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Cultural events to look out for in the weeks to come.

By BARRY DAVIS
General view of Tel Aviv (photo credit: REUTERS)
General view of Tel Aviv
(photo credit: REUTERS)
Spark of inspiration
Choreographer Alice Dor Cohen’s new work Lior’s Spark should provide children and parents with quality entertainment, as well as some valuable insight. The moving and comic work, tailored mainly for the five to 10 year age group, tells the story of a hyperactive and learning challenged boy who finds it difficult to handle everyday tasks. However, with his mother’s encouragement, Lior eventually discovers his natural talent for dance.
The show raises the issue of helping children to discover their own special inner spark by empowering them and revealing their strong points.
Lior’s Spark will be performed by Dor Cohen, Ofra Meitis and Reuven Kubrigaro, with music by Itai Bacharach.
The show will be followed by a workshop for children and parents called The Spark within Me, led by the dancers.
May 2 at 11:30 a.m. at Warehouse 2 in Jaffa Port; and May 23 at 11:30 a.m. at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv. For tickets and more information: (03) 510-5656
Lavo spreads it around
The Lavo instrumental trio will perform three concerts between now and May 6. The band consists of guitarist-pianist Itamar Erez, flutist Barak Sober and pantam (metal percussion) player Liron Man.
The threesome play a wide range of self-scored sounds inspired by traditional music from different places around the world.
The group was formed in December 2012 when Man hosted Sober and Erez at one of his concerts. The three played Erez’s composition “Desert Song,” and they immediately hit it off. They began performing together on a regular basis, and some of the material they wrote and performed together is included in an album called Solo Con Ellos (Only with Them).
Lavo will perform on April 25 at 8 p.m. at the House of Grace Church in Haifa (tickets: (04) 866-6235); May 5 at 9 p.m. at the Suzanne Dellal Center (tickets: (03) 51-5656); and May 6 at 9 p.m. at the Yellow Submarine in Jerusalem (tickets: (02) 679-4040). For more information: http://www.lavomusic.com
Tools of the trade
The Apter Barrer Arts Center and Gallery at Ma’alot-Tarshiha is hosting “Integrated Tools,” an exhibition of sculptures and other works by Israel Prize laureate Yechiel Shemi, Shmuel Peer, Rami Arma and Idan Erez.
Shemi, who died in 2003 at 91, created a new form of iron sculptural expression and is celebrated as a pioneer in the field. Peer, Arma and Erez studied under him, and their exhibits feed off their mentor’s philosophy and approach to texture and form.
The exhibition includes works from a variety of disciplines, including sculpture, painting and installation, although all are inspired by Shemi’s sculptural ethos.
The exhibition, which opened on April 5 as part of the 25th annual Stone in the Galilee international sculpture festival, will run until June 4. For more information: (04) 997-7150
 Bohemian new world yearning
The final installment of the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble’s current season, called From Bohemia to the New World, will cover expansive sonic and emotional ground. This last slot of the season takes in works by Dvorak (Nocturne for String Orchestra, op. 40 and Serenade for Strings); Gershwin; Aaron Copland (Concerto for Clarinet and Hoedown); and Polish-born Israeli composer Yehezkel Braun, who died last year at 92.
Clarinet player Shirley Brill will make her debut with the ensemble, which will be conducted by Barak Tal.
May 2 at 8:30 p.m. at the Krieger Auditorium in Haifa; May 3 at 8:30 p.m. at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv; and May 4 at 8:30 p.m. at the Weill Auditorium in Kfar Shmaryahu. For tickets: Haifa (04) 836-3804; Tel Aviv 054- 693-4439; Kfar Shmaryahu (09) 956-9430.