“Pelvic Portal” Method

Pelvic Portal is a unique practice method developed by teacher, dancer and choreographer Orly Portal, based on many years of pelvic and body movement research, starting with the discipline of classical ballet and contemporary modern dance, North African pelvic dance (Berbers), inspired by ancient traditions from the Berber and Gnawa tribes in the Sahara desert region, Sufi, Persian, Turkish, Egyptian dance – classical and folk and even locally Palestinian inspired dance, many cultures that reside in the pelvis in all shades and shapes. We'll call them passions.

Rabia

Premiere: 2012, Tel Aviv

Inspired by Rabia al-Adawiya, a Sufi mystic from the 8th century, this work presents the choreography of a Sufi ceremony of love and unity to the sound of Persian music devoted to the poems of 13th-century poet Jalal al-Din Rumi.