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annual r e p o r t2013

b a t s h e v a d a n c e c o m p a n y

Dear friends,

In 2013, Batsheva continued its creative momentum. The pinnacle was Ohad Naharin's new creation, The Hole, in which he proved once again his innovative choreographic voice. This fascinating, unique creation won the audience’s heart and also received warm critical praise. In addition, within Batsheva's commitment to encourage and nurture emerging talent, the Ensemble presented Shula by young choreographer Danielle Agami, and this piece, too, won great success.Approximately 94,000 people attended the Company's performances during 2013. The Company toured extensively around the world and held 51 performances for 36,000 spectators abroad, strengthening the Company's international reputation. Once again the Company was an excellent ambassador for Israel.The Company pursued its social and educational activity in Israel. In its series of morning school shows, a tradition Batsheva has maintained for over a decade, the Ensemble performed for 10,000 students in cities across Israel.As a reflection of the Company's artistic excellence, an administrative excellence has also developed. The administrative team worked tirelessly to provide support and for the dancers to reach their best. A special effort was put developing tools and abilities for development of necessary resources for the Company's activity and development. All this, along with responsible and meticulous financial management, enabled the Company to complete 2013 in sound financial shape.During the past year, we renewed activities to realize the vision of establishing a new home for Batsheva that will suit its special needs and will hold the large audiences who wish to attend the Company's performances. In association with Stockholm’s Magasin 3 Museum of Contemporary Art along with renowned architect David Adjaye and the Tel Aviv municipality, the Company conducted an initial feasibility study for the creation of an arts center in the old central bus station in Neve Sha’anan, as the heart of a municipal initiative for urban renewal in the neighborhood. We will continue promoting the subject in 2014 with the anticipation that the municipality will be an actual partner and thus increase the chances of the center’s construction and prosperity. On the threshold of its jubilee year, with enormous artistic achievements behind it, Batsheva is entering a new, exciting era.

Sincerely,

Ittamar GivtonChairman of the Board of Directors

Dear friends,

In the continuous flow of processes and progress, the call to summarize the year offers an opportunity to pause and look back.

2013 was full of significant creative processes in the studio and warm dialogue with the audience both in Israel and abroad. It was a year of evolution and profundity, with many moments of beauty and quality.

The year's accomplishments belong to everyone – the dancers who shone in their work; the artistic team, the administration, and the technical crew who devoted themselves to creation with passion and inspired joy; the public council members and the board of directors who accompany us with involvement and love; the benefactors who believe in us and who enable us to excel; and the wide audience who supports us in our city and throughout Israel and the world.

In 2014, the Company is marking its fiftieth anniversary. This moment of annual review calls for a longer look back – and recognition – from where we stand today, of the glorious dynasty of dancers and choreographers who have made Batsheva over the generations.

To the future,

Ohad NaharinArtistic Director

Dina AldorCEO

Cover: The Hole by Ohad Naharin | Photo: Gadi Dagon Decadance | Photo: Maxim Waratt

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CrEATION / STuDIO / STAGE

In 2013, Batsheva produced two new works: The Hole by Ohad Naharin and Shula by young choreographer Danielle Agami, who was invited to create for the Batsheva Ensemble.

In addition, the Company staged works from its repertoire, mounted Uprising by Hofesh Shechter, and presented evenings of the dancers’ own creations.

CrEATION / STuDIO / STAGE

-- "What sticks out in this language of movement is the contrast between the movements in which the energy weakens, almost evaporating into some sort of inner spiritual gaze, and movements in which the energy that has concentrated inside generates sharp and rapid movements like the stroke of a guillotine… It is an intriguing performance with an unresolved ending, as if the Naharin virus entered to activate it and left it with a characteristic feeling of an unclosed circle..." (ruth Eshel, Ha'aretz)

-- "The fact that its unique location and space dictate interpretation, makes "The Hole" a piece that enables Naharin's creative characteristics to stand out, in addition to laying the foundations for a new movement language… a terrifyingly crazy, haunted, and beautiful world." (Tal Levin, Achbar Online, 10.4.2013)

--"Because it's a piece full of surprises and at times heart-touching, because you can't take your eyes off the Batsheva dancers, and also because the ending can be perceived as very optimistic." (Yael Efrati and Marat Parkhomovsky, “Ten Best Dance and Theater Performances of the Year,” TimeOut, 24.12.2013)

The Hole by Ohad Naharin and the Batsheva DancersWorld Premiere: April 2013, Varda Studio, Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv

In April 2013 Batsheva premiered The Hole by Ohad Naharin, a new piece created especially for the intimate Varda Studio at the company's home in the Suzanne Dellal Centre. The studio became a hole of happening within a unique architectural setting that enabled an up-close view of the dancers moving throughout the space.

