Artist Spotlight #10: NEHARA KALEV
Rhizomatic Arts is proud to feature members of our Sustainability Network who are doing good in their communities through their creative and professional practice. NEHARA KALEV is a choreographer and performer, and the director of glowbox, a movement and aerial arts studio and gathering space by the beach in Santa Monica.
Tell us a little about your creative practice. What do you do in the world?
Dance and acrobatics captured me at age 4 and never let me go. While creating, performing, teaching, collaborating, and engaging with this moment, I am secretly playing with its shifting grip. Dancing for years on tour with people and companies I hold close to my heart allowed me to find my own creative home. I found Rachel Rosenthal. She invited me to leap into the well. Rachel continues to have a profound effect on what I do in the world and keeps issuing outlandish dares.
glowbox night chill
Tell us about the glowbox. How does it serve your community? How might network members get involved, and use it as a resource?
Moved to give others a place and space to dive in to the invisible, I open my live/work studio to you. "Oh Wow, I looove your space!" often pours out before the second sandal is unbuckled at the door. glowbox is warm, intimate and inviting. It literally glows. I feel compelled to share this resource and build a more connected community, build momentum, and grow our collective daring. Maybe together we can discover a new tackle or a new embrace that goes directly to the heart of the giant in the room. Let’s see.
What would a sustainable career look like for you?
It sometimes amazes me that I’ve sustained an ongoing artistic career. I made decisions that probably came via Planet Crazypants. There is always this delicate balance that needs tending in order to support a lifestyle of artistic engagement and service. In this moment I am most interested in finding ways to develop more rapidly and expand my reach. How about a sustainability that also thrives? There’s boldness in that thought.
What's coming up next in Nehara land?
There’s an asymmetrical ladder that keeps haunting me, as well as a tangle of ropes and sticks . . . performance pieces in progress. Regarding glowbox, I am in the brainstorming phase of two proposals that make me smile. One is a mentorship program, and one is an international exchange of collaborating artists. Let’s talk.
I am also hosting an aerial yoga teacher training intensive March 30-April 2, and a Sustainability Network Hang Out on March 5th!
