SPECIAL JOURNEY. Saving the Archive of Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company

Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC), one of the world’s leading dance companies was founded in 1970 by the late Yehudit Arnon who laid the foundation for today’s thriving International Dance Village under the direction of Rami Be’er. The Dance Company and the International Dance Village is located in the Western Galilee in northern Israel at Kibbutz Ga’aton, 8 kilometres from the Lebanese border. The International Dance Village is the heart and home of the company.

On 7 October 2023, Hamas attacked Israel. Due to its proximity to the Lebanese border, Kibbutz Ga’aton was declared a war zone.

On the initiative of the German Dance Film Institute the Colegium of KCDC organised the removal of the archives for security reasons to National Dance Archives in the Beit Ariela Public Library in Tel Aviv.