L-E-V Company

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L-E-V Company is an Israeli dance and spectacle ensemble created by dancer Sharon Eyal and designer of multimedia events Gai Behar. [1]

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L-E-V (which means "heart" in Hebrew) [2] mixes electronic music, techno, fashion and contemporary works into its productions. L-E-V has performed at venues in its native Israel (e.g. the Israel Festival in Jerusalem), [3] the United States (e.g. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival), [4] Europe, Canada and the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico. [5]

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology. In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means, and that produced using electronics only. Electromechanical instruments include mechanical elements, such as strings, hammers, and so on, and electric elements, such as magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar, which are typically made loud enough for performers and audiences to hear with an instrument amplifier and speaker cabinet. Pure electronic instruments do not have vibrating strings, hammers, or other sound-producing mechanisms. Devices such as the theremin, synthesizer, and computer can produce electronic sounds.

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Sharon Eyal, born in Jerusalem, danced with the Batsheva Dance Company from 1990 to 2008. She worked as a choreographer and associate artistic director from 2003-2004 and house choreographer from 2005-2012. [6] [7] With Batsheva, she worked for 23 years under Ohad Naharin, and adopted his “Gaga” technique as the base for L-E-V. [8] Since then she was created works for other companies along with L-E-V. [7] [1]

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Ohad Naharin dancer, choreographer

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Gai Behar was a party producer in Tel Aviv and a curator of multidisciplinary art events from 1995 to 2005. [7] Behar’s role in the company is to experiment with aspects of performance art, installation and video to combine with dance. [1]

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The pair met at an electronic music event organized by Behar in Tel Aviv, [5] with their first collaboration being the project Bertolina in 2005. [7] L-E-V was founded in 2013, premiering in collaboration with the Goteborgs Operans Danskompani in Gothenburg. [7] Later musician Ori Lichtik joined the company. Lichtik is a percussionist and DJ, creating rhythms for dance movements. He was one of the pioneers of techno in Israel, working this type of musical production since 1996. [7] The design of the shows include lighting by Avi Yona Bueno, and costumes by Ma’ayan Goldman and Odelia Arnold. [4]

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Critical acclaim

A review in the New York Times stated that L-E-V “has a defined style that takes most troupes years to develop… In the work’s best moments, this all suggests a Hieronymous Bosch painting of an extraterrestrial rave…. But though they range widely in size, they are too close to being clones. And though the choreography has multiple modes, the overriding aesthetic gives everything a numbing sameness.<ref name=bseibert/>

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Juan Carlso Castellanos (October 12, 2014). "Arte y tecnología se fundirán en el montaje 'House' en el FIC" . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Israeli Troupe Has Hearts Wide Open
  3. ↑ Shula Kopf (May 20, 2013). "Feisty festival". The Jerusalem Report. p. 40.
  4. 1 2 Lightsey Darst (October 13, 2013). "Israeli dance company L-E-V, Eyal and Behar bring the Gaga to the House" . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "House reúne música, moda y tecnología". El Universal. Mexico City. October 12, 2013. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Programa 42nd Festival Internacional Cervantino. Secretaría de Educación Pública, State of Guanajuato and CONACULTA. 2014. p. 105.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Artists". L-E-V Company. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Brian Seibert (July 26, 2013). "L-E-V Performs at Jacob's Pillow" . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
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