Interview with Ohad Naharin in Haaretz
In December 2023, Ohad Naharin was interviewed for Haaretz newspaper by Gili Izikovich.
In December 2023, Ohad Naharin was interviewed for Haaretz newspaper by Gili Izikovich.
We asked several Gaga teachers, “How does Gaga influence and impact your life?”
Yaara’s luminous smile, incandescent presence, deliciously playful imagery, and deep passion for dance and for life swept Gaga users away.
Gaga is a babyish word, an infant’s first nonsensical babbling, beckoning us to remain in alert and curious attentiveness to the world, in constant awareness to our sensations, simultaneously holding and releasing.
We asked several dedicated Gaga users, “What do you enjoy most about taking Gaga class?”
Nearly 2 years after COVID-19 moved classes to a live-streaming format, Ohad Naharin – Gaga’s developer – reflects on the impact of Gaga Online.
Meet Gaga’s artistic director, Saar Harari, and learn about his connection to Gaga’s ever-evolving movement language.
I’ve not gotten lighter, and the earth’s gravity has not changed, yet somehow, my body has figured out a better way to get up.
I don’t know why I think touching the floor is shameful. Even Mikhail Baryshnikov has to touch the floor, albeit after eleven pirouettes.
I feel something release down the entire right side of my body. Energy starts to flow. I wonder if the teacher sees the expression on my face.
How can these two completely different sensations occur in the same body?
These classes are dialing up the sensitivity of my body’s antenna, extending it far into the space-time continuum.
Nothing about the teacher today screams “dancer.” Medium build. Well-kept beard. But when he starts moving, I’m mesmerized.
The word choice is interesting, “flesh,” not “muscle”. Muscling movement not good? It’s how I’ve moved my entire life.
For the first time, I feel my left arm move in relation to my right, and vice versa. I am floating!