Bolero X Shahar Binyamini - Performed by the Resident Dance Company

Following great success and rave reviews, the work of international Israeli choreographer Shahar Binyamini, "BOLERO X," comes to the Haifa Auditorium. A powerful journey between contemporary dance and orchestral music, featuring 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 under the direction of Roy Oppenheim, accompanies the piece throughout its first two parts. The program features 3 works: Part One APRIL A powerful work that draws on a renewed look at questions of rhythm, body, and group, as they took shape in formative 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 a ritual in the making. The work features original orchestral music 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 re-examines 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 material and offering it a contemporary interpretation, in a rich orchestral arrangement presented via recorded soundtrack. Part Three BOLERO X The evening closes with BOLERO X – a choreographic version of an iconic musical structure, built 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 management: Soumaya Michel Dancers: Jozef Kodra, Naor Volker, Nuri Ron-Shitrit, Tom Nissim, Haviva Hercules, Elia Magnezi, Shaked Werner, Avigail Shafrir, Ofir Konesh, Ziv Bashor, Noa Gronich, Roni Militin, Alma Kabaret Shemesh, Rina Pinsky, Shahar Dori. Lighting design, technical direction: Ofer Laufer Costume design: Shahar Binyamini, Roi Bardas Set design: Shahar Binyamini, Adam Keller Composer: Ariel Blumenthal Featuring: Sadna – a training program for dancers, Ga'aton. The dance track at Tel Aviv Municipal High School A for the Arts, directed by Dalit Harmati. The dance track at Alon High School, Ramat HaSharon, directed by Efrat Hendler. "BOLERO X is not just an impressive dance work. It's a stage experience that stays in the body even after the last note." – Yuval Arel