that allow  dancers to express their own movement that may be ignored by other dance forms. Watch professional dancers let go of what they’ve learned and explore their own unique movement.

Photo by Maxim Warrant of Batsheva Dance Company.

Charlotte Dance Festival
Movie Night

The showing of this documentary created by veteran Israeli filmmaker, Tomer Heymann, is presented in partnership with Charlotte Dance Festival. Following the screening, the director of Charlotte Dance Festival, Caroline Calouche will lead a discussion with Charlotte Ballet’s Artistic Director, Jean Pierre Bonneforx, Charlotte Ballet company dancers and Erez Zohar who is setting the work on the company.