Barak Marshall

Barak Marshall

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    Since his accidental entrance into dance in 1995, Barak Marshall fast established himself as one of the Israeli dance scene’s most innovative and unique voices. Barak’s first work Aunt Leah won first prize in Suzanne Dellal’s 1995 Shades of Dance Choreography Competition. Shortly after, Barak began touring abroad, appearing in the prestigious Roma Europa and Arci Milano festivals to rave reviews. In that same year he premiered his second work, The Land of Sad Oranges, based on a short story by the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. Barak’s third work, Emma Goldman’s Wedding, represented Israel in the 1998 Bagnolet International Competition where it won the first prize, as well as the Prix d’Auteur Award, the Bonnie Byrd Award for New Choreography and the National ADAMI Award. Barak has also created several works for the Batsheva Ensemble, the Philadanco Dance Company, MDT Dance Company and Austria’s ABCD Dance Company. His latest work – Rooster, was created for the 2009 Tel Aviv Dance Festival, after the great success of his former piece — Monger — featured at the 2008 Tel Aviv Dance Festival. This dance-theatre piece is based on I.L. Peretz’s Bontsha the Silent, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and on stories from the Bible and Yemenite folklore.

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