Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) is one of the leading dance companies in the world. It is identified with the work of Artistic Director Rami Be’er, whose exclusive and unique choreographic character has become the company’s trademark both in Israel and abroad.
With its technically strong and physically eclectic cast of dancers and its dynamic sensibility, KCDC characterizes Israeli dance at its best and performs regularly in the most respected theaters worldwide, including the Sydney Opera House, New York City’s Joyce Theater, The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C, Théâtre de Paris, as well as festivals like the Beijing Dance Festival and Festival Grec in Barcelona.
KCDC was founded in 1970 by the late Yehudit Arnon, who laid the foundation for today’s thriving International Dance Village, which was developed and continues to evolve into a first-class center for dance under the leadership of Rami Be’er. Be’er joined KCDC in 1980 as a dancer, and has served as its Artistic Director since 1996. Over the years, he has developed a unique multi-disciplinary language, which combines movement with stage design, lighting and costumes. As a holistic creative artist, Be’er deals with all aspects of the artistic work — content, form, and design.
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company will be touring two productions extensively in 2028, coinciding with the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Israel’s independence.
Touring Programs / Video Links:
Aide-Mémoire
Three decades after its premiere, this iconic masterpiece returns to the stage with renewed resonance. Created by Rami Be’er, a second-generation Holocaust survivor, Aide-Mémoire, explores intergenerational memory, inherited trauma, and the ways history is carried—etched into the body and transmitted through gesture, presence, and silence. One of the landmark works of Israeli dance.
…Aide Memoire, a stirring work that rightly elicited a standing ovation…succeeds as an evocation without trying for a description…Highly theatrical in his lighting… Be’er achieves his dramatic purpose through choreographed free association….
— The New York Times
Kol Adam
In the heart of the storm, from the wound and the pain, Kol Adam cries out—not in anger, but in compassion, mourning, and deep yearning. This hauntingly beautiful and urgent work confronts the toll of war not on nations, but on lives. It is a lament for what is lost, a reckoning with the present, and a fragile offering of hope for what might still be possible.
Through Be’er’s signature choreographic language—layered, poetic, and emotionally unflinching—the stage becomes a space of collective remembrance and reflection. Each gesture pulses with longing: for peace, for connection, for a return to something deeply human.
The production travels efficiently, with a company of 17 dancers.