{"id":6143,"date":"2010-07-19T14:29:47","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=6143"},"modified":"2010-10-01T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T18:52:36","slug":"tel-aviv-dance-2010-a-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=6143","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv Dance 2010 – A First Look"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dada Masilo's "Carmen"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Want to keep up with the latest in dance? Tel Aviv Dance 2010, the international dance festival, will take place from October 4 \u2013 30 at two major cultural centers in Tel Aviv: the Suzanne Dellal Centre and the Israeli Opera \u2013 Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC). Launched four years ago at the joint initiative of Suzanne Dellal and the Israeli Opera with the Tel Aviv Municipality Department of Art and Culture, this year\u2019s festival will bring 12 dance companies to Israel.
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\nYair Vardi and Hannah Munitz: \u201cAs each year in the festival, we try to keep the Israeli audience up to date and present contemporary dance from all over the world, including intriguing, far-away places. This year the festival will host premieres from dance companies from South Africa, South Korea, and China alongside those from the US, Canada, France and Israel.<\/p>\n

Performances at Suzanne Dellal:<\/p>\n

The Accrorap Company from France will present \u201cLittle Stories.Com,\u201d created by Algerian choreographer Kader Attou. The company performs hip hop dance that combines Arabic-Andalusian music with French-Algerian hip-hop. The dance is an encounter point between the Algerian hip-hop dancers and the French dancers that reveals the distinctive aspects of French hip-hop, which is deeply influenced by the Mediterranean culture.<\/p>\n

Korean choreographer Shin Chang Ho, one of most promising young choreographers in South Korea, will present the hip-hop inspired \u201cNo Comment,\u201d performed by 10 male dancers. Originally created as a final project for his master\u2019s degree, the work has been performed world wide to critical acclaim, including a performance at the Frankfurt International Book Fair.<\/p>\n

There will be a focus on dance from South Africa this year – Dada Masilo\u2019s first performance in Israel with \u201cCarmen.\u201d The 24 year old dancer\/choreographer is known for her affinity for Classical Ballet, the astonishing speed, and perfect technique of her performance. Recipient of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance in 2008, her \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d has enjoyed great success since its premiere in the Arts Alive Festival that same year. \u201cCarmen\u201d is a work for 12 dancers, based on a libretto by Masilo. Masilo\u2019s Carmen is a hypnotic, erotic figure who moves from passion to jealousy, desire to rage and violence. The music includes Rodion Shchedrin\u2019s Carmen Suite-Ballet Suite for strings and percussion based on George Bizet\u2019s Carmen, Maria Callas singing the Habanera, and two sections of Arvo Part\u2019s Lamentate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arriving from Belgium for a first performance in Israel will be Eastman \u2013 the dance company of Flemish- Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, whose work \u201cSutra\u201d will be performed at the Israeli Opera.<\/p>\n

There will be a special performance of dance classics by eight American dancers, stars of the New York City Ballet and American Dance Theatre. Signature works of international renown such as Balanchine\u2019s \u201cApollo\u201d set to music by Stravinsky, and the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, as well as choreographies of Twyla Tharp and Tom Gold.<\/p>\n

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Maria Kong's "Miss Brazil"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Performances of Israeli companies will include: the Maria Kong Dancers Company premiere of \u201cMiss Brazil,\u201d \u2013 an evening which includes works created by Maria Kong and Idan Cohen, Barak Marshall\u2019s \u201cRooster\u201d \u2013 a co-production of the Suzanne Dellal Centre and the Israeli Opera that has been performed to critical acclaim world-wide, \u201cTransform\u201d a new work choreographed by Rami Be\u2019er and performed by the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, and \u201cBill\u201d the latest dance piece created by Sharon Eyal of the Batsheva Dance Company.<\/p>\n

Performances at the Israeli Opera \u2013 TAPAC:
\nPerforming in Israel for the first time will be Flemish-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui\u2019s dance company with \u201cSutra.\u201d The work was inspired by Buddhist Shaolin monks and created in collaboration with Turner prize-winning artist Antony Gormley. 17 monks perform in this intriguing work, accompanied by live music composed by Szymon Brz\u00f3ska for piano, percussion and strings.
\nThe Spanish dancer-choreographer Miguel Angel Berna, who first performed in Tel Aviv Dance 2007, returns with a new work: \u201cGoya.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Dance Company of Spain, under the direction of acclaimed choreographer Nacho Duato returns to Israel with a signature work of Duato\u2019s: \u201cMultiplicity, Forms of Silence and Emptiness\u201d set to a collage of Johann Sebastian Bach.<\/p>\n

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet from Canada will perform \u201cCarmina Burana,\u201d choreographed by Mauricio Wainrot to music by Carl Orff.<\/p>\n

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, a festival favorite, returns with \u201cRevelations,\u201d and three additional works that have not been previously performed in Israel: \u201cUnfold,\u201d \u201cDancing Spirit,\u201d and \u201cSuite Otis.\u201d<\/p>\n

During their stay here, the visiting companies will also conduct workshops and master classes for Israeli students of dance. Tel Aviv Dance 2010 is made possible through the initiative and support of the Tel Aviv Municipality \u2013 Department of Art and Culture, the Suzanne Dellal Centre, the Israeli Opera \u2013 TAPAC, European Union Israel, The French Embassy, the French Institute in Tel Aviv, Isracard, and Brussels Air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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