Israeli dancer and choreographer Noa Dar has a new achievement to add to her already stellar resume. Dar’s latest work, Arnica, will be showcased this coming October as part of Costa Rica’s annual International Arts Festival.

Dar’s dance company was invited to perform at San Jose, Cost Rica’s capital city, during a world tour in support of their earlier work, entitled Tetris, in Santiago, Chile. This work is a unique collaboration with visual artist Nati Shamia Opher, examining social patterns by inspecting audience-performer-space relations.

Arnica: Introspective and poignant (Photo: Tamar Lam)

Arnica, on the other hand is a far more densely introspective work. Dar describes it as a retrospective observation of the unique language she forges through movement, as well as an examination of the often violent clash between each individual entity’s inner world and their external surroundings. This unique performance piece collects and presents 17 short solos created during the last decade, and marks Dar’s return to the stage after an absence of nine years.

Dar is also joined in this performance, by musician Uri Frost who collaborated with Dar on her earlier works: "In a Dark, Dark Land” (Israel Festival, 2003) and Tetris (Acco Festival for Alternative Theater, 2006).