Celebrate summer with the Vertigo Dance Company’s Birth of the Phoenix! The dance will be performed as part of the First International Bank of Israel’s “Culture and Community” program, on June 6, 2013 at 20:00. The performance will take place outdoors, at 42 Rothschild Blvd, Tel Aviv. Admission is free, but advance registration is required. To reserve a place, call 03-5130001.
The Vertigo Dance Company, now celebrating their 20th anniversary, has enjoyed a creative dialogue with and about the environment for many years, founding the Vertigo Eco-Arts Village at Kibbutz Netiv …

Music critics have dubbed him a “storyteller at the piano”, a “marathon man”, a “piano Titan”. Now, celebrated pianist Amir Katz is taking a break from his successful career in Germany and coming to Tel Aviv for one concert, Saturday May 25 at 20:00, which will focus on Beethoven’s sonatas: No. 27, 28 and 29.
Katz’s career has taken him from his native Israel to the concert halls of Europe, the US and the Far East. He’s garnered impressive prizes and scholarships and studied with some of the greatest musicians in …

Suzanne Dellal gives the stage to four young choreographers in their new production, an evening composed of three individual works: Kadam by Tzvika Iskias and Shiri Capuano Quantz; At the end she dies by Idan Porges; and Mushroom ‘Z’ by Nadav Zelner. Each dramatically different in its movement, staging, and sensibility; together they present a program of dance that reflects the diversity and talents of contemporary dance in Israel and the creative high spirits of youth.
Kadam opens with five ghostly figures, standing motionless at the back of the stage, their …

Voice, heart, and piano. The first time I heard Tzvika Force, I felt an immediate impact and connection. Dark, intimate, songs that speak of raw pain, rough and yet somehow refined, and all with an undeniable rhythm, an energy that draws you in.
Tzvika has been performing solo, accompanying himself on piano or keyboards; gathering momentum, and gathering his forces. Over the past couple of months, he has been working with a new ensemble: Eden Liberman on keyboard and computer, Nir Leist on bass and Ilan Tenennbaum on drums. Celebrating the …

Hot! Hot! Hot! The Hot Jazz program will be sizzling with salsa as Frankie Vasquez (Puerto Rico/US) meets the Israeli Salsa ensemble Walakata in Café Havana. Performances will take place from May 27 – June 1, 2013 in Jerusalem, Herzliya, Tel Aviv and Haifa; sponsored by the US Embassy.
Growing up on music in Puerto Rico and New York, Frankie Vasquez started his first band, Los Generales, at the age of 16, playing congas. Singing came naturally to Vasquez, who loved listening to records, and could sing entire albums by heart. …