Anafaza: Ohad Naharin's iconic dance show at La Villette with the Batsheva Dance Company

Created in 1993 to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Batsheva Dance Company, Ohad Naharin's Anafaza returns to La Villette on July 11 and 19, 2025. Performed by dancers from both the main company andEnsemble Batsheva, this 1h30 show would combine physical intensity, live music and collective energy in a form that would have marked several generations of spectators.

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Thirty years after its creation, Anafaza would reappear in a changed world, riven by fragmentation, mistrust and violence. This new edition, recreated in 2023 in front of an audience of over 20,000, would retain the ardor of the original while taking on a contemporary resonance. Dance, as beautiful, sensory and extreme as ever, would become a gesture of resistance, a way of fighting against symbolic oppression and the mechanisms of power.

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Carried by live music fromAvi Belleli and Danni Makov, alongsideOhad Naharin, Anafaza would unfold as a space of tension and freedom. Between ecstasy and gravity, the choreography would be built by waves, contrasts and explosions, with that very special language that Naharin has developed: Gaga, based on listening to the body, freedom of movement and connection to sensations.

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The show would appeal not only to contemporary dance aficionados, but also to those wishing to discover an emblematic work on the international choreographic scene. With its striking physicality and symbolic scope, Anafaza would offer an intense, vibrant moment of dance, echoing the fractures of the contemporary world.

This article is based on information available about the show. It is not based on direct viewing.

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