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After more than 500 days of war, these dancers have been literally and figuratively climbing the walls

JL;DR SUMMARY Batsheva Dance Company's latest performance, MOMO, choreographed by the esteemed Ohad Naharin, presents a complex narrative told through two seemingly distinct ensembles on stage. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli Palestinian ConflictProtestsChoreographyExpressionismArt And PoliticsBatsheva Dance CompanyOhad NaharinMomoModern Dance

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"MOMO premiered in Tel Aviv in December 2022, though, nearly a year before Oct. 7."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"The anxiety in the air felt more reminiscent of stepping onto a bus in Tel Aviv in 2003 than walking into a theater in Brooklyn on a typical day in 2025."
New York City, New York, United States
"Stav Ziv is a journalist based in New York City whose work has also appeared in Dance Magazine, The Atlantic, and Newsday."

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