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Zohar (Zoe) Ziff

Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2019
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
Gaga is a movement language developed by Batsheva Dance Company and its artistic director Ohad Naharin. Rather than use mirrors to direct dance through shape, Gaga encourages students to improvise based on imagery and somatic experiences while following an instructor. I have taken Gaga classes and workshops before.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
GagaLab in Tel Aviv, Israel Over Winter Break
Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2020
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
I am applying to obtain funding for the FLUX Summer Intensive, a four-day dance workshop in Madrid, Spain that offers classes in Gaga and the chance to study repertoire from internationally-acclaimed choreographers Noa Zuk, Ohad Fishof, Seth Buckley, and Carlos González.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
Attending FLUX Summer Intensive in Madrid, Spain
Semester of Mini-grant
Year of Mini-grant
2020
Disciplines(s)
Grant Description
I am applying to obtain funding for materials that would allow me to pursue screendance further and enhance my creations within this medium. With these tools, I would be better equipped to create screendance for my current and future academic courses and add films of professional caliber to my portfolio as a dance artist.
Original Proposal
Proposal Outcome
Title
Creating Dance On-Screen
Class Year
2022
Disciplines(s)
Arts Award Type
Proposal Outcome
Faculty Advisor
Kim Brooks-Mata
Department
Dance
Grant Description
My amended project proposal is to attend the one-week American Dance Festival Winter Intensive in New York City. During the program, I will attend three to four classes a day in a variety of movement styles including contemporary technique, improvisation, and repertory from guest companies.
Original Proposal
Title
American Dance Festival Winter Intensive (Winter 2020/21)

Zoe Ziff is from Vienna, Virginia and has been dancing for fourteen years. She was trained in hip hop and jazz while in Rome, Italy, and was introduced to ballet and contemporary when living in Bogota, Colombia. Once in Virginia, Zoe continued to train in ballet and contemporary dance at Virginia Ballet Company and IMPACT Dance Company. For a year she studied tap, modern, jazz, and ballet at Fairfax Academy Dance as well. Zoe participated in the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company summer intensive for three consecutive years and the Batsheva Dance Company summer workshop in 2016. Prior to starting university, Zoe took a gap year where she studied contemporary dance, ballet, and Gaga in the 5-month International Dance Journey Program under the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel. Zoe continues to dance with the University of Virginia’s dance department and is honored to be a part of the Miller Arts Scholars Program.

2022