Tmuna Theatre’s October festival begins today with ten days of performances, and admission is only 30 NIS! Running October 16 – 25, the festival presents a selection of the best works from the past year, as well as premieres, followed by music performances every evening at 22:00, with some of Tmuna’s favorites: Amir Lev, Avi Hazamar, Dikla, Sheila Ferber, Moshe Lahav, 1:1, and Eran Weitz.
Topping off the celebrations will be the Montefiore Ultrasound Fringe Music Festival on October 27 & 28, with admission still at an inviting low 30 NIS. Curated by Emmanuel Witstum, the festival connects the cultural activity of Tmuna with the Montifiore neighborhood.
Established on the site of the first Jewish orchard in Israel, the neighborhood was home to Natan Axelrod’s Carmel Films studio, and inspired Leah Goldberg’s “My Friend from Arnon Street.” Musicians and sound artists were invited to become better acquainted with the neighborhood and create their site-specific musical responses. Participating musicians include: Eran Zur, Gilad Kahana, Avi Belleli, Hadas Ophrat, Ran Slavin, Salmanca, Nevet Yitzhak, Roy Fabian, Jacky, Mujahideen, and Asaf Talmudi, with a guest performance by Naama Shendar.
Every evening will begin out on the streets of the neighborhood with music performances, sound and other installations from 20:00 – 22:00, followed by Avi Belleli & Roy Yarkoni at 22:00 on Friday, October 26th, and Mujahideen at 22:00 on Saturday, October 27th.
A taste of the Tmuna October Festival Offerings:
Michal Herman’s PlanB – a comic dance fantasy offering a complete guide for the beginning dance viewer. I haven’t seen this one, but sounds intriguing to me! October 16 at 21:00, October 21 at 21:00. Choreography: Michal Herman; Performers/Creators: Inbal Shahar, Michal Herman; Music: Jacques Loussier performing Bach; Texts and Recordings: Michal Herman, Alit Kriez.
Yoni Silver – Three works, premiere. October 21 at 19:00. Musician/composer/performer Yoni Silver will present three pieces for instruments, musicians and audience. Performers: Roy Amotz – alto flute; Ofer Beimel – drums; Ilan Volkov – violin; Dan Weinstein – Cello; Nitai Levy – bass clarinet; Shahar Livneh – trombone; Ayelet Lerman – viola; Itamar Leshem – french horn; Shmil Frankel – double bass; Shay Ran – double bass.
Choreographer Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor will reenact their version of Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal’s Two Room Apartment, on October 19, 2012 at Tmuna Theatre in Tel Aviv.
Two Room Apartment, winner of the 1987 Gvanim Bemahol (Shades of Dance) Competition, is a landmark on the contemporary Israeli dance scene, in its use of the movements and gestures of everyday life onstage to explore the friction and intimacy of a couple’s relationship.
Sheinfeld and Laor take this work as a starting point for a new piece, which they will perform. The reenactment will include the original choreography, which relies heavily on repeated movements that create a symbolic framework, alongside Sheinfeld and Laor’s renewed vision which speaks from the vantage point of a different time and artistic sensibility.
Dance works are rarely revived on the Israeli stage, and this is an excellent opportunity to see the work and its relationship to the movement language of Sheinfeld and Laor. Dror and Ben Gal granted the choreographers permission to reenact and alter the work, and this will be reflected not only in the movement, but in the soundtrack.
The Best of A-Genre – a selection of works by Ari Teperberg & Anna Wild, Naama Shendar, Rafi & Roy Balbirsky, and Lee Lurian on October 17th at 19:00; October 18th at 19:00.
The Best of Intimadance – a selection of works by Yuval Goldstein, Olivia Court-Mesa, Gabriel Newhouse, Dana Ruttenberg and Maya Yogel on October 23 at 21:00, October 24 at 21:00.
Tmuna Theatre, 8 Soncino Street, Tel Aviv. 03-5629462.
