Last Work

Dislocated bodies, agility, virtuosity: Last Work is a testimony of Ohad Naharin’s choreographic brand, the so-called gaga technique. But its power resides elsewhere. A carefully negotiated balance between frenzy, energy, expression on the one hand, meditation, reflection and impression on the other, a frail and unstable whole saturated with an enigmatic opacity and symbolism, it is also a politically committed, ethically-charged piece reflecting on war, peace, oppression and coercion. While dance is stretched up to its limits, Naharin’s choreographic gesture calls for a new outlook on our contemporary world, its violence, its possibilities, its future.