Dana has been invited to the Women in Dance conference in Philadelphia to present her research on the Baroness Bethsabee (Batsheva) de Rothschild.
Baroness Bethsabee de Rothschild as had an immense impact on the dance world. From her early support of Martha Graham, through to her founding the Batsheva Dance Company and later her founding of the Bat Dor Dance Conservatory and Dance Company, her financial patronage has shaped the Israeli dance scene, and in turn the international one. Remarkably, she herself remained somewhat in the shadows. Through a research into existing publications on the monumental figures that surrounded her, and intimate interviews, my research seeks to shed light on de Rothschild as the rarely devoted patron of the arts and pioneer she was. What are the personal, political and artistic circumstances that allow for a patron to “be born”? how does art cross-polinate? And most importantly, how is it always personal?
October 18th @ 16:00-17:30
3401 Filbert street
Phildelphia