By Jenn Edwards The pandemic has transformed how dancers take class. While the lockdown is temporary, now that virtual class infrastructures are in place many organizations and teachers will continue to have online offerings into the fall, even in locations that are cautiously re-opening. A screen can never replace the experience of a three-dimensional teacher
By Gdalit Neuman When Ohad Naharin, artistic director and principal choreographer of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, instructs his dancers to “groove” during their morning Gaga class, he wants them to tune into their body’s distinct rhythm and follow the flow. Naharin invented Gaga as a means of training his dancers to become “available” to movement