The Hole won great audience response as well as critical acclaim.

The Hole | Photo: Gadi Dagon

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Shula by Danielle AgamiWorld Premiere: June 2013, Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv Danielle Agami, veteran Company dancer and current independent choreographer, was invited by Ohad Naharin to create an original piece for the female Batsheva Ensemble dancers. The creation process was significant, enriching, and inspiring for the dancers who devoted themselves to working with Agami and delivered a superb stage performance.

Uprising by Hofesh Shechter

Hofesh Shechter's 2006 work, established the choreographer’s name in the international dance arena. Shechter, a Batsheva alumnus, contributed this work to the Batsheva Ensemble whose seven male dancers provided a gorgeous interpretation and performance.

Sadeh21 by Ohad Naharin and Batsheva Dancers Batsheva Dance Company won the Performance Prize for a Large Company from the Minister of Culture and Sport (2013) for the performance of Sadeh21, Ohad Naharin's 2011 work. In the past two years, the Company has staged Sadeh21 in Tel Aviv and all over the world.

--"Inside the same movement gushing from within, are entwined passages that parody the oriental representation of the east as the dancers spread their arms aside, coiling like snakes. I find these dance fragments marvelous in their combination of cultures and statement, admirably executed by the Ensemble dancers."(ruth Eshel, Ha'aretz, 11.12.2013)

--"Once again Ohad Naharin has demonstrated that dance reflects thought… the work begins with a series of solos, which share the same rare emotional force… we can simply allow the work's deep sensuality to carry us… Without conforming his style and way of thinking in any way, Ohad Naharin’s oeuvre continues to provoke reflection and involvement and... to bewitch."(Sonia Schoonejans, Ballet Magazine 2000, France, June 2013)

--"It might be the precise dosage between dancers who've been following Naharin for a long time, and new dancers who injected their individuality into the existing condition, but have already managed to absorb the choreographer's language. They are strong, stretched to the limit, tuned like instruments in a legendary orchestra, remarkably precise, and it's beautiful as a dream." (Merav Yudilevitch, Ynet, 27.5.2011)

--"The bursting physicality in Shechter's men-dance is invigorated by the passion for purposeful action. The young, energetic Ensemble dancers cross the stage back and forth, running on all fours, gliding with bottoms virtually touching the floor, as the hands push the surface. roaming through vast imaginary spaces and territories…" (ruth Eshel, Ha'aretz, 11.12.2013)

CrEATION / STuDIO / STAGE CrEATION / STuDIO / STAGE

Shula | Photo: Gadi Dagon

Sadeh21| Photo: Gadi Dagon

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CrEATION / STuDIO / STAGE

Dancers Create

This year, celebrating a decade, the Company produced its traditional Dancers Create evenings, which included 23 short new works.

Supported by the Michael Sela Fund for Cultivation of Young Artists at Batsheva, this project provides the dancers a framework for creation and production, and gives the audience an opportunity to become acquainted with the Company dancers' creative, vigorous, and varied talents.

In intimate studio performances, the Company staged the work of Company dancer Bobbi Smith, Arrowed (created for the 2012 dancers' workshops), which was composed of a series of interviews written, choreographed, and directed by Smith.

--"… the marvelous honesty with which both dancers-actors-creators deliver the questions, the answers, and the minute yet fantastically precise movement, create a small and magical performance, above all, intimate and moving."(Dana Shalev, Erev-rav, 27.12.2013)

rEPErTOrY / PErFOrMANCES

Performances

The Hole (2013) > Tel Aviv, Varda Studio (61).

