Bat-Dor Dance Company

Israeli dance company based in Tel Aviv, co-founded by Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild, who had previously founded the Batsheva Dance Company, and the South African dancer Jeannette Ordman. It made its debut in 1968 under the direction of Ordman, who was also its leading dancer. The company has a broad repertoire of modern works. Choreographers who have worked with it include Tudor, van Dantzig, Lubovitch, Ailey, Jamison, and the Israeli choreographers Domy Reiter-Soffer, Igal Perry, and Ido Tadmor. In the 1990s it suffered severe financial difficulties and a fire at its headquarters. The company, still directed by Ordman, has an associated school.