International Exposure is an annual showcase of Israeli contemporary dance for an audience of international arts presenters, agents, managers, journalists, and artists.

 An initiative of the Suzanne Dellal Centre with support from the Tel Aviv Yaffo Municipality, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Sports, International Exposure presents the very best of Israeli contemporary dance, revealing the richness, creativity, imagination, strength, and innovation of dance in Israel.

Over the course of five days, participants see the work of dozens of Israeli dance companies and choreographers with over thirty performances, getting a robust introduction to the dynamic dance scene of Israel.

Over the years, International Exposure has created bridges between Israeli artists and audiences around the world, opening new channels of communication and collaboration and providing international visibility that has given Israel the reputation of being an incubator of some of the most exciting and innovative dance taking place around the globe.

International Exposure has put Suzanne Dellal on the map as one of the leading dance centres in the world and a model of programming and physical design.

When: November 30th – December 4th

Where: Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv

Where: Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv

When:  December 12, 2011

Opening September 8, Litvak Gallery’s Czech glass exhibition highlights the work of veteran Czech artists Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, Vaclav Cigler, Vladmir Kopecky and Bohumil Elias, and shows their influence on younger artists such as Stepan Pala, Zora Palova and Vladmira Klumparova whose work has never been challenged by government restrictions. The work of these remarkable artists is displayed in an unforgettable show, expertly curated in a visually stunning display.

Where: Litvak Gallery, 4 Berkovitz St. Tel Aviv

When: September 8 – December 31, 2011

The innocence in Philip`s photographs are shown on the smile on Mick Jagger`s and his band members` faces, an innocent smile that does not reveal the fact that they are going to be one of the greatest band in history, a band will change the face of music forever.

Besides The Stones and The Beatles, Philip photographed the 60`s. Major models, celebrities, politicians, businessman, art figures and more, all went through his camera lenses. His photographs reflect the 60`s, a decade that shaped and influenced our cultural, political, social and artistic way of thinking.

Minotaure Gallery, 100 Ben-Yehuda st., Tel Aviv

Open: 10.11.11 – 31.12.11

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an American all-male drag ballet corps which parodies the conventions and clichés of romantic and classical ballet. The company was co-founded by Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor and Antony Bassae in New York City in 1974, producing small, late-night shows, in off-off Broadway lofts. Their first show as on September 9, 1974, at a second story loft on 14th street, in the heart of the meat-packing district.
After receiving a favorable critical review in The New Yorker by Arlene Croce, it was discovered by a wider audience. The “Trocks” toured the world, with prolonged engagements in many major cities. In 2008 they performed at the Royal Variety Performance, in front of Prince Charles.
The dancers portray both male and female roles in a humorous style that combines parodies of ballet, posing and physical comedy with “straighter” pieces intended to show off the performers’ technical skills. Much of the humor is in seeing male dancers en travesti; performing roles usually reserved to females, wearing tutus and dancing en pointe.

Pat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for horn players with an advanced rhythmic and harmonic sensibility – a way of playing and improvising that was modern in conception but grounded deeply in the jazz tradition of melody, swing, and the blues. With the release of his first album, Bright Size Life (1975), he reinvented the traditional “jazz guitar” sound for a new generation of players. Throughout his career, Pat Metheny has continued to re-define the genre by utilizing new technology and constantly working to evolve the improvisational and sonic potential of his instrument.

Metheny’s versatility is almost nearly without peer on any instrument. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton Nascimento to David Bowie. He has been part of a writing team with keyboardist Lyle Mays for more than twenty years – an association that has been compared to the Lennon/McCartney and Ellington/Strayhorn partnerships by critics and listeners alike. Metheny’s body of work includes compositions for solo guitar, small ensembles, electric and acoustic instruments, large orchestras, and ballet pieces, with settings ranging from modern jazz to rock to classical.

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art holds a comprehensive collection of Israeli art, representing all major trends and artists. A selection of some 250 of these works, dating from 1906 to the present, will be on view at the time of the inauguration of the Amir Building, presented in 18,500 square feet of galleries, in the country’s largest permanent installation of Israeli art.