Kaushansky returned to Russia during the
First World War and took the name Agadati. he began to give solo dance recitals Agadati purchased cinematographer
Yaakov Ben Dov's film archives in 1934, when Ben Dov retired from filmmaking. He directed the early
Zionist film entitled
This is the Land (1935), the first Hebrew speaking film, and a new version in 1963, called ''Tomorrow's Yesterday''. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was known for organizing
Adloyada Tel Aviv
Purim balls. Agadati's costume for "Yihie" ("Yemenite Ecstasy"), a solo show that also toured Europe and South America, was designed by
Natalia Goncharova of
Ballets Russes. In 1924, Agadati choreographed a dance based on the
Romanian Hora that became known as "Hora Agadati". It was performed by the
Ohel Workers' Theatre, which toured pioneer settlements in the
Jezreel Valley. The dancers form a circle, holding hands and move counterclockwise following a six-beat step in a walk-walk-step-kick-step-kick pattern. ==Education==