The Gordon Center for Performing Arts Presents the New York-based Dance Company ZviDance in a Stunning New Work: Dabke -- Saturday, February 20, 2016, at 8:00 p.m.
Owings Mills, MD (PRWEB) January 05, 2016 -- On Saturday, February 20, 2016, at 8:00 p.m., the Gordon Center for Performing Arts presents ZviDance, of New York, showcasing Artistic Director Zvi Gotheiner’s stunning new work -- Dabke.
Mr. Gotheiner’s Dabke uses the power of dance to put a spotlight on Middle-Eastern tribal and national identities while at the same time dissolving those definitions.
“Dabke,” in Arabic, means “stomping of feet;” the word, in Hebrew, is “debka.”
Enlightening and amazing audiences with its liquid movement and energetic fusion of rich Israeli and Arabic folk dance, Dabke was inspired by the Israeli-born Gotheiner’s childhood on a kibbutz. His work tells the story of community in a modern age and the deeply rooted impulses that prompt people to dance.
In its last 20 years, ZviDance has received critical praise and stable funding for its artistic projects. The company performs frequently at home in such New York venues as the Joyce Theater and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors. It has toured across North America to The American Dance Festival, and abroad to Germany, Poland, Russia, Israel, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and Japan.
“This is going to be a rich, cultural evening, full of mesmerizing dance, energy and passion,” says Randi Benesch, Managing Director of the Gordon Center for Performing Arts. “Zvi and his dance company are extraordinarily talented -- the fluidity of their movement will be like nothing you have ever seen before, unless, of course, you want a sneak peak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-vIGiYnjVU”;
ZviDance visits the Gordon at a wonderful time! The Gordon Center for Performing Arts is partnering with the Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences for the 3nd Annual Take a Leap Baltimore County Dance Celebration that takes place all throughout the month of February 2016.
Tickets are $29 in advance; $32 at the door, and may be ordered online at gordoncenter.com. The Gordon Center is located on the campus of the Rosenbloom JCC at 3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue, Owings Mills, MD 21117.
For press inquiries, please contact Gordon Center publicist Billy Treger at 410.559.3616. For tickets or more information regarding the event, please call 410.356.7469.
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The Peggy and Yale Gordon Center for Performing Arts is Baltimore County’s premiere arts destination. The Gordon Center offers an eclectic variety of professional entertainment in music, theater, dance, family programming and film. You will experience world-class acoustics in an intimate, state-of-the-art venue. Free parking in well-lit spaces, handicap accessible, and equipped with a special RF system for the hearing impaired, the Gordon Center can be enjoyed by all.
Billy Treger, Jewish Community Center of Baltimore, http://www.jcc.org, 410.599.3616, [email protected]
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