{"id":41174,"date":"2023-04-28T01:54:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=41174"},"modified":"2023-04-26T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:59:09","slug":"flamenco-of-contrasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/flamenco-of-contrasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Flamenco of contrasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Lili Flamenco \/ Liat Har Lev performs two solos in the Dance Centre\u2019s Open Stage Edition #3 on May 6, 8 p.m. (photo from Lili Flamenco)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Scotiabank Dance Centre\u2019s <em>Open Stage Edition #3<\/em> on May 6 includes two solos choreographed and performed by Lili Flamenco \/ Liat Har Lev: <em>We Shall Not Forget<\/em>, dedicated to the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, and Lemons, in the flamenco style <em>Alegrias<\/em>, which means \u201chappiness\u201d in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlthough my family was not directly affected by the Holocaust, growing up in a Jewish family I heard and learned about it\u2026. I created this piece with the hope that I and the audience will connect to the experience of the victims and survivors on a deeper level and remember what they endured just because they were Jewish,\u201d Har Lev told the <em>Independent<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast, she said, \u201c<em>Lemons<\/em> has an uplifting, joyful mood and a vibrant rhythm, harmony and pulse. It has more of a traditional flamenco flavour and will be performed with a guitarist [Peter Mole] and singer [Pat Keith]. It is inspired by my personal artistic journey and celebrates optimism and grit. I chose to perform it in conjunction with <em>We Shall Not Forget<\/em> because it has a lighter mood \u2026 and is completely different stylistically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Har Lev performed <em>We Shall Not Forget<\/em> last year as part of the Dance Centre\u2019s International Dance Day events. (See jewishindependent.ca\/a-celebration-of-dance.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI started developing <em>We Shall Not Forget<\/em> in 2020 during the pandemic with the support of the 12 Minutes Max program. I had access to support and feedback from facilitators, I received subsidized studio space at Scotiabank Dance Centre, and had the opportunity to participate in an informal public showing which, unfortunately, had to be featured on Zoom because of the pandemic. I never actually performed <em>We Shall Not Forget<\/em> to a live audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to Har Lev, <em>Open Stage Edition #3<\/em> features dance works by Kiruthika Rathanaswami and Malavika Santhosh (in the classical Indian dance style of bharata natyam), Lili Shilpa Shankar (bharata natyam) and Voirelia Dance Hub (contemporary dance). For tickets, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/thedancecentre.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thedancecentre.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Har Lev will also be performing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelifestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Festival of Israeli Culture<\/a> at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver on May 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lili Flamenco \/ Liat Har Lev performs two solos in the Dance Centre\u2019s Open Stage Edition #3 on May 6, 8 p.m. (photo from Lili Flamenco) The Scotiabank Dance Centre\u2019s Open Stage Edition #3 on May 6 includes two solos choreographed and performed by Lili Flamenco \/ Liat Har Lev: We Shall Not Forget, dedicated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[785],"tags":[22270,3119,22268,6278,53,21449,22269,3404],"class_list":["post-41174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performing-arts","tag-alegrias","tag-dance","tag-festival-of-israeli-culture","tag-flamenco","tag-holocaust","tag-liat-har-lev","tag-lili-flamenco","tag-scotiabank-dance-centre"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}