Go out and Gaga

August 17, 2011 - 8:34 PM by

Gaga, it seems, is Israeli. Not Lady Gaga, but Gaga, the movement language developed by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. Thanks to the International Herald Tribune, I now know that Gaga is considered “a serious new way of training the body”, as developed by Naharin, the artistic director of The Batsheva Dance Company, here in Tel Aviv.

He developed the set of movements for himself when he was recovering from a back injury, and then shared it with the company’s non-dance staff. Now Gaga is huge in Israel, and it made its way to the U.S. where Gaga USA is spreading the word in New York City, and, eventually, the rest of the States. The secret to its success? It appears to force one to let go of the mind when moving, even when those movements seem silly.

It’s funky way to exercise, and you can check it out here, in an Israel21c produced video:

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