[HANASHIR:9277] Columbia (Md) Arts Festival includes Israeli premiers

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June 15 - 30, 2001
The Columbia Festival of the Arts 2001 Season features more than 200 artists 
from eleven countries, including the U.S. debut of Israel's Haifa Festival 
Orchestra and Cuba's Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba and Traje Nuevo, 
U.S. premieres by Israel's Inbal Pinto and Canada's Les Deux Mondes, and a 
sneak preview of Washington Ballet's new collaboration with Sweet Honey in 
the Rock.
The festival kicks off with its second annual fund raising gala featuring Tom 
Wopat, star of Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun" and TV's "Dukes of Hazzard," 
and a spectacular community event, "Lighting up the Lakefront." Free concerts 
at the Lakefront include Reggae greats Third World, Afro-Pop's Toure Toure, 
Cuba's Bambaleo, and swing favorites the Chenille Sisters and the James 
Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band.
And there's more. Riverdance favorite Eileen Ivers, the Twyla Tharp Dance 
Company, jazz great Dee Dee Bridgewater, and from Brazil, for the festival 
finale, Afro-Brazilian group Olodum.
Come inside and take a look!
U.S. Premiere
Inbal Pinto "Oyster"
"...She is a breath of fresh air. Her universe is elfin and sparkling, 
studded with humour."
- Lyon Figaro
"...The audience watched with their breath taken away until the last frantic 
break of applause."
- Thessalia Volou
Like the verses of a nursery rhyme, "Oyster" unveils its magical scenes to 
create a quirky fairytale landscape. From the seemingly limitless imagination 
of Israeli choreographer Inbal Pinto and director Avshalom Pollak, this 
mysterious dance theater piece resonates with fantastical images of a wacky, 
surreal circus both light and dark in color. "Oyster" will move and captivate 
the entire family.
Rouse TheaterFriday, June 29, 8 pm    
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First time in the US
Haifa Festival Orchestra

Under the leadership of award winning music director Ada Pelleg, the widely 
acclaimed Haifa Festival Orchestra makes their American debut at the Columbia 
Festival of the Arts. Two separate programs featuring Jin Ta, winner of the 
Haifa International Flute Festival, will showcase the exquisite artistry of 
fifteen of Israel's finest string players.

Post Performance Discussions
Program 1Mozart: Divertimento K136
Quantz: Concerto for Flute in G
Nuri El-Ruheinbany: "Improvisations" for Flute and String Orchestra
Tchaikowsky: Serenade for String Orchestra
Sunday, June 24, 7:30 pm
Program 2Britten: Simple Symphony
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for Flute in G
Partosh: "Visions" for Flute and String Orchestra
Dvorak: Serenade for String Orchestra
Monday, June 25, 7:30 pm
Rouse Theater
String Master ClassSunday; June 24, 10 am