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Dance Spreads Its Wings
Israeli Concert Dance 1920–2010
By: Ruth Eshel
Translated by Helen Kaye-Eleazari
544 Pages
- Hardcover
- ISBN: 9783110749618
- Published By: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published: November 2021
$99.99
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Ruth Eshel’s contributions to the development of theatrical dance in Israel span two levels: practice and research. Eshel’s career as an independent dancer and choreographer flourished in the late 1970s and 1980s, as she broke away from the institutionalized dance that flourished in the early days of Israel. Her academic studies led her to write articles and two books Dancing with the Dream: The Development of Artistic Dance in Israel 1920-1964 (1991, Sifriyat Poalim and Dance Library of Israel) and Dance Spreads its Wings: Israeli Concert Dance 1920-2000 (2016, Dance Diaries). She also conducted ethnographic research on Ethiopian Jews in Israel, leading her to form and direct two dance companies: Eskesta Dance Theater (1995-2005) and Beta Dance Troupe (2005-2008), for which she also choreographed.