MOMO
Batsheva Dance Company returns to the US with a new work
The critically acclaimed Batsheva Dance Company presents a shared passion of deep sorrow and beauty in their newest evening-length work from master choreographer Ohad Naharin: MOMO. In the company’s words, “MOMO has two souls. One sends long roots to the depths of the earth—a soul that embodies archetypes and myths of hardened, raw masculinity, and the other is in a constant search for an individual and distinct DNA; one moves within its own autonomous and independent force field and the other is a constellation of elements that spin around the same nucleus—alternately drifting away and towards it, making room for necessary tenderness and catharsis.” The company performs this new work to a soundtrack from the iconic Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet’s work Landfall, with additional music by Philip Glass, Arca, and Maxim Waratt.
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Choreographer
Ohad NaharinCo-Creators
Batsheva Dance Company dancers and Ariel CohenLighting Design
Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi)Set and Props Design
Gadi TzachorCostume Design
Eri NakamuraSound Design and Editing
Maxim WarattMusic
Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet from the album “Landfall” / “Metamorphosis II” by Philip Glass / “Madre Acapella” by Arca / Maxim Waratt
UPCOMING
February 14 - 16, 2025
The Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
February 21 - 22, 2025
Zellerbach Hall
Berkeley, CA
February 25, 2025
Granada Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA
March 4 - 8, 2025
BAM Opera House
Brooklyn, NY
“A rowdy, dreamlike, and chaotic space: ‘MOMO’ is one of the most beautiful shows Ohad Naharin ever created for Batsheva Dance Company.”
– Inbal Cohen Hamo, Portfolio
Image Credits: Ascaf