Gaga tanz ohad naharin biography

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    • Gaga (movement language)

    Pedagogy movement

    Gaga is a movement language and pedagogy developed by Batsheva Dance Company director and teacher Ohad Naharin. Used in some Israeli contemporary dance,[1] it has two educational tracks which are taught in Israel as well as several other countries:

    • Gaga/Dancers, intended for trained dancers, which comprises the daily training of the Batsheva Dance Company
    • Gaga/People, designed for the general public, which requires no dance training.[2]

    Many dancers have said that Gaga classes have reignited their passion for dance, and provided new ways to connect to their freedom and creativity in movement without self-consciousness.[1]

    Gaga students improvise their movements based on somatic experience and imagery described by the teacher, which provides a framework promoting unconventional movement.[3] The imagery guides the performers' movement expressivity by focusing attention on specific bod