Bolero X Shahar Binyamini - Performed by the Resident Dance Company (20:30)

After great success and enthusiastic reviews, the work of Israeli, internationally renowned choreographer Shahar Binyamini, "BOLERO X," comes to the Haifa Auditorium. A powerful journey between contemporary dance and orchestral music, performed by 30 dancers of the Beit LeMachol Be'er Sheva dance company. The show is a first-of-its-kind artistic collaboration between Shahar Binyamini and composer Ariel Blumenthal. The original music, recorded by the Revolution Orchestra conducted by Roy Oppenheim, accompanies the work throughout the first two parts. The program includes 3 works: Part One – APRIL. A powerful work based on a renewed examination of questions of rhythm, body and group, as they crystallized in defining moments in the history of modern dance. The work unfolds a ritualistic, timeless space in which the group body coalesces into a single living entity, and the individual moves between merging and resistance. The movement shifts between inner impulse and collective action, creating a sensory, mystical experience of an emerging ritual. An original orchestral score was written for the work by Ariel Blumenthal, combining traditional acoustic instruments with electronic elements, guitars, percussion and synthesizers – creating a rich, complex and surprising sound. Part Two – ARISE. A work that reconsiders ideas of space, image and sensation as they developed in the early 20th century. The choreography moves along a delicate, mystical and sensual line, between movement minimalism and physical outburst, between the individual and their surroundings, and between attraction and distance. This is a timeless space in which the body appears as memory, as longing and as impulse. In collaboration with composer Ariel Blumenthal, a new musical layer is woven, engaging with familiar materials and offering them a contemporary interpretation, in a rich orchestral arrangement presented as a recorded soundtrack. Part Three – BOLERO X. To close the evening, BOLERO X will be performed – a choreographic version of an iconic musical structure, based on the principle of repetition, accumulation and gradual intensification. This is a movement sequence built on a single rhythm and an evolving pattern, which continually changes its colors and intensity over time. The choreography focuses on the tension between the individual and the group, between control and surrender, and between discipline and movement passion. Out of repetition and precision, a sweeping, almost ritualistic physical experience is built, in which all the threads of the evening converge into a concentrated climax. *Show duration: about an hour and a quarter. Choreography and artistic direction: Shahar Binyamini. Company director: Shahar Dori. Dancers: Guzhf Kudra, Naor Volker, Nuri Ron-Shitrit, Tom Nissim, Haviva Hercules, Elia Magnezi, Shaked Werner, Avigail Shafrir, Ophir Konesh, Ziv Bashor, Noa Gronich, Roni Miltin, Alma Kabaret Shemesh, Rina Pinsky, Shahar Dori. Lighting design, technical direction: Ofer Lauffer. Costume design: Shahar Binyamini, Roy Bardas. Set design: Shahar Binyamini, Adam Keller. Composer: Ariel Blumenthal. "BOLERO X is not just an impressive dance work. It's a stage experience that stays in the body even after the last sound." – Yuval Arel