Dance Alumni Spend Time in Israel

Ohio State dance alumni (from left) Leigh Lotocki (BFA 2011), Fiona Lundie (MFA 2012), Deborah Friedes (MFA 2006), James Graham (MFA 2010), Maree Remalia (MFA 2011), Meredith Hurst (BFA 2011), and  Ale Jara De Marco (MFA 2011) traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel, over the summer to study "gaga" -- a movement language developed by Ohad Naharin, artistic director of Batsheva Dance Company. Gaga is an improvisational dance practice that raises awareness of one's physicality and encourages new possibilities for movement. Through a guided experience, dancers engage with nuanced and extreme modes of movement in the body, increasing strength and "lightening" the senses and imagination.