Exhibition guide

The mahJ presents the first exhibition in France dedicated to the Israeli artist Noa Eshkol (Degania, 1924 – Holon, 2007). A pioneer of modern dance, choreographer, she was also a prodigious textile artist. The exhibition highlights his work from the 1950s to the 2000s, his Wall carpets, as well as his choreographic compositions through drawings, photographs and videos.

Visit details

  • Dates: From Thursday April 16, 2026 to Sunday August 30, 2026: Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday, Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Venue: Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, 71 Rue du Temple, Paris
  • Price: De 0 à 13 euros.
  • Audience: All audiences
  • Source: Event page

About the exhibition

To dance was added, in the last thirty years of her life, the production of Wall Carpets, large textile compositions, “without rules”, “without theory”, “only passion” as she wrote.

From one art to another, from choreographic creation to the composition of Wall carpets, from collective bodily expression to the singularity of a textile corpus Declaring "No time to dance", she abandoned dance to create large textile works with her troupe, made up of scraps and recycled clothing, sewn onto pieces of fabric using the appliqué technique. At the end of the Second World War, she continued her apprenticeship with Rudolf Laban in Manchester. quasi-pictorial, his work, still confidential until recently, fascinates a new generation of artists. These compositions oscillate between abstraction, still life and landscape. But the notation system developed by the Hungarian theorist was not enough for her, she sought her own path.

Returning to Israel in 1951, she founded her company. Dancer, choreographer and artist, Noa Eshkol remains a central figure in modern dance in Israel. To the sound of the metronome, lit by neutral light, his dancers wear black costumes, according to a minimal system which aims to highlight the precision of the sequences of movements.

For nearly twenty years, the notation of movement will be the meaning of his life. “Noa Eshkol, 1924-2007. This activity continued over nearly three decades and gave rise to nearly 1,800 works, making Noa Eshkol one of the most inventive and prolific textile artists of the 20th century.

Known for her movement notation system, in 1951 she created the Chamber Dance Group. She teaches, participates in research groups and composes. Dance and compositions” is the first exhibition dedicated to the artist in France. His choreographies are dance suites whose great sobriety is matched only by their complexity. The Yom Kippur War, in October 1973, marked a rupture. It retraces her entire life and work, and also presents installations by artists Yael Bartana and Sharon Lockhart.

Born on kibbutz Degania Bet, founded in 1920, Noa Eshkol trained in Tel Aviv at the school of German choreographer Tile Rössler, representative of expressionist dance.