Shula Botney

When the Batsheva Dance Company of Israel appears this weekend at Royce Hall, UCLA, for two of the company members, the performances will be a homecoming. Shula Botney, 28, grew up in Van Nuys. Gad (Gary) Feingold, 31, lived in Los Angeles from 7 to 17. Neither of them had planned on becoming modern dancers. Botney dreamed of tutus and tiaras as a child at the Eugene Loring school in Los Angeles. Feingold began his dance career by studying ballet in his second year at UC Santa Cruz.

When the Batsheva Dance Company of Israel appears this weekend at Royce Hall, UCLA, for two of the company members, the performances will be a homecoming. Shula Botney, 28, grew up in Van Nuys. Gad (Gary) Feingold, 31, lived in Los Angeles from 7 to 17. Neither of them had planned on becoming modern dancers. Botney dreamed of tutus and tiaras as a child at the Eugene Loring school in Los Angeles. Feingold began his dance career by studying ballet in his second year at UC Santa Cruz.