Dear Moshe Kahlon,
My name is Ofra Idel. I am a choreographer and the Director of Machol Shalem Dance House in Jerusalem. These very days, you have the opportunity to prevent the Cultural Loyalty Bill, which will most probably lead to irreversible damage to the Israeli cultural world. With great ease, the Minister of Culture will be able to block artists and organizations who do their honest craft under difficult conditions for the benefit of Israeli citizens. Read more

To see Echad Mi Yodea, which is, in my eyes, a polished, perfect and glorious jewel shoved behind a singer filled me with contempt. Echad Mi Yodea is not some backdrop, it is not some doily or cute planter to decorate something else with. It is content, form, meaning, beauty, pain, love, all wrapped into one. Exploiting something so true to make a singer look cute cheapens what we’re doing and yes, maybe, fighting for.Read more

Six years ago, while participating in Jardin d’Europe’s Critical Endeavor at Impulstanz-Vienna  International Dance Festival, I watched Jan Fabre’s Preparatio Mortis. The performance, a solo made by Fabre for Annabelle Chambon, made a lasting impression on me. In fact, of the hundreds of dance works I have seen in the past decade, it is amongRead more