Photos: Vertigo Dance Company toys with gravity
Nitsan Margaliot, left, and Eyal Vizner in Vertigo Dance Company’s performance of “Mana” at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
Christopher Duggan
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Billowing costumes helped the dancers look like modern-day monks.
Christopher Duggan
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The dancers leaned into, pushed off, or were catapulted over each other with frequency and ease.
Christopher Duggan
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The dancers frequently rocked side to side, ready to spring in any direction.
Taylor Crichton
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Artistic director Noa Wertheim, like the dancers themselves, hails from Israel.
Taylor Crichton
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"Mana" gets its name from an Aramaic word that describes a vessel of light, metaphorically a source of power.
Taylor Crichton
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