Bat-Dor Dance Company
Bat-Dor was an Israeli dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, co-founded by Baroness Bethsabée de Rothschild (Batsheva) and dancer Jeannette Ordman.{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jack |date=13 February 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/arts/dance/13ordman.html?_r=1 |title=Jeannette Ordman, Director of Israeli Dance Company, is Dead |work=The New York Times |accessdate=6 October 2011}}
Company
Bat Dor made its debut in 1968 with Ordman as its leading dancer. [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3t1nf3b8/ Guide to the Israel Gabriel Papers MS.P.052, personal papers documenting the career and academic work of choreographer, dancer, and University of California, Irvine dance instructor, Israel "El" Gabriel].
The company had a large repertoire of modern works. Among the international choreographers who worked with Bat Dor are Antony Tudor, Rudy van Dantzig, Lar Lubovitch, Alvin Ailey, Mauricio Wainrot, Judith Jamison, Luciano Mattia Cannito, Hans van Manen, Martha Graham, Jiri Killian and Israelis Domy Reiter-Soffer, Igal Perry and Ido Tadmor.
The company existed until July 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.lovetodance.co.il/ArticlePage.aspx?AID=119 |title=Bat Dor |trans-title=להקת בת דור |language=Hebrew |publisher=Love to Dance |accessdate=6 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135559/http://www.lovetodance.co.il/ArticlePage.aspx?AID=119 |archivedate=21 July 2011 }} It closed after Bethsabée de Rothschild's death (1999), which left the dance company without funding.{{Cite web |title=Bat Dor Dance Company: A Legacy of Artistic Excellence |url=https://moreshet.com/en/bat-dor-dance-company-a-legacy-of-artistic-excellence |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=מורשת גדולי האומה |language=en}}
See also
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External links
- [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2000/7/Israeli%20Dance%201995-1998 Israeli Ministry Of Foreign Affairs].
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Category:Dance companies in Israel