Shula/Uprising (2013) >Tel Aviv (15), Ashdod (1), Herzliya (3)

Sadeh21 (2011) >Tel Aviv (7), Paris (3), Dresden (2), Moscow (3), Marseille (1), Vienna (12), Minsk (1), Sandvika (2), Sandnes (1), Draguignan (1), Châteauvallon (2), Aix-en-Provence (3), Montpellier (2)

Tabula Rasa/Lost Cause (2012) > Tel Aviv (10), Haifa (1), Ashdod (1), Mizra (1), Netanya (1), Modi'in (1)

Decadance (1990-2013) > Tel Aviv (5), Herzliya (3), Hof HaCarmel (1), rehovot (1), Ganei Tikva (1), Nantes (2), Paris (2), Moscow (3), Voronezh (2), Saint Petersburg (2), Yekaterinburg (2), Novosibirsk (1), Marseille (1), Istres (1)

Decadance for school students > Netanya (1), Megiddo (2)

Kamuyot (2003) > Paris (6), Tel Aviv (6), rishon Lezion (4), Netanya (2), Be'er Sheva (2), Hof HaCarmel (2), Arad (2), ramla Lod (2), ramla (4), Kfar Yona (2), Yavne (2), Nahariya (2), Modi'in (2), ramat Hasharon (2)

Decal'e (2012) > Tel Aviv (14), Herzliya (1)

Dancers’ Workshops (2013) > Tel Aviv (11)

Session (2012) > Tel Aviv (5), Netivot (2)

Repertory

The Hole, Sadeh21, Tabula Rasa, Decadance, Kamuyot, Decal'e, Session > by Ohad Naharin.Shula > by Danielle AgamiUprising > by Hofesh ShechterLost Cause > by Sharon Eyal

Dancers' Workshops

Works by Batsheva Company Dancers > Shachar Binyamini, Omri Drumlevich, Bret W. Easterling, Iyar Elezra, Chen-Wei Lee, Eri Nakamura, Shamel Pitts, Oscar ramos, Ian robinson, Maayan Sheinfeld, Bobbi Jene Smith, Adi Zlatin, Zina (Natalya) Zinchenko Works by Batsheva Ensemble Dancers > Mario Bermudez Gil, Noam Eidelman-Shatil, Tamir Eting, Mariko Kakizaki, Shaked Leibzirer, Keren Lurie-Pardes, Shani Licht, Or Schraiber, Shane Elliot Scopatz, Oz Shoshan, Maya Tamir, Eduard TurullPlaza from Dinner | Photo: Gadi Dagon

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DANCErS DANCErS

--"Ohad (Naharin) attracts the best dancers in the world… I've never seen such a combination of beauty, energy and technique." (Mikhail Baryshnikov, from an interview in Ha'aretz, November 2011)

--"For me the Batsheva Company is a real national treasure, and I hope Israelis understand the power it has around the world." (Benjamin Millepied, incoming director of the Paris Opera Ballet, in an interview with Dani Spector, Yediot Aharonot, 29.1.2014)

--"I was blown away by the energy and magnetism of the dancers. The relationship duet piece took my breath away. Actually, they all did. Then the houselights were brought up and the dancers came out into the audience... The next thing you know I was dancing on stage with the Batsheva company. From a lonely walk, sad at leaving my lovely daughter tomorrow, to madly dancing onstage. It was so much fun and unexpected!!!"(From a thank you letter to the Company, Lola Broomberg, uSA, 31.12.2013)

--"… the Company's dancers demonstrate a spectacular technical ability, strong stage presence, and intense expression; their 'groove' and unique personalities create great interest. They illustrate Ohad Naharin's choreography with clarity, perfection, passion, love, and commitment. They comprehend the work's dynamics and its transitions – from the most minimalist whisper-like movements, to the body's eruption in space which gives a sensation of a motional celebration. The dancers demonstrate an ability to move from one state to the other, to move swiftly and with astonishing accuracy – and on the other hand control the adagio movements with grace, sensitivity and confidence. They create a feeling of tension and curiosity even in the most abstract and slowest parts, and watching them is sheer pleasure…" (rena Gluck – Chairman of the Prize Committee, Galia Gat, and Nira Triffon, 2012-13 Israeli Dance Awards Ceremony).

--"… The dancers soar, contract, roll, flick, shake, all with split-second timing in ways rarely seen before. All 18 are phenomenal. They risk everything and hold back nothing. Their bodies are sublimely fluid, with magnificent upper body reach. But it is their absolute unflagging energy that takes one's breath away…" (Dominion Post, New Zealand, 22.2.14)

Batsheva Dance Company attracts excellent dancers from Israel and the world – as many as two hundred local and international dancers auditioned in 2013. 36 dancers worked in the studio throughout the year, accompanied by the artistic staff, to carry out the intensive work schedule.

upon awarding the prize for Best Performance of a Company for Sadeh21, the jury remarked:

