Today we are happy to open the Advent door number 16 for you. We present a very famous and prestigious choreographer: Mr. Rami Be’er. He is the Artistic Director of Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company and has been working many years together with us, the Norddeutsche Konzertdirektion. We value him very much as a choreographer and as a long-term partner. For him, the words “movement”, “communication” and “universality” are very much related to culture and dance.

NDKD: Thanks again, dear Rami for your time to take part in that Interview. We appreciate that very much!

NDKD: What was your first encounter with dance?

Rami Be’er (RB): I remember myself at the age of kindergarten putting on music for myself and moving to it.

NDKD: What does DANCE mean to you?

RB: An inner need for expression through movement. Significance to existence.

NDKD: What is your connection to the Norddeutsche Konzertdirektion?

RB: Through NDKD we’ve created cultural universal communication in the last couple of decades.

NDKD: Why did you become a Artistic Director  of a dance company?

RB: The meeting of dance and movement was for me an experience that I never experienced in any other dimension in such a meaningful way.

NDKD: How do you work exactly?

RB: I search for excitement, curiosity, research, and meaning that will speak to the heart and to the cognitive mind. It involves a lot of internal processes within myself and then with my dancers, searching for meaning, reason, and a meaningful artistic creation.

NDKD: What role does music play in connection with dance for you and why?

RB: Music for me is a core element of inspiration. I don’t know how to explain it, but from a very young age, I see images and movement via music. Music has the ability to take me to different dimensions.

NDKD: Who or what inspires you and why?

RB: Life around me is a source of inspiration. This can be when I look at nature, at my children, when I read a book or a poem or song. When I look at a statue or painting. People that I meet. These are all sources of inspiration.

NDKD: Your favorite choreography that you have seen/danced yourself?

RB: When I was a young dancer, we danced in the company ‘Stools’ Game’ by Jiří Kylián that was a significant experience for me.

NDKD: Why did you choose this photo, is there a story about it 😊?

RB: This photo was taken in Seoul, South Korea where we’ve performed several times at the MODAFE Festival.

NDKD: Do you have a particular thought that you would like to share with us?

RB: Following this Covid-19 period, we are still struggling with it, I hope that we will soon be able to come together to share performances live and not via the internet as there is no substitute for the live performance.

Photo by MODAFE Festival Seoul