FURO - a dance installation 
The Jewish Theatre 2006 and Tel Aviv 2008

In a production with The Jewish Theatre Ohad Naharin, choreographer and artistic leader of Batsheva Dance Company has collaborated with the Japanese artist Tabaimo using and reconstructing parts of ”Japanese Bathhouse”, the animated artwork of Tabaimo.

 

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Reviews:

Bafflingly original

The choreographer Ohad Naharin and the artist Tabaimo’s fruitful collaboration produces a beguilingly beautiful world premiere.

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Innovative voyage worth repeating

Sometimes it feels like you’ve seen “everything”; art is like plagiary loops. And then the Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin & Co come to town, and your eyes are cleansed.

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