From left to right: Stephanie Amurao, William Barry, Shachar Binyamini, Matan David, Omri Drumlevich, Bret W. Easterling, Iyar Elezra, Chen-Wei Lee, Eri Nakamura, Ori Moshe Ofri, Shamel Pitts, Oscar ramos, Nitzan ressler, Ian robinson, Maayan Sheinfeld, Bobbi Jene Smith, Adi Zlatin, Zina (Natalya) Zinchenko

From left to right: Mario Bermudez Gil, Noam Eidelman-Shatil, Tamir Eting, Mariko Kakizaki, Keren Lurie-Pardes, rani Lebzelter, Shani Licht, Ayelet Nadav, Or Schraiber, Shane Elliot Scopatz, Gil Shachar, Oz Shoshan, Maya Tamir, Eduard Turull. Apprentices: Ori Kroll, Shaked Leibzirer, ron Matalon, Nitzan Moshe

2012-2013 season Batsheva dancers >> 2012-2013 season Batsheva Ensemble dancers >>

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COMMuNITY AND EDuCATION SHArING AND TrANSFErrING KNOWLEDGE

School Shows Project

For over a decade, Batsheva has held its school shows project, reaching communities all over Israel. In 2013 Batsheva held approximately 30 morning performances for as many as 10,000 school students. These performances are organized in cooperation with Sal Tarbut, an art education program operating as part of formal education in schools and funded by the Ministry of Education.

Partners in the 2013 school performances project: "Shay Le'Israel", "Poalim Bekehila"

Benefits and Donations

In 2013, Batsheva held two benefit performances for the Hotline for refugees and Migrants and for the Israeli rett Syndrome Foundation.In addition, Batsheva donates 1% of all proceeds to various non-profit organizations every year.

Courses for Young Dance Students

In 2013, nearly 200 young dance students participated in courses that Batsheva holds annually, during which young dancers and dance students from all over Israel get a chance to become closely acquainted with the Batsheva Dance Company’s work processes. The goal of these courses is to refine the students' toolbox and to develop a high level of professional abilities.

The courses for young dance students are managed by Batsheva Ensemble rehearsal Director Hillel Kogan, who is also a dancer and independent choreographer in his own right.

The annual Batsheva Excellence Course includes weekly group sessions throughout the season (about 22 meetings), focusing on the profound personal process of each dancer. The meetings include Gaga classes, learning a wide range of excerpts from the Company's repertoire, and watching performances by both Companies. The yearly repertoire Course enables young dancers to learn and experience the Company's repertoire.

In 2013, 130 applicants applied for the Excellence Course, and the 55 selected dancers came from high school dance programs and other institutions.

Summer Courses for Young Dance Students

The Batsheva summer courses enable outstanding dance students from all over Israel to become professionally acquainted with Batsheva’s work processes during an intense work week with other students of the same age. The courses are led by current and former Batsheva dancers and are intended for young dancers in two age groups: ages 14-15 and ages 16-19.100 young dancers participated in the 2013 Batsheva summer courses.

"Batsheva Day"

During 2013 the Company held 14 "Batsheva Days" for dance studios and dance programs across Israel. “Batsheva Day” is an educational and experiential day in the Company's studio for young students and their teachers.

Kamuyot | Photo: Gadi Dagon Sade21 | Photo: Gadi Dagon

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Spectators In Tel Aviv >

30,500Spectators Across Israel >

27,000Spectators Abroad >

36,500

Total Spectators in 2013 >

94,000

Decadance | Photo: Maxim Waratt

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THE INTErNATIONAL SCENE DIGITAL MEDIA

The Company's activity in the international scene in 2013 was rich and diverse. In 2013 the Company toured France, Germany, russia, Austria, Belarus, Italy, Norway, and Africa. Throughout the tours, Batsheva held Gaga workshops for professional dancers and developed its professional connections with dance academies, studios, and various teaching institutions.

The Company's tour to Paris was a cooperation of two national establishments that took upon themselves to bring the Company for an intense week of activity. The Théâtre National de Chaillot hosted the Company for a week of performances to an audience of over 5,000 people, while the Centre National de la Danse hosted the Ensemble for performances of Kamuyot for school children and for intensive workshops for the local dance community.

The comprehensive russian tour, sponsored by the renowned Chekhov Festival, included many cities and took place before vast audiences. Approximately 12,000 people received the Company with exceptional warmth and affection.

