‘KELIM’ CHOREOGRAPHY CENTER
The Kelim Choreography Center is an international center and a place for thought, experimentation, initiation and choreographic practice. Kelim is driven by the desire to develop the connections between artists, creations, audiences and communities with the notion that choreography is a practice that spans many fields and disciplines beyond dance.
The Kelim Choreography Center in one of the six Dance Centers acknowledged by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and is a unique institute in the Israeli dance field unique for its blend of professional dance and working with varied non-dancer communities, with emphasis on the local (Bat-Yam/urban) community; being a nursery for new creative powers in the contemporary dance field nurturing choreographic praxis. Kelim is junction that connects between different dance artists; between choreographic practice and contemporary academic dance theory; and between choreography, pedagogy, education and community.
Kelim believes that choreography as a praxis is a powerful tool for growth, embodiment and expression of different bodies with different abilities in all fields – artistic, educational (schools) and communal; We believe in actively engaging with its surroundings and sees artists as educators and as a leading force in designing and shaping of their communities. The center creates different frameworks in which choreographers work with local communities in a mindset of mutual empowerment: pupils, seniors, residents of Bat Yam, people with disabilities, and more.
The Kelim Choreography Center facilitates varied activities – the two-year choreography program, residencies, dance performances and festivals, workshops for choreographers, international cooperation, educational and community projects, dance research and theory, and more.
‘KELIM’ CHOREOGRAPHY CENTER
The Kelim Choreography Center is an international center and a place for thought, experimentation, initiation and choreographic practice. Kelim is driven by the desire to develop the connections between artists, creations, audiences and communities with the notion that choreography is a practice that spans many fields and disciplines beyond dance.
The Kelim Choreography Center in one of the six Dance Centers acknowledged by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and is a unique institute in the Israeli dance field unique for its blend of professional dance and working with varied non-dancer communities, with emphasis on the local (Bat-Yam/urban) community; being a nursery for new creative powers in the contemporary dance field nurturing choreographic praxis. Kelim is junction that connects between different dance artists; between choreographic practice and contemporary academic dance theory; and between choreography, pedagogy, education and community.
Kelim believes that choreography as a praxis is a powerful tool for growth, embodiment and expression of different bodies with different abilities in all fields – artistic, educational (schools) and communal; We believe in actively engaging with its surroundings and sees artists as educators and as a leading force in designing and shaping of their communities. The center creates different frameworks in which choreographers work with local communities in a mindset of mutual empowerment: pupils, seniors, residents of Bat Yam, people with disabilities, and more.
The Kelim Choreography Center facilitates varied activities – the two-year choreography program, residencies, dance performances and festivals, workshops for choreographers, international cooperation, educational and community projects, dance research and theory, and more.
‘KELIM’ CHOREOGRAPHY CENTER
The Kelim Choreography Center is an international center and a place for thought, experimentation, initiation and choreographic practice. Kelim is driven by the desire to develop the connections between artists, creations, audiences and communities with the notion that choreography is a practice that spans many fields and disciplines beyond dance.
The Kelim Choreography Center in one of the six Dance Centers acknowledged by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and is a unique institute in the Israeli dance field unique for its blend of professional dance and working with varied non-dancer communities, with emphasis on the local (Bat-Yam/urban) community; being a nursery for new creative powers in the contemporary dance field nurturing choreographic praxis. Kelim is junction that connects between different dance artists; between choreographic practice and contemporary academic dance theory; and between choreography, pedagogy, education and community.
Kelim believes that choreography as a praxis is a powerful tool for growth, embodiment and expression of different bodies with different abilities in all fields – artistic, educational (schools) and communal; We believe in actively engaging with its surroundings and sees artists as educators and as a leading force in designing and shaping of their communities. The center creates different frameworks in which choreographers work with local communities in a mindset of mutual empowerment: pupils, seniors, residents of Bat Yam, people with disabilities, and more.
The Kelim Choreography Center facilitates varied activities – the two-year choreography program, residencies, dance performances and festivals, workshops for choreographers, international cooperation, educational and community projects, dance research and theory, and more.
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