The site for the Dance Village is located at Kibbutz Gaaton in Western Galilee, adjacent to Israel’s northern border. The Village is the home base and studio of the internationally acclaimed Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, which has been performing continuously for the past 37 years.

The Dance Village at Kibbutz Gaaton will offer a unique facility devoted to movement and dance. As part of its activity, events, meetings, conferences and festivals on a broad spectrum of dance-related topics will be held in the Village.

The aim of the Villageis to promote dance in Israel, with an emphasis on fostering excellence and creating a center for the international dance community. The Village further aims to foster unique artistic creation, bring together Jewish youth worldwide and form a bond between the Galilee’s various ethnic groups through movement and dance.

An international center - The Village is a leading dance project of global standards that will attract a great many lovers of culture from Israel and abroad to the Galilee, and will be instrumental in transforming the Western Galilee into Northern Israel’s cultural haven of dance, music, theater and plastic arts. The Dance Village will further cement Israel’s reputation in the world of dance and introduce the Galilee as an international dance center.

Education - The Dance Village will teach movement and dance to the very young, as well as offer academic studies for teachers, artists and dancers.

Tourism - The Village’s location in the quintessential tourist area of the Western Galilee will be another source of attraction for art and culture lovers and will contribute to furthering tourism in the Galilee.

The Galilee community - the Dance Village, which is located in the heart of the mixed population of Western Galilee, will promote coexistence between ethnic and religious groups. Through dance encounters, the Village will serve the cultural needs of the local inhabitants and draw Jewish youth worldwide to Israel.