Upcoming performances:
Wallflower by Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak – one of my favorites, is returning for several performances to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. New addition: artist Michal Chelbin’s video Raw Iron, inspired by Wallflower and created in collaboration with the Inbal Pinto Avshalom Pollak Dance Company, will be on view before and after performances. Read more about Wallflower via this link. http://www.midnighteast.com/mag/?p=29843 Performances: February 8th at 21:00; February 11th at 21:00; February 12th at 14:00; February 13th at 17:00 and 21:00. Ticket prices are 170 NIS/135 NIS seniors, soldiers and students. Tickets may be ordered from the TAMA box office: 03-6077020.
The adventurous viewer may want to check out Broken Telephone, an interdisciplinary performance that takes the childhood game and puts it onstage, with an impressive cohort of 20 creative artists from different fields. Each performer will only have access to the “whisper” just before his/her own, and each “whisper” will last about five minutes, for a total of an hour long, experimental variety show with theatre, music, spoken word and dance. The dancers will be: Artur Astman, Tankuri Kwaharda, and Saar Magal with the dancers of Bikurei HaItim. The performance will take place at Tzavta, on February 10th with two shows, at 19:30 and 21:30. To order tickets call: 03-6950156/7. Here’s the link to the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/450242841825658/
On Saturday, February 13th there will be an evening of three duets in Studio A at the Suzanne Dellal Centre at 21:00. Women of the World by Doron Raz, performed by Moran Zilberberg and Doron Raz; Storks by Moran Zilberberg, performed by Ofir Yudilevich and Moran Zilberberg; Gravitas by Ofir Yudilevich, performed by Asher Ben Shalom and Ofir Yudilevich. While I haven’t seen these works, I’ve enjoyed watching all these choreographers/dancers in the past, and have come to expect good things from them, sensitive and inventive. For tickets call: 03-5105656. Here’s the link to the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1273487732667555/
Fragments by choreographer Yael Orni, was created in collaboration with the sculptor Ofra Fridman, as part of the “Quarter to Dance” project of the Israeli Choreographers Association. Each program features four choreographers, the performance will take place on Tuesday, February 23rd at 20:30 in Warehouse 2, Jaffa Port. Fragments makes surreal use of sculpted body parts taken out of their ordinary functionality into a world of associations to music by Bach and Duke Ellington. More on the program: Underneath by Ravid Abarbanel, An Unfinished Crossword Puzzle by Lital Ben Horin Netzer; Betelem by Sahar Damoni. Ticket prices are 80 NIS, to order call: 03-9021563.
The Batsheva Dance Company will present Shalosh in a new revision to the 2005 piece. Performances will take place on February 25th at 21:00 and February 26th at 14:00 at the Suzanne Dellal Centre. Shalosh is composed of three works: Bellus, Humus, and Secus. Bellus is a work for 5 male and 5 female dancers, to J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, in Glenn Gould’s unique performance. Humus is a work for nine dancers to Brian Eno’s Neroli. Secus is a work for 16 dancers with a lively and diverse sound track. Batsheva dancers move like no others, it’s something you really want to experience. Tickets are 150 NIS (130 NIS balcony), and may be ordered online at www.batsheva.co.il or call: 03-5171471.
Dancer and choreographer Rina Schenfeld, one of the founding members and principal dancer of the Batsheva Dance Company from 1964 to 1978 when she left to found her own company Rina Schenfeld Dance Theater. Known for her incorporation of objects and theatrical elements in dance, Schenfeld will be premiering a new work “The Dancer Who Forgot a Step” inspired by the poetry of theatre director Yossi Yizraeli. Over the years, Schedfeld had received 12 books of original poetry from Yizraeli, from these she selected verses that felt meaningful to her, especially those referring to dance. The solo dance is structured as a story in parts, and is accompanied by a video created by Admit and Rina Schenfeld. The dance will be performed by Rina Schenfeld to music by Alexander Bălănescu, with Kobi Medan and Schenfeld reading the texts. The texts are in Hebrew. The evening’s program will also include the premiere of Pizzicato by Rina Schenfeld, to music by Alexander Bălănescu, performed by her company. Performances will take place at the Suzanne Dellal Centre: Monday, March 13th at 21:00; Saturday, May 28th at 21:00; Thursday, June 2nd at 21:00. Tickets are 120 NIS/100 NIS balcony. To order call Suzanne Dellal Centre 03-5105656 or Rina Schenfeld Dance Theater 03-6046745.
