Bolero X Shahar Binyamini - Performed by the Resident Dance Company

Following great success and rave reviews, the work of Israeli, internationally acclaimed 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 Beer 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 piece throughout its first two parts. The program features 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 ritual, 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 unfolding ritual. Original orchestral music for the piece was written 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 reexamines 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, longing, and impulse. In collaboration with composer Ariel Blumenthal, a new musical layer is woven, echoing familiar material and offering it a contemporary interpretation, in a rich orchestral arrangement presented as a recorded soundtrack. Part Three: BOLERO X The evening concludes with BOLERO X – 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 that 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 ritual 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: Jozef Kodra, Naor Volker, Nuri Ron-Shitrit, Tom Nissim, Haviva Hercules, Elia Magnezi, Shaked Werner, Avigail Shafrir, Ofir Konash, Ziv Bashor, Noa Groniach, Roni Militin, Alma Cabaret Shemesh, Rina Pinsky, Shahar Dori. Lighting design, technical direction: Ofer Lauffer Costume design: Shahar Binyamini, Roi 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