This Week @ the Yard
Bridgman/Packer Dance
Friday, July 16, 8:00
Sunday, July 18, 6:00
Lois Greenfield Lecture w/Slides
Saturday, July 17, 5:30

2011 Dance Company Residency
June, 2011
Application Deadline: October 11, 2010
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Dana Katz

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dana grew up dancing mainly at Bat dor dance studios. Later, she danced with emerging choreographers in Israel, as well as abroad. In 2000, Dana served in the IDF for two years as an instructor film producer in the Air force. Her unique voice as a young choreographer was first revealed at the Shades in Dance Festival at Suzanne Dellal center, with her dance creation BoomBox. a female duet inside a boxing ring, which she later adapted for video. Dana gained other film education from Thierry De Mey's workshop at UCLA on dance for the camera. Upon receiving her BA in dance from VCA , Melbourne, she started working on her last piece, Ego Trip, for which she received a grant from the Israeli Culture and Arts Council. The piece was well -received in the Israeli press, and was favorably reviewed in the English Language Jerusalem Post. Today, Dana teaches contemporary dance, and is working in collaboration with a Berlin based composer on a new dance creation with a live orchestra.