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NEWS BULLETIN 14 April 2013 THE 52nd ISRAEL FESTIVAL, 23 MAY TO 22 JUNE 2013 The Israel Festival Jerusalem that began in 1961 with a modest series of classical concerts in Caesarea has become not just one of the most important events in Israel’s cultural calendar but also a festival of repute on the international stage. Today, the 52nd Israel Festival (May 23 to June 22), is a three-week celebration of the performing arts featuring tens of different events in dance, theater, jazz, classical, Israeli and world music, with international and Israeli performers. The locations for the events include some of Jerusalem’s iconic landmarks, including the Tower of David, the Jerusalem Lepers Colony, the renovated and reopened First Train Station, Sultan’s Pool and Ein Kerem, as well as the Jerusalem Theatre, the Gerard Behar Center, Mamilla, the YMCA and Beit Shmuel. The festival venues reflect the vibrant diversity of Jerusalem’s cultural life, and many of the performances were developed in relationship to the special places where they will take place. Some highlights from this year’s offerings: In music: Israeli pianist and songwriter Shlomi Shaban will open the festival and launch his new album at Jerusalem’s newest entertainment complex, the just-opened, renovated First Railway Station (May 23), and hosting special guests Asaf Avidan, Berry Sakharof and Ninet Tayeb. For the festival’s closing concert, Kaveret, one of Israel’s most popular bands of all time, will perform at Sultan’s Pool. The festival will mark the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring with a festive concert of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederick Shazlan. Other musical performances include Don Byron’s New Gospel Quintet, and a musical project performed against the backdrop of the walls of the Old City by the State ChoirLatvia and Hortus Musicus, conducted by Andres Mastonen, entitled Holy City. The Furst Railway Station in Jerusalem will host Israeli musician Daniel Zamir playing with Nino Bitton; a new ensemble with Shlomo Bar, Riff Cohen and a concert for all ages featuring the songs of Yonatan Geffen. In dance: In a performance adapted to suit the unique aspects of the Tower of David, Dressed to Dance will take place - a display of flamenco costumes from Madrid, several designed by Dali and Picasso, to the accompaniment of live music. Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Guy Behar with their dance company L.E.V. will present Housen, a site-specific version of House, adapted to the Hansen House site, home of the former Jerusalem Lepers Colony in the Talbiya neighborhood. The building, constructed in 1887, is renowned for its air of mystery. The choreographers describe their temporary take-over of the former Lepers Colony as a conquest of “normal” social perspectives on leprosy, lepers and the “other.” Additional Israel Festival dance performances include, among others, the Grand Theatre De Geneve, performing in Israel for the first time; the Emmanuel Gat Dance Company IMOT-INFODESK [email protected] NEWS BULLETIN which will perform the Goldlandbergs in conjunction with Tel Aviv Dance; the world premiere of a new work by Rami Be’er performed by the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, and a dance solo entitled Mr. Nice Guy by choreographer Anat Grigorio. In theater: International theatre performances will include an English-language performance of Hideki Noda’s The Bee, co-written by Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan. Inspired by the events of 9/11, this play is about a Japanese man and his enraged reaction when his wife and son are taken hostage. The 1927 theatre company from the UK will perform The Animals and the Children Took to the Streets, .incorporating live music, performance, storytelling and animation. Blind Summit Theatre, founded by Nick Barnes and Mark Down, will be performing The Table, in which the cardboard-constructed protagonist Moses shares his perspective on life. www.israel-festival.org.il For tickets: 972 2 623 7000 IMOT-INFODESK [email protected]