Ohad naharin biography of williams

Post a Comment. Tuesday, February 21, Bio. Ohad Naharin. Ohad Naharin is a Contemporary Choreographer who has been making a name for himself in the dance world since he first began dancing in He was born on Kibbutz Mizra in His father was a doctor in psychology and a retired actor; his mother a dance teacher. Both supported him as he worked in his creative mind and body: writing, music, painting, gymnastics, folk dancing, and more.

I started to choreograph because I just wanted to dance more.

Ohad Naharin was the mentor of Londiwe Khoza in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

He began training with the Batsheva Dance Company in after military service in the Israeli army. He married Mari, a former Alvin Ailey dancer in who later died in at age 50 of cancer. In Naharin returned to his roots at the Batsheva Dance Company where he became Artistic Director not for the years , only House Choreographer. He has choreographed over 20 works for the company exploring his Gaga technique, refining it as he continues to learn and discover.

He began to develop this technique after a severe back injury left him with permanent nerve and spine damage. Naharin was forced to develop a form of movement which was more efficient and used different muscles. The word Gaga itself means hit in Hebrew and despite its name the technique teaches a dancer how to unblock the body.