Max

Part of the 2009 Spring Season

Mar 4—7 at 7:30pm

Batsheva Dance Company
By Ohad Naharin

"...one of the most fascinating dancemakers on the planet" —The New York Times on Ohad Naharin

One of today's most influential and daring choreographers, Ohad Naharin—last at BAM with the critically acclaimed Three (2007 Next Wave Festival)—returns with the exhilarating and sensual new work Max.

Creating powerful images and emotions, the outstanding dancers from Israel's Batsheva Dance Company continue to challenge the body’s physical possibilities, as they veer from concentrated to gorgeously expansive movements. A marvelously skewed solo—all flying limbs and nerve-rattling balances—melts into a sprawling ensemble from which a single dancer magically materializes. Max gathers its steam through the juxtaposition of bodies in motion and at rest, alone and together, culminating in an unforgettable, cathartic portrait of movement at the brink.


BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Running time: 60min, no intermission

Subscription tickets: $16, 28, 36, 44
(Full price: $20, 35, 45, 55)


Music by Maxim Waratt
Costumes by Rakefet Levy
Sound by Moshe Shasho
Lighting by Ave Yona Bueno (Bambi)

The New York Times review of Max
"Max is full of imagery that slips between real life and dance in fleeting flashes. .. Mr. Naharin accomplishes a great feat" More

Ohad Naharin Video
Watch Ohad Naharin perform in this video preview created for the BAM Next Stage Campaign. More

Batsheva Dance Company
The official homepage of Israel's world-class dance company. More

Interview with Ohad Naharin
"Dance is an illusion and creation a lie, but lying as I see it isn't negative. I distort reality in order to create my own world. I don't want to reflect the reality around me." More

Dance and Politics Dig In Their Heels
The New York Times on Batsheva's brush with censorship. More