Batsheva Dance Company

It has been three years that i wasn't back in Paris for the holidays.
The last two years i spent Christmas on my bed, doing nothing, taking care of me, because i never liked celebrating those holidays.
My mom doesn't celebrate either in a religious way but in a table way: those days, she spends more time to eat all the things she want.
That's only a state of mind.

Usually, we like to go and watch a show.
We like the Palais de Chaillot where you have an amazing view on my beloved Eiffel Tower.
That theater offers good shows.

And yesterday, that was a good one.
We both like dance and Jews.
Thus, the Batsheva Dance Company was for us.

I only watched a trailer, and read nothing about them.
Before the show, i read the program and one thing caught my attention: Hasidism.
The show starts with all the dancers (men and women) wearing Lubavitch clothes and dancing frenetically until they start to undress. But one of them don't do it.
If you are familiar with the Hasidic culture, you understand that those Lubavitch are praying. I didn't catch all the gesture of their davening, but you understand the purpose.
The music is amazing, and some of you will recognize the Echad Mi Yohea, in a rock version.

Then, later, they are back. They go in the audience to drop some of it off on the stage and dance with them.
Yesterday, they only chose women with colored and flowers printed clothes. The youngest one was in her thirties, the other ones were in their 50s.
There were about 15 women on the stage.
My mom didn't understand the symbolic: Lubavitch men are not allowed to dance with women in public places. On the stage, they danced very tight, and they hugged.

These are some links with different interpretations of the opening scene, and one link with the entire show, a little different from what i have seen, but totally delightful!

They were in October at the BAM, Brooklyn.

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktlzJ9IDjwE&index=69&list=PL8XqDc3nQIenVC52gl2jU2Hs0JFTQBorV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7NTo4yiSIo&list=PL8XqDc3nQIenVC52gl2jU2Hs0JFTQBorV&index=70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIeYHU7pEYc