For 11 days next month, dancers from Israel and abroad will shake, shimmy, move and groove on stage in Tel Aviv, reminding the nation that even as it is convulsed by war and hardship, life does not stop moving.

The annual summer festival at Tel Aviv’s Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theater will include 20 dance pieces, including several Israeli premieres, outdoor performances, open rehearsals and film screenings about dance. Several events at the festival, which will run from August 6 to 16, will have free admission.

“The decision to hold the festival precisely now – when we are all in a turbulent reality, when the war is still reverberating and Israeli society is dealing with confusion and pain – is a clear position: we don’t stop,” said Anat Fisher Lebenton, CEO of the Susan Dellal Center. “We continue to dance, dream, move. This festival is much more than art – it is a statement, it is hope, and it is a reminder of the power of Israeli creation to touch, shake, and connect.”

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