TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
PRESENTS

ISRAEL’S
BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY
OHAD NAHARIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012, 8:00 P.M.
AT BASS CONCERT HALL

PLEASE NOTE THE DATE OF THIS PERFORMANCE HAS CHANGED

This performance is sponsored by the Schusterman Center for JewishStudies
and the Viola S. Hoffman and George W. Hoffman Lectureship in Liberal Arts and Fine Arts.

Presented in partnership with the Department of Theater and Dance
and the Jewish Community Center of Austin

CAMPUS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS LISTED BELOW

“Mr. Naharin accomplishes a great feat — this is as max as it gets”
– The New York Times

Texas Performing Arts welcomes Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company to Bass Concert Hall, Tuesday, March 20. Batsheva, known for their revolutionary movement language Gaga, will perform their work Max, which features unique combinations of classical, modern, and contemporary dance forms.

Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild, from whom the company gets their name, originally founded Batsheva Dance Company in 1964. The group is continually regarded as one of the most inspirational and in-demand dance companies internationally, earning praise for their fearless, full-bodied performances. In combination with their junior Batsheva Ensemble, the two companies present over 250 performances internationally every year.

In order to captivate such juxtaposed emotions, Batsheva dancers train daily in Gaga, an artistic dance form developed by Artistic Director Ohad Naharin. Their extensive training in Gaga encourages the dancers to continually push artistic boundaries, creating new movement possibilities and awakening dynamic sensitivity.

Max, an original work by Naharin, is hailed as a journey into the human spirit. Through dance and intimate movement, Max embodies a primal expression of pain and happiness, the solitude of the individual, the essence of the couple, the essence of a team, and of society as a whole.

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS

Classes in Gaga Dance Technique
· Monday, March 19, 6:30-8:00pm
· Gym at Jewish Community Center, 7300 Hart Lane

Pre-Performance Lecture
· Tuesday, March 20, 7pm
· Bass Concert Hall Lobby

For more information on Batsheva Dance Company, please visit texasperformingarts.org/season/batsheva.

CALENDAR LISTING
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 8:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents Batsheva Dance Company at Bass Concert Hall (2300 Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($26-$36 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew
512.471.0632; gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org