Residency in MDC: The Riddle of the Walk, Ronit Ziv (Israel)

After artists from Belgium, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia, in August 2014. we invited Ronit Ziv (Israel) to join the program of residencies in Mediterranean Dance Center. From August 15th to 28th, Ronit will continue the research about the act of walk in contemporary dance and further develop the choreographic ideas for the new piece "The Riddle of the Walk" which will premier on October 24th at Warehouse 2, Jaffa port, Israel.

The first time that has been observe that the act of walk became part of the choreography was in the choreography by Merce Cunningham. He was the first one who focused the dance for its vocabulary and search for a new combinations to take a step. Following the step of Merce Cunningham, I would like to raise a question: How a step of revolutionary of Cunningham turned into a choreographic form that been used by choreographers? How did this act of walk has changed the whole dance perspective? And the third question is: The act of walk is an act of self-expression or an act of a political question? Ronit Ziv