Tel Aviv Dance 2009: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

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 Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) has long engaged in an animated and energetic conversation with the world, performing the works of contemporary choreographers, such as: Jirí Kylián, Trey McIntyre, Harrison McEldowney and Ohad Naharin. The talented, versatile dancers have the ability to communicate in a variety of movement languages and styles, imbuing the choreography with their own unique presence.

The company’s outgoing artistic director, Jim Vincent, extended the company’s spirit of collaboration working with The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pinhas Zuckerman, The National Orchestra of Ottawa and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The company has also performed with individual contemporary and jazz musicians.

Founded in 1977 by dancer/choreographer Lou Conte, who served as artistic director until the year 2000, the company includes 22 dancers in the main company, a junior company and runs a dance school named for Conte. With Jim Vincent’s appointment as artistic director for the Netherlands Dance Theatre (NDT), Glenn Edgerton, who was artistic director of NDT from 1995 – 2000, was chosen as the new artistic director for HSDC.

The company will perform the following pieces in Israel:

Bitter Suite –   a new dance by Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo, set to music by Mendelssohn and Monteverdi, created for HSDC and first performed in October 2009.

Slipstream – Jim Vincent’s farewell dance for the company, set to Benjamin Britten’s “Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge.” The piece is a series of duets, short encounters between dancers, moving through different moods and variations. The term slipstream refers to the strong force of air behind a moving vehicle, with Vincent exploring the energy of a moving body within that space behind another moving body.

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Gnawa – Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato was here with his company performing this piece in the Israel Festival and Suzanne Dellal Centre’s “Summer Dance” this past summer. Audiences will now have the opportunity to see HSDC’s interpretation of this dance inspired by mystical rituals and the sounds of North Africa and Spain.

Off Screen – by company dancer and newly appointed resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, set to music from films. Ceruudo was inspired by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who said, “A film is, or should be, more like music than fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.”

Performances:
Israeli Opera
19 Shaul Hamelech St, Tel Aviv
www.israel-opera.co.il
Gnawa, Off Screen, SlipStream
October 28, 29 & 31 at 21:00, October 30th at 13:00
Tickets: 03-6927777
Jerusalem Theatre, Sherover Auditorium
20 Marcus Street, Jerusalem
www.jerusalem-theatre.co.il
Bitter Suite, Gnawa, Off Screen
November 2 & 3 at 20:30
Tickets: 02-5605757

Haifa Auditorium
138 HaNassi Avenue, Haifa
Bitter Suite, Gnawa, Off Screen
November 4 & 5 at 20:30
Tickets: 04-835-3555