Panel
Creative Writing • Panel Discussion
Is Dance Criticism Dead?
Fri 15.8
13:00
60 Min
Studio Ora
30₪
The Panel
What is the role of dance writing today? In an era of influencers, have reviews been replaced by recommendations? Can we still write honestly in a close-knit dance community? Professional cultural coverage is rapidly shrinking yet the dance field continues to grow and develop. Is dance writing still important to artists and audiences today? How can we cover dance in a post-critique era?
As part of Tel Aviv Dance, Creative Writing will host a panel discussion exploring these questions and share their practices for crafting meaningful, personal responses to performance. The panel will feature journalist Merav Yudilevich (Habama, formerly Ynet), culture editor Ido Schrem (Israel Hayom Magazine), artist and journalist Joy Bernard (Creative Writing, Portfolio), Naomi Perlov (Artistic Director of The Suzanne Dellal Centre) and will be moderated by Ori Lenkinski.
This marks the first collaboration between Creative Writing and Tel Aviv Dance. Throughout the festival, artist-writers from the platform will attend selected performances and publish responses. This partnership invites a broader conversation about dance and how we write about it—openly, creatively, and critically.
Creative Writing @ Tel Aviv Dance Festival
During the Tel Aviv Dance Festival, the Creative Writing team will watch selected performances and post real-time responses. This collaboration opens the door to a broader conversation about dance – and how it is written about – in an open, creative, and critical manner.
The Platform
Creative Writing is an online platform for writing about dance, performance, and theater. It was founded in 2016 by artist and journalist Ori Lenkinski, who continues to lead the project as editor.
The platform offers space for artists to reflect on each other’s work and expand the possibilities of writing around performance. All contributors are artists, and each response is shaped by the writer’s personal experience of the piece—moving beyond traditional reviews to explore writing as a form of artistic expression.
Current writers include Yulia Frydin, Joy Bernard, Eden Kramer, Ella Greenbaum, Jenny Birger, Liza Futerman, and Heather DeAtley.
