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Chinese Dance Spring The Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv will host the three-day Chinese Dance Spring event from February 19 to 21.

By BARRY DAVIS
woman dancing cartoon (photo credit: MCT)
woman dancing cartoon
(photo credit: MCT)
Chinese Dance Spring The Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv will host the three-day Chinese Dance Spring event from February 19 to 21, with additional performances by the troupe of Shaolin monks at the Performing Arts Center in Herzliya (February 16), Haifa Auditorium (February 17), the Performing Arts Center in Beersheba (February 18) and the Jerusalem Theater (February 22).
Shaolin monks come from Hunan, China, and are well known for their martial arts skills. The Shaolin Monastery is a Buddhist temple that was founded in the fifth century, and the monks and monastery have a long tradition of studying martial arts, which goes back over a millennium and a half. The troupe will perform a highly energized show based on kung fu, gymnastics and dance.
For tickets and more information: (03) 510-5656 Love is in the air in Herzliya While Valentine’s Day is not “our” official day of love, in recent years increasing numbers of Israelis have been making the most of the extracultural event to engage in activities of a romantic nature and get in some entertainment based on love themes.
From February 12 to 15 the Performing Arts Center in Herzliya will stage a whole host of romantically themed shows starting with French Kiss, which is designed to convey a Parisian ambiance, and stars veteran singers Tilda Rajuan and Avi Toledano.
The two chansonniers will entertain the audience with a lineup of romantic golden oldies such as “Autumn Leaves,” “La Bohème” and “Natalie.” And while Rajuan and Toledano do their thing the members of the audience will have their aural entertainment augmented by a backdrop of shots of the picturesque alleyways of the French capital taken by Yoel Shtrog. Other singers on the Valentine’s Day roster in Herzliya include David D’or, Yasmin Levy, Avraham Tal and Gidi Gov, who will perform romantic works from the Israeli songbook.
There will also plenty of nonmusical entertainment, featuring poet Ronny Somek, while sexologist Dr. Iris Bar On will present a humorous slot about relationships and sex in Israel.
For tickets and more information: 1-700-70-2929 and www.hoh-herzliya.co.il One World One Love If Bob Marley were still around today he’d be 69 years old, and Shmulik Bar and Dan Afikomen have joined forces with the House of Marley organization to mark the milestone with two days of the late King of Reggae’s music.
On February 13 and 14 the Barby Club in Tel Aviv will host a stellar roster of entertainers, including Shaanan Street, Tomer Yosef, Ephraim Shamir, Guri Alfi and Yirmi Kaplan, who will perform music written and recorded by Marley, who died in 1981 at the age of 36.
For tickets and more information: (03) 510-7070 and http://misterticket.co.il/ Fun at the opera The Israel Opera will put on 10 performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera Don Pasquale in Tel Aviv from February 18 to March 1.
Don Pasquale tells the story of the vivacious Norina, who teaches the miserly title character a lesson or two when the old man announces his intention to marry a much younger woman. Norina enlists the help of Emesto, Don Pasquale’s nephew whose announcement of his desire to wed the socioeconomically disadvantaged Norina led to him being disinherited by his uncle, in the wake of which Don Pasquale sets out to produce his own heir. Together with their friend Malatesta the young lovers put Pasquale in his place.
David Stern and Karin Ben- Josef will share conducting duties with German director Grischa Asagaroff at the helm of the production. The soloists include Croatianborn bass Surian Giorgio, soprano Hila Baggio, Italian tenor Alessandro Luciano and baritone Oded Reich.
Instrumental support will be provided by the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon Lezion with the Israel Opera Chorus providing vocal underpinning.
Subtitles will be provided in English and Hebrew.
For tickets and more information: (03) 692-7777 and www.israel-opera.co.il