Baruch Agadati (Hebrew: ברוך אגדתי, also Baruch Kauschenski-Agadati; January 8, 1895–January 18, 1976) was a Russian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director. He is considered a legendary figure in Israeli culture.
Baruch Kaushanski (later Agadati) was born to a Jewish family in Bessarabia, and grew up in Odessa. He immigrated to Palestine in the early 1900s. In Palestine, he was known for performin...
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Baruch Agadati (Hebrew: ברוך אגדתי, also Baruch Kauschenski-Agadati; January 8, 1895–January 18, 1976) was a Russian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director. He is considered a legendary figure in Israeli culture.
Baruch Kaushanski (later Agadati) was born to a Jewish family in Bessarabia, and grew up in Odessa. He immigrated to Palestine in the early 1900s. In Palestine, he was known for performing Jewish folk dances in an expressionist style.
Agadati attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem from 1910–14. When World War I started in 1914, he was in Russia visiting his parents and was unable to return to Palestine. He remained there and studied classical ballet, joining the dance troupe of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1919, he returned to Palestine. In 1920, he moved to the Neve Tzedek neighborhood in Tel Aviv, where he lived until his death.He is buried in Trumpeldor cemetery in Tel Aviv.
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