San Mateo Dancer Kicks Up Her Heels in Israeli Dance Study Abroad Program
JWeekly.com
June 16, 2017
by Renee Ghert-Zand
As Meredith Charlson spun across the floor at the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Ga’aton, Israel, she thought about how dreams can come true with a lot of work and a little luck. Four years ago, Charlson, then a senior at Aragon High School in San Mateo, saw the KCDC dancers perform at the JCC of San Francisco. Now she was dancing with the internationally renowned company in a five-month training study abroad program that wraps up this month.
Dancing His Way To The Top
Hills News
January 23, 2017
by Helen Gregory
National College of Dance student Linton Krupic secures place at Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel.
The 18 year old from Coal Point will fly on February 1 to Israel, where he has secured a place in the revered Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s study program, Dance Journey.
The Dancers’ Kibbutz
Hadassah Magazine
August 2010
by Leora Eren Frucht
She leaps and soars before a crowd of women, their haunted eyes entranced by this unlikely expression of freedom.
When the S.S. officers hear about the Jew who performs for her fellow inmates at Birkenau, they order her to dance at their Christmas party. She refuses. She would rather die...
An Uplifting Journey
The Jerusalem Post
January 31, 2014
by Barry Davis
In addition to provide the participants with first-rate dance instruction, Kibbutz's international Dance Journey study abroad dance program in Israel offers a way of bringing several dozen talented dancers over age 18 to this part of the world and showing them some of the positive aspects of life here that may not find their way into the international media…Young dancers are in for something of a utopian experience...
Dancing Back Home
The Jerusalem Post
January 24, 2014
by Barry Davis
Founded on kibbutz ideals, a dance company carries with it the history of the Holocaust… Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company’s recent trip to Budapest was an emotive experience for one and all, and for all kinds of reasons...
Reaching Beyond Limits
Dance Magazine
October 5, 2010
by Elena Hecht
There are not many places in the world where high-level dance training and nature converge. But imagine a tranquil community where students live side by side with the renowned choreographer whose work they are studying, as well as the seasoned professionals in his company.
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