BOLERO X - Performed by the house dance company

A Creation by Shahar Binyamini

Following its great success and enthusiastic reviews, the creation by Israeli international choreographer Shahar Binyamini, “BOLERO X,” comes to Haifa Auditorium.

A powerful journey between contemporary dance and orchestral music, featuring and performed by 30 dancers from the Be’er Sheva Dance Company. The performance is a first-of-its-kind artistic collaboration between Shahar Binyamini and composer Ariel Blumenthal. The original music, recorded by the Revolution Orchestra conducted by Roi Oppenheim, accompanies the work throughout its first two parts.

The program includes three works:

Part One — APRIL

A powerful work based on a fresh examination of questions of rhythm, body, and group, as they took shape during formative moments in the history of modern dance. The work unfolds a ritualistic, timeless space in which the collective body coalesces into a single living entity, while the individual moves between merging and resistance. The movement oscillates between inner impulse and collective action, creating a sensory-mystical experience of a ritual in formation.

A new orchestral score by Ariel Blumenthal was composed for the work, combining traditional acoustic instruments with electronic elements, guitars, percussion, and synthesizers, creating a rich, complex, and surprising sound.

Part Two — ARISE

A work that takes a fresh look at ideas of space, image, and sensation, as they developed at the beginning of the 20th century. The choreography moves along a delicate, mystical, and sensual line between movement minimalism and physical eruption, between the individual and their surroundings, and between attraction and distance. It is a timeless space in which the body appears as memory, longing, and impulse.

In collaboration with composer Ariel Blumenthal, a new musical layer takes shape, engaging with familiar materials and offering them a contemporary interpretation in a rich orchestral arrangement presented in a recorded soundtrack.

Part Three — BOLERO X

The evening concludes with BOLERO X—a choreographic version of an iconic musical structure, based on the principle of repetition, accumulation, and gradual intensification. It is a movement 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-based passion. Through repetition and precision, an absorbing, almost ritualistic physical experience is created, in which all the evening’s lines converge into a concentrated climax.

Performance duration: Approximately one hour and fifteen minutes

Choreography and artistic direction: Shahar Binyamini
Company manager: Shahar Dori
Dancers: Joseph Kudra, Naor Volker, Nuri Ron-Shitrit, Tom Nissim, Haviva Hercules, Eliya Magnezi, Shaked Warner, Abigail Shafrir, Ofir Kunash, Ziv Bashor, Noa Gronich, Roni Miltin, Alma Cabret Shemesh, Rina Pinsky, Shahar Dori
Lighting design and technical management: Ofer Laufer
Costume design: Shahar Binyamini, Roi Bardes
Set design: Shahar Binyamini, Adam Keler
Composer: Ariel Blumenthal

“BOLERO X is not merely an impressive dance work. It is a stage experience that remains in the body even after the final sound.” — Yuval Arel

Photo: Asquef