Performances >

51 Tours >

9 Spectators >

36,500

Batsheva holds an online members club which numbers 15,000 active members, as well as an active Facebook page with more than 20,000 friends from all over the world. The Batsheva YouTube channel has more than 1,165,000 views.

In 2013 Batsheva continued fostering its home in the Suzanne Dellal Centre and invested resources in maintaining the studios and other spaces that are used for the Companies' daily work.

In addition, a designated, substantial donation enabled the Company to invest in improving its technical equipment, and this contribution especially aided in purchasing up-to-date lighting equipment. The equipment acquired benefited the Company in The Hole and will be used in future productions

IMPrOVEMENTSBatsheva’s International Tours in 2013:

> Nantes, France, April 2013 / Decadance > Paris, France, April 2013 / Batsheva Dance Company with Sadeh21 and Batsheva Ensemble with Kamuyot> Dresden, Germany, May 2013 / Sadeh21 > russia, Chekhov Festival (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk), May- June 2013 / Decadance > Marseille Festival, France, July 2013 / Sadeh21 and Decadance > Vienna, Austria, October 2013 / Sadeh21 > Minsk, Belarus, April 2013 / Sadeh21 > Italy (Ferrara, Vicenza, Brescia), October 2013 / Batsheva Ensemble with Decadance > Norway (Oslo, Sandnes), November 2013 / Sadeh21 > La réunion Dance Festival, Africa, November 2013 / Batsheva Ensemble with Decadance > France (Draguignan, Châteauvallon, Istra, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier), December 2013 / Sadeh21

Decadance | Photo: Maxim Waratt

Mamootot | Photo: Gadi Dagon

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rESOurCE DEVELOPMENT rESOurCE DEVELOPMENT

The resource development department underwent modification and improvement in order to further establish and increase the network of Company friends and supporters both locally and internationally, especially in light of the 2014 jubilee year. The development crew has been expanded, and it now includes Lisa Preiss Fried, Director of International Development; Keren reches, Director of Development in Israel; and Guy Bernard reichmann, Director of Patron relations.

Since 2013 the development department has been working on the Company's jubilee plan which will include a central event at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, a major tour in the uSA that will culminate in a festive gala at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York, and an extensive tour in Paris in December 2014 that will be the center of the jubilee celebrations in Europe

Friends of Batsheva

Batsheva has many friends in Israel and abroad who contribute to the Company in spirit and in substance and guarantee the Company's outstanding activity. The Friends of Batsheva are active contributors and an inseparable part of the Batsheva family. They closely follow the troupe’s creative processes, partake in different activities, and meet at exclusive events held by the Company.

Over 220 families support the Company's ongoing activity as well as a variety of projects: new creations, the dancers' well-being, cultural enrichment in the periphery, the encouragement of coexistence, the education and cultivation of young dancers, and more.

In 2013 Batsheva held a diverse series of exclusive events for both the longstanding and new circles of Friends. The Young Friends Circle, founded in 2012 by Daphi Levy Weiss, Sharon Podjrosky, and Sigal Mordechai multiplied its members significantly and added a new generation of committed supporters who believe in the Company’s activities.

A special effort was made to develop and nurture the American Friends of Batsheva in advance of the great jubilee tour, which will be held in the autumn of 2014.

Mari Foundation

The Mari Foundation, which was established in 2012 and named after Mari Kajiwara, has gained additional substantial donations in 2013 that enabled the Company to produce The Hole, acquire advanced equipment, and improve the dancers' conditions.

Home Alone | Photo: Zohar ralt Photo: Gadi Dagon

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BATSHEVA'S ArCHIVE PrOJECT BATSHEVA'S ArCHIVE PrOJECT

Initiated in August 2012, the Batsheva Archive Project is dedicated to researching and mapping the Company's historical materials since its foundation in 1964, and to assembling and consolidating them into a comprehensive collection that is accessible and user-friendly for both the general public and researchers. 2013 was dedicated to exhaustive research and mapping. The Company's repertoire list was composed, including a listing of 360 dances made for Batsheva along with credits for all creators and accompanying photographs. In addition, a list of all the people who were associated with the Company throughout the years was created.

