Noa Eshkol, 1924-2007. Dance and compositions
When: 16.04.2026 12:00
Where: 48.861010, 2.355611
Organizer: Admin
Dancer, choreographer and artist, Noa Eshkol remains a central figure in modern dance in Israel. Known for its movement rating system, it created the Chamber Dance Group in 1951. Her choreographies are danced suites whose great sobriety n
In the last thirty years of her life, the production of Wall Carpets, large textile compositions, "without rules", "without theory", "only passion" as she wrote.
From one art to another, from choreographic creation to the composition of Wall Carpets, from collective body expression to the singularity of a quasi pictorial textile corpus, his work, still confidential until recently, fascinates a new generation of artists. "Noa Eshkol, 1924-2007. Dance and compositions" is the first exhibition dedicated to the artist in France.
She traces all of her life and work, and also presents installations by artists Yael Bartana and Sharon Lockhart.
Born at Kibbutz Degania Bet, founded in 1920, Noa Eshkol trained in Tel Aviv at the school of German choreographer Tile Rössler, representative of the expressionist dance. From the end of World War II, she continued her apprenticeship with Rudolf Laban in Manchester. But the rating system developed by the Hungarian theoretician is not enough, it is looking for its own path.
Back in Israel in 1951, she founded her company. To the sound of the metronome, illuminated by a neutral light, its dancers wear black costumes, according to a minimal device that aims to highlight the precision of the sequences
movement.
For nearly twenty years, the movement's notation will be the meaning of its life. She teaches, participates in research groups and composes. The Kippur War, in October 1973, marked a break. Declaring "No time to dance", she gave up dancing to create with her troupe great textile works, consisting of falls and recovery clothes, sewn on pieces of fabric with the technique of applied.
These compositions oscillate between abstraction, still life and landscape. This activity lasted for almost three decades and gave rise to nearly 1,800 works, making Noa Eshkol one of the most inventive and prolific textile artists of the twentieth century.
Tags: textile, exhibition, dance, art
Source: https://www.paris.fr/evenements/noa-eshkol-1924-2007-danse-et-compositions-105924
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