| Festival Hashemesh - The Sun Festival - in Eilat: a celebration of dance and music for the whole family, with 1500 youth participating under the direction of Israel's foremost dancers and musicians, is happening in Eilat during Chanuka (23-30 December 2008).
Events will be held at the Eilat Theatre (cinema in Red Canyon centre) and in the marina area next to the Magic Palace hotel. Rami Be'er, members of the Kibbutz Dance Troupe, and Ohad Hitman are only a few of the leading artists who will be dancing, singing, and teaching along with youth groups from all over Israel at this unique festival for the performing arts. There will be classes, workshops, and performances open to the public in a variety of dance genres: hip hop, modern dance, ethnic dance, classical, classes in composition and choreography, rhythm lessons, music lessons, and song. The musical side of the workshops includes musical arrangement, how to adapt music to dance work, how to create music, rhythm, and song amongst many other things.
This is the fourth year running for this special festival, organised by ‘MeMI' - The Israeli Centre for Dance and Music. The festival gives the opportunity for amateurs to mingle with professionals, for even people who have never been on a stage to participate in the events, learn aspects of the performing arts, and enjoy the performances.
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Yedida Amra, the head of MeMI who has organized the festival, says, "For thousands of youth who aspire to dance, this is the opportunity to appear on stage, to present dance works in various genres, to touch on artistic content that they didn't always know of previously, and to receive inspiration and knowledge from the leading artists in the field."
The festival events will be held thrice over, on dates 23-25 Dec., 25-27 Dec., and 28-30 Dec. at both the Eilat cinema and the marina by Magic Palace.
Registration must be made in advance.
The price for a workshop for the general public is 50 NIS. Eilat residents enjoy a special discount and can participate in the workshops for only 25 NIS.
There are free performances by the jazz troupe.
The Kibbutz Dance Troupe will be giving a performance: ‘Kif Kapayim'.
To register, contact www.katros.co.il or telephone 057-5525273 or 057-5525274.
For additional information, contact Inbal at Pilizer Communications at 0522-506367.
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