Exciting materials were deposited in the archive: graphic designer Dan reisinger gave the first poster he designed for the Company in 1964; Emanuel Kipnis deposited the prints he made for the Friends Association in the 1980s; and Noam Sheriff, Tzvi Avni, and other composers deposited scores written for the Company, some of them handwritten. We received photograph collections by Yoram rubin, Shosh Kormush, Dudu Bengad, and Danny Binstead as well as permission to use photos by Yakov Agor and Mula Eshet's collection. We received masters of Company sound files from the troupe’s first 12 years from the first Company soundman, Akiva Melamed. The caricatures and drawings by Ze'ev (the pen name of Yaakov Farkash) – made over two decades of watching Company performances – were traced at the Israeli Cartoon Museum's archive and were added to the Company's archive as well.

We scanned documents regarding the first international tours from the National Archive as well as a variety of debates in the Knesset Archive. In collaboration with the National Library of Israel and the Beit Ariela Dance Archive, we scanned all of the Company’s posters and programs from all 50 years, deposited by Company people who came with bags, envelopes, and boxes containing additional assorted resources: newspaper clippings, personal letters, sketch books, and many photographs of dances on stage and backstage.

We sorted, identified, and converted dance and rehearsal footage from the Israeli Archive at the Jerusalem Cinematheque, Herzliya Studios, and private individuals.

In total, thus far we have scanned 4,000 documents, 12,000 photographs and negatives, and 120 films in different formats that underwent restoration and digitization. The archive materials are deposited at the Israeli Dance Library at Beit Ariela, our partner for the Project that took upon itself the continuation of the management of the archive as a separate collection in the dance archive.

The Archive project is conducted with the support of Mifal HaPayis Council for Arts and Culture and the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality.

Project Management: Iris Lana research Assistant: Hagar CyglerSteering Committee: Nava Dissentchik - Chairperson, Sergio Edelstein, roni Somek, Dani KaravanAcademic Consultant: Professor Mark Franko, Temple university, uSA

Sin Lieth at the Door / Moshe Efrati (1969) | Photo: Yakov AgorSet: Dani Karavan / Original Cast: Moshe Efrati, Ehud Ben David, rina Schenfeld

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Prof. Michael Sela, Honorary Chairman

Michael Kenny, Chairman

Adi Amorai

Avner Barel

ravit Barniv

Tamar Barnoy-Goitlin

Yoram Blizovsky

Orly Dankner

Ilan de Vries

Nava Dissentchik

Moshe Dovrat

Sergio Edelstein

Mira Eidels

Benny Gal-Ed

Ittamar Givton

Gidi Goldfinger

Zach Granit

Michal Helfman

Moshe Hendeles

Dvori Hoffman-Lubitch

Dalia Horovitz

Adv. Ziv Ironi

Dani Karavan

Nehama Karpol Burak

Etty Kenny

ron Klajman

Bruno Landesberg

Daphi Levy Weiss

Ohad Marani

Ofra Meitar

Sigal Mordechai

Yael Moria

Gili Navot

Yossi Nitzani

Dr. Gila Ofer

Adv. Ofer Orenstein

Dr. Tsiyona Peled

Sharon Podrojski

Zvi Poleg

Gili raanan

Norbert rubinstein

Yuval Saar

Shifra Shalit

Sara Sela

rachael Shain-Argaman

Dr. Hadassa Shani

Shaul Shelach

Zeev Sokolowski

ronny Somek

Serge Tiroche

Yair Vardi

Sandra Weil

Observer: Keren Carmel

Audit Committee

Norbert rubinstein, Chairman

Adi Amorai

Yoram Blizovsky

Bruno Landesberg

Zvi Poleg

Board of Directors

Ittamar Givton, Chairman

ravit Barniv

Tamar Barnoy-Goitlin

Orly Dankner

Gidi Goldfinger

Adv. Ziv Ironi

Michael Kenny

ron Klajman

Ohad Marani

Yossi Nitzani

Shaul Shelach

Zeev Sokolowski

Sandra Weil

Legal advisor: Goldfarb Seligman & Co.

Auditors: Brightman Almagor Zohar and Co.

Public Council (updated as of the date of this report)

WHO WE ArE WHO WE ArE

Sade21 | Photo: Gadi Dagon

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WHO WE ArE WHO WE ArE

List of Supporters - 2013

Public Support

Ministry of Culture and Sport

Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division for

Cultural and Scientific Affairs

Batsheva’s Home at the Suzanne Dellal

Centre

Dellal Family

Sokolovsky Family

Kenny Family and Eastronics - Studio Varda

in memory of Varda Kenny

Long Term Supporter and Partner:

Robert Weil, Sweden

The Sammy Ofer Batsheva Fund

The Michael Sela Fund for Cultivation

of Young Artists at Batsheva

Sara and Prof. Michael Sela (*)

rich Foundation

Additional donors from Israel and the u.S.

