{"id":37111,"date":"2017-05-28T02:16:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T09:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=37111"},"modified":"2017-05-28T23:27:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T06:27:03","slug":"israel-festival-2017-free-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=37111","title":{"rendered":"Israel Festival 2017: Free Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking the festival outdoors and celebrating with everyone, the Israel Festival presents several shows free and open to the public: La Putyka Circus, Castle in Time Orchestra, and the Ka’et Ensemble.<\/p>\n

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La Putyka Circus\/Photo: Pavel Kolsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

La Putyka Circus will present two of its signature shows at the Israel Festival: Slapstick Sonata<\/em> and La Putyka<\/em>. Performances are free and open to the public, and will take place in Zion Square on June 7th and 8th in the context of Prague Week in Jerusalem.
\nThe contemporary circus company was founded in 2009, with the intention to create a theatre poetics that merges acrobatics, contemporary dance, puppetry, and music, with emphasis on the story and message. The ensemble of twenty performers includes: actors, musicians, acrobats, puppeteers and dancers. Artistic director and principal of La Putyka is Rostislav Nov\u00e1k Jr., and General Manager is V\u00edt Nov\u00e1k.<\/p>\n

La Putyka<\/em> takes a look at Czech pub culture from a humorous perspective in a show that combines dance, theatre, acrobatics, puppet theatre and live music. Directed by Rostislav Nov\u00e1k Jr.\u00a0Performances will take place on Wednesday, June 7th and Thursday, June 8th at 17:00.<\/p>\n

Slapstick Sonata<\/em>
\nNight falls in a warehouse in Prague, and workers on the night shift begin their mundane routine\u2026 only to break out of it in a blaze of humor, movement, silliness and physical theatre. All set to the music of Mozart, Handel, Shostakovich and more. Directed by Maksim Komaro.\u00a0Performances will take place on Wednesday, June 7th and Thursday, June 8th at 21:00.
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