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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1988

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Dance debut

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 January 1988 · page 19

JERUSALEM is to be the site of a very special “world premiere” -- the debut of the officially-approved Jerusalem Tamar Dance Company at…

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At the theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 January 1988 · page 19

An occasional column to give an idea of what is being staged in the theatre in Israel. All productions are in Hebrew unless…

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Theatre Times So... what has changed in the past 70 years?

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 January 1988 · page 9

Among the more exquisite delights of our December was the gift of one of those rare books that makes us silently implore even our best-loved guests to go home so we can get back to it. The Penguin Dorothy…

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Claytons Festival Now the Real Thing Theatre Times

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 January 1988 · page 9

This column has, more than once, opined that Sydney is too big to be a festival town. There is a feast of festival-type activity…

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The Arts The establishment recognizes the modern Hebrew play A festival that does not please all THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 January 1988 · page 19

TEL AVIV MUNICIPALITY and the Ministry of Education and Culture join the Israel 40th Anniversary Committee in a celebration of the…

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Volley-ball

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 18 January 1988 · page 8

Le tirage au sort du tournoi olympique des Jeux de Séoul a été plutôt favorable pour l'équipe de France qui rencontrera. dans sa poule, les Etats-Unis,…

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THEATRE M. de Pourceaugnac et la Poudre aux Yeux

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 18 January 1988 · page 19

C'est à une véritable fflte que nous convie la Comédie française en unissant dans la même soirée "La Poudre Yeux" de Labiche et "Monsieur de…

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Plans for Sydney Jewish Orchestra

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 January 1988 · page 5

The Sydney Jewish community may soon have its own symphony orchestra, according to Jewish Choral Society general manager David Brown…

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United they dance

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 January 1988 · page 19

THE GOOD news is that the Jerusalem Tamar Dance Company was well and truly launched at the Jerusalem Sherover Theatre last…

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Theatre directors resign

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 January 1988 · page 9

Yehoshua Sobol and Gedalia Besser, the artistic directors of the Haifa Municipal Theatre, last week announced that they were resigning…

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Theatre Times Not Quite the Same

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 January 1988 · page 15

Changes of pace there are aplenty in the Sydney Festival theatre segment; but Ethyl Eichelberger is…

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Bezalel Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 January 1988 · page 15

The NSW Bezalel Fellowship of Art and Design held a concert last week featuring promising young…

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Airport Convention Band op Holland Festival

Dutch Australian Weekly · Monday 25 January 1988 · page 13

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The Spaniards are coming DANCE/Dora Sowden

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 January 1988 · page 19

ALMOST ON THE heels of Gades and his company (two months after, to be exact) another, bigger Spanish company will visit Israel: the Royal…

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Dance ‘Dybbuk’ for Israel Festival

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 February 1988 · page 19

MAURICE BEJART, the famous choreographer-director of the Twentieth Century Ballet, could not come for the scheduled press…

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“Motiveless” crime base for top theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 February 1988 · page 23

Emblazoned across the cover of a 1933 French magazine was the headline: The Papin Sisters —…

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DAYSCHOOLS The band plays on — but where?

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 February 1988 · page 12

Masada College’s Primary School band has a problem — despite the fact that 90 talented youngsters practise diligently several times weekly, venues for performing have been…

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REVIEWS Film-making that asks intimate questions An Australian Summer, written and ' directed by Megan Simpson, and Feathers, directed by John Ruane, are playing at the State Film Theatre, Melbourne, until February 24

Tribune · Wednesday 17 February 1988 · page 9

The pairing of Megan Simpson's An Australian Summer with John Ruane's Feathers in the AFI's current double-bill invites some interesting comparisons. Hot on the…

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Theatre Naomi Doudai On the edge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 February 1988 · page 19

ME[?] TEHOM (Ground Water) By Hillel Mittelpunkt. Directed by Amit Gazit. The Khan Theatre, Jerusalem…

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Haddrick makes early bid for 1988 award THEATRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 February 1988 · page 23

RON Haddrick, who only a fortnight ago was honored by the Sydney Critics’ Circle for his performances last year in I’m Not…

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