Liat Dror Nir Ben Gal Dance Company

Artistic Direction: Liat Dror et Nir Ben Gal

Creation: 1996

First, as a young couple of dancers and choreographers Liat Dror & Nir Ben Gal began their career in Tel Aviv: « Two Room Apartment » – the first work by Dror and Ben-Gal. That work opened doors in Israel and abroad for the dancing couple, who worked as a dyad until they started their own Dance Company. After the duo toured the world extensively, they felt it was time to make changes. Dror and Ben-Gal started a family. At the same time, they were facing Israel’s stressful, violent, and uncommunicative political reality, as well as the pressures that the world of dance imposed, physically collapsing under the efforts. It was time for change. They made an extraordinary move and relocated to Mitzpe Ramon, a small and simple township in the heart of theNegev Desert. There, they rented a deserted industrial hangar and slowly and gradually turned it into an enchanted palace of dance and harmony, surrounded by greenery. They named it Adama, that is – Earth or Land.

In this peaceful place, Dror and Ben-Gal started searching for the source of human movement when it is not driven by a judgmental mind, not pushed to the physical limit, but allows the body to form as a real and stable home. They addressed the connection between everyday life and dance qualities. Hangar Adama became home for numerous healing workshops, support groups, and of course – dance, with no contradiction between relaxation and expression, but rather a strong bond between the two.

Source: Lia Dror Nir Ben Gal Dance Company ‘s website

More information : adama.org