Yoram Karmi, founder and artistic director of the Fresco Dance Company, is changing his own tradition this year. For the past several years Karmi has produced an evening showcasing the choreographic talents of the dancers in his company, giving them an opportunity to bring their own ideas to the stage, free of logistic concerns and costs. This year Karmi decided to open the stage to include young choreographers who are not necessarily dancers in Fresco.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The result is an evening of fun, thought-provoking and creative new short pieces by 9 choreographers. The style is contemporary, and the dancers bursting with talent. The diversity of themes and focus makes for a dynamic evening.<\/p>\n
Many of the choreographers havepreviously created dance pieces for the stage, either in previous Fresco evenings or in other festivals. Zachi Cohen, whose solo \u201cSarkozy\u201d promises to \u201csimply introduce myself\u201d, is a dancer\/choreographer worth getting to know. Cohen has created works previously with Mor and Noya Nardimon in the Shades of Dance Festival at Suzanne Dellal in 2007, and with Oren Tishler in the 2008 Fresco evening. As a dancer, Cohen performs extensively throughout Israel and abroad, with Fresco and other companies.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Joel Bray, formerly a dancer in the Kolben Dance Company, is as prolific as he is creative, with his recent work \u201cSplash\u201d appearing in the 2009 Mahol Shalem Festival in Jerusalem, choreographed and performs \u201cEy Shel Shfiyut\u201d (Island of Sanity \u2013 a double entendre in Hebrew as the \u201cEy\u201d means both \u201cisland\u201d and the negative prefix to \u201csanity,\u201d making it the equivalent of \u201cinsanity\u201d). Let him take you there, it\u2019s quite a trip.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Ariel Cohen, whose \u201cVenus de Meatloaf\u201d premiered in the 2009 Intimadance Festival at Tmuna Theatre, presents his \u201cContract\u201d with dancer Gavriel Shpitzer, which plays out onstage in an amusing and surprising way, with eclectic backup provided by dancers Danit Bucksbaum and Ori Lenkinski.<\/p>\n
Mira Rubinstein danced with Fresco for several years, and did the choreography for three plays \u2013 Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream and Karov LaBayit (Close to Home), all directed by her sister, Dafna Rubinstein. In the current piece, \u201cBoyee Ima\u201d (Come, Mother) she remains very close to home indeed, with an intimate look at the bond between mother and child.<\/p>\n
\u00a0With tickets at only 60 NIS, it\u2019s a great way to have fun and get a glimpse of what dancers can create when given the opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Performance:<\/p>\n
Monday, January 11 at 21:00 at the Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv<\/p>\n