Dancers’ Salaries and Physical Care

robert Weil and Proventus, Sweden (*)

Bank HaPoalim – Poalim in the Community

Anonymous, uSA

Neta Segal

Dr. Lilly and Avner Naveh

Aaron Gutwirth Foundation

New Works Fund

4 Anonymous donors via Mari Foundation

Nehama and Jacob Burak

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Orly and Nochi Dankner

Dalia Horwitz

Shmulik Zysman

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries LTD

Stage and Rehearsal Equipment

Procurement

Anonymous donor via Mari Foundation

robin Preiss-Glasser

Community Outreach and

Education

"Shay le'Israel" - The Jewish Federations

of North America

Isrotel Hotels Management LTD

Over 220 members of the

Batsheva Friends’ Circles, who

support the Company and its wide

variety of projects

In Kind Donation

Goldfarb, Seligman & Co – Law Offices

Sa'ar Plinner, Adv.

Dr. Avraham Bain

Dr. Daphna Paran and Dr. Chaim Paran

Atera Networks

Tzora Vineyards

Leumi Bank – Private Banking –

Young Friends Circle Sponsorship

"know Hope" Friends Circles' print

funding by – Ora and Eytan Stibbe

American Friends of Batsheva

Long-term Support

Jody and John Arnhold

Judy and Nick Bunzl (*)

The Goldfarb Foundation

The Harkness Foundation

Nathan Hevrony (**)

The Susan Isabel Foundation

robin Preiss-Glasser

Nurit Kahane (*)

Dina recanati

Ellen and Jerome Stern

Liora and Menachem Sternberg (*)

(* ) Board Member

(**) Chairman of the Board

(*) Long-term commitmentDecadance | Photo: Maxim Waratt

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Artistic Director: Ohad NaharinExecutive Director: Dina AldorCo-Artistic Director: Adi Salant

Batsheva Dance CompanyCompany & Stage Manager: Yaniv NagarSenior Rehearsal Director: Luc Jacobs

Batsheva EnsembleEnsemble Director: Matan DavidEnsemble Rehearsal Director: Hillel KoganStage Manager: Gavriel Spitzer

AdministrationPA to the Executive Director: Adva Lazar Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer: Shira Sadeh / Dana ShildDeputy Director, Content and Communications: Noa ron

Production Manager: Hila razonMarketing Director: roni DoriSales Manager: reut Assulin

Site Editing: Guy Bernard reichmann, Ayelet Amir, Ali AdiBox Office: Ayelet Amir, Shalom Meoded, Yarden Kum

International Tours Director: Iris BovshoverProducer, International Tours: Naomi Friend

Director of Development, Israel: Keren reches Director of International Development: Lisa Preiss FriedDirector of Patron Relations: Guy Bernard reichmann

Assistant to CFO: Avital SarverAccounting: Alona OrlyanskyCompany Secretary: Ofra Sellem

Archive Project Archive Project Manager: Iris Lana Archive Research Assistant: Hagar Cygler

Technical DepartmentChief Technical Director: roni Cohen Batsheva Sound: Dudi BellBatsheva Lighting: Gadi GlikEnsemble Technical Director: Motti KatsavEnsemble Lighting: Itzik AssulinEnsemble Sound: Yigal FeldmanHead of Sewing Workshop: Haya GeimanWardrobe Manager: Shoshi Or-LaviSeamstress: Olga ZvetkovLocation Manager: Moti AmarHead of Physiotherapy: Dudi Kishban

Public Relations: Eila EitanHouse Photographer: Gadi DagonGraphic Design: Hadar Portnoy-Nerubay

WHO WE ArE

Management & Staff (updated as of the date of this report)

JUBILEE CELEBRATION IN ISRAEL

Saturday, June 21 2014The Tel-Aviv Performing Arts Center

(Opera House)

USA JUBILEE TOUROctober-November 2014

Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C.

Jubilee Celebration FranceDecember 2014

Théâtre National De Chaillot, Paris

Batsheva Dance CompanyT e l . + 9 7 2 - 3 - 5 1 7 1 4 7 1Yechiely 6, Suzanne Dellal CentreTel-Aviv- Ja f fa 6 5 14947WWW.BATSHEVA .CO. IL