JULIA GAT
Julia Gat is an Israeli photographer, based in the South of France. She currently studies for a BA (Hons) in Arts and Humanities at the Open University.
Growing up as an unschooler, she was quickly drawn into the art world and started taking photographs at the age of 13. Gat’s practice has been developed through intensive workshops and internships in photography and art spaces, either as a participant or organiser.
Julia’s work has been exhibited in France and New York City since 2012 and she has been featured on various platforms such as Ignant, Fisheye Magazine, The Eye of Photography and See Me. Her project SARA won the 1st prize in the festival Portrait(s) in 2016.
She is also curating an ongoing project called FAMILY BUSINESS, presenting a range of international photographers with a focus an family documentation.
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Journal de Creation
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Throwback Thursday #1
I guess Throwback Thursday is pretty self-explanatory, but this is Throwback Thursday with a twist. Here is a brand new edit made from Julia Gat's footage of SUNNY at Philharmonie de Paris last spring...Continue Reading
Coloured up
There is alway something special about performing Emanuel Gat's DUOS. You never know what's gonna happen. Each show takes place under different circumstances, in a different setting, and with a different partner. And dancing in full body paint (created spontaneously by artist Yifat Gat...Continue Reading
It’s a wrap!
2018 is a wrap and it’s time to say thank you for a year full of exciting projects! I feel really really lucky that I’m able to work with so many great people and institutions around the world. I performed 35 times across 7 countries, spent 10 weeks creating (and restaging) 5 different works with...Continue Reading
Danse!
The new theatre season is about to kick off and my first show will be STORY WATER with Emanuel Gat Dance and the brilliant Ensemble Modern at Beethovenfest in Bonn next week. Just in time Julia Gat finished editing a brand new teaser, filmed at the world premiere in Avignon last month. I totally can’t wait for this...Continue Reading
Garçon d’honneur
After I tore a muscle bundle in my right calf and almost dropped out of the production, after 7 hard weeks of rehabilitation training, and after a general rehearsal with high fever … we finally did it! Against all odds the world premiere (and the four following shows) of STORY WATER in the absolutely gorgeous...Continue Reading
Dance against prejudice
Tanec Praha just celebrated its 30th anniversary, presenting a total of one hundred events and attracting over 9.000 visitors in Prague and all over the Czech Republic. Under the motto Dance against prejudice this year’s edition presented productions by Jiří Kylián, Eun Me-Ahn, Louise Lecavalier, Germaine Arcogny, Emanuel Gat & Awir Leon and many more. From...Continue Reading
In good company
Emmanuelle Bouchez from French cultural magazine Télérama visited us during our residency at La FabricA last May in Avignon. She spent some days with us in order to observe the creation process of STORY WATER, talk to Emanuel about his career and his working methods, and interview some of the dancers (including myself) about their...Continue Reading
The Unfinished Dance
DUOS is a series of very special projects that combine live choreography by the dancers of Emanuel Gat Dance with the visual art of painter Yifat Gat. Both elements, the choreographic process and the process of painting, happen live in front of an audience. Last month, Chaillot Nomade presented DUOS at Théâtre National de Chaillot (DUO...Continue Reading