Appropriation, a ballet by Hillel Kogan performed by The Batsheva Ensemble

Performed by the dancers of the Batsheva Ensemble season 2023-2024
Gili Yaniv Amodai, Emil Brukman, Holden Cole, Victor Duval, Maya Marom, Bo Matthews, Mermoz Melchior, Celia Merai, Kylie Miller, Sofiia Pikalova, Leann Reizer, Kelis Robinson, Adi Schwarz, Annika Verplancke, Yarden Zana.
Apprentices: Zoe Bayliss Nagar, DanDan Cohen, Shira Kestenboum, Noga Senna.
Dramaturgy: Sharon Zuckerman Weiser
Lighting and Set Design: Nadav Barnea
Art Director: Laetitia Boulud
Costume Design: Evelyn Terdiman
Masks: Nothing’s Personal by Matan Meirson & Raz Sintova
Music: The Nutcracker Op.17 Th.14 / Act 2: no. 12c tea (Chinese Dance) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed by mariinsky orchestra / Singing The Night Among Fishing Boats by Vera Tsu, performed by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra / Signore, Ascolta by Giacomo Puccini, performed by Anna Moffo, Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House / Overture by Leonard Brenstein, performed by West Side Story Orchestra / Batucadas by Gerardo Frisina, performed by Mitoka Samba (courtesy of Edizioni Ishtar srl/SIAE C+p Edizioni Ishtar srl) / Les Sylphides: 6. Prelude by Frédéric Chopin, performed by Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra / Corner of the Sky by Stephen Schwartz / The Planets, Op.32: Jupiter ,The Bringer of Jollity by Gustav Holst, performed by Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan
The piece pays homage to Michael Bennett and Bob Avian, the choreographers of the musical "A Chorus Line".