It makes for a heightened atmosphere but this show is not about politics, it’s about Naharin’s vision. Deca Dance is a compilation of scenes from a decade’s worth of his work and he reaps meaty movement from the elastic-band bodies of the Ensemble, the younger branch of the company. With Batsheva, you don’t just see the choreography, you feel it; the deep urge to move, whether in rolling waves, deep curves or Champagne-cork leaps. This is choreography that rejoices in the body — and not in the sexual way that seems to be the only way modern culture knows how but in a deep and honest and humorous and human way.

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