MAJOR JEWISH AND ISRAELI EXHIBITIONS
By David Prince, Israel Consulate General, New York
MUSIC
An Evening of Music and Song with Danny
Maseng and Inbal Megiddo
Oct. 1, 8:30 pm
An acclaimed musician, Dani
Maseng is an exciting singer who performs a repertoire of traditional and
original songs. Israeli cellist, Inbal Megido and her accompanist pianist,
Anna Grinberg will add their extraordinary talents to make this a most special
evening. Inbal's playing has a "magical expression and technical expertise."
Open to the entire community. :www.theisraeliclub.com
JCC on the Palisades, 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, NJ.
DANCE
Israeli Folk Dance
Wednesdays, 7-8 pm (instructional session) | 8:15 pm-12:15 am (open session)
Join us every Wednesday evening for folk dancing and
fun with Ruth Goodman and Danny Uziel. No advance registration is necessary.
Join us for an instructional session to learn and review today’s folk dance
repertoire. This session is geared to those with some knowledge of Israeli
folk dance.
92nd Street Y, 92nd Street & Lexington
Avenue. For information: 212.415.5737 |
www.92y.org
Israeli Folk Dancing with Tamar and
Shmulik
Thursdays at 7 pm
Join us Thursday nights for
Israeli folk dancing in the North Gym, led by the well-known and loved Israeli
dance teachers Tamar and Shmulik. Beginners can get started with an
introductory hour-long session from 7-8pm. Dancers of all levels are invited
to join in for the rest of this fun-filled dance xtravaganza!
This Fall, every Thursday night beginning October 21st until December 30! No
registration required. Pay at the front desk in the lobby.
Beginners from 7-8 pm, All Levels from
8-Midnight
The JCC in Manhattan,
334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. Call 646.505.5708 for information
MULTI-MEDIA
INSTALLATION
Cyclops - multi-media installation by Ohad Meromi Aug. 31 through Oct.
8
Opening Reception: Sep. 10, 6pm
The inaugural exhibition of the Harris
Lieberman Gallery. In the main room, Israeli artist Ohad Meromi creates a
series of empty platforms, suggesting a performance that may have happened or
has yet to happen. Within this environment, Meromi presents Cyclops II,
the second installment of his work which uses Euripides’ play as a point of
departure for exploring myth, narrative, collaboration and the residues of
Modernism. Cyclops II takes us to a stage of Greek myth, in front of a cave,
under Mount Etna, on the island of Sicily. An experiment with adaptation of
text and nonlinear narrative, Meromi’s interpretation of the play is stripped
down to its core elements. Odysseus, an outsider, encounters the Cyclops and
his satyr slaves, a strange group of island dwellers. The conflicts of their
meeting are played out in silent sci-fi-rock-opera style (in collaboration
with Lior Navok, one of Israel’s leading contemporary classical composers).
Born on Kibbutz Mizra in 1967, Ohad Meromi has exhibited extensively in
Israel, with solo exhibitions at the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Museums. In 1998
he was awarded the Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Prize. In 2004
he received his M.F.A. from Columbia University. This fall, he will be
included in Uncertain States of America, curated by Hans Ulrich-Obrist
and Daniel Birnbaum at the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo.
Harris Lieberman Gallery, 89 Vandam Street, between Hudson and
Greenwich Sts. For more information please call: 212.206.1290 or visit:
www.harrislieberman.com