Israel Discount Bank Q4 & Full Year 2009 Earnings Release
- Conference Call - Thursday, 25th March, 2010 at 14:00 GMT 10:00 EST 16:00 Israel
PR Newswire
TEL-AVIV, Israel, March 9, 2010
TEL-AVIV, Israel, March 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel Discount Bank Limited (TASE: DSCT), one of Israel's
leading banks, will be releasing its financial results for the fourth
quarter and full year 2009 on Thursday, 25th March, 2010.
The Bank will be hosting a conference call on Thursday, 25th
March, 2010 at 14:00 GMT (10:00 EST, 16:00 Israel), during which management
will review the results and be available to answer questions. Participating
from Israel Discount Bank are Mr. Giora Offer - President & CEO, Mr. Yossi
Beressi - Senior EVP & Chief Accountant, Ms. Dorit Ben-Simon - EVP & Head of
Finance and Mr. Tom Kehrer - CFO of IDBNY.
To participate, please call one of the following teleconferencing
numbers. Please begin placing your calls at least 10 minutes before the
conference call commences.
Israel & other International Dial-in Number 
+972-3-918-0644
United Kingdom Dial-in Number 0-800-917-9141
United States Dial-in Number 
+1-888-281-1167
Canada +1-888-604-5839
Presentation material will be available on our website 1 hour
prior to the call accessible at http://www.discountbank.co.il/IR
A replay will be available after the call on our website, as well
as, from 25th March, 2010 through 1st April, 2010, by dialing Israel
+972-3-925-5927, United Kingdom 0-800-917-4256, United States
+1-888-326-9310; Canada +1-866-500-4953.
About Israel Discount Bank
Israel Discount Bank is a leading financial group in Israel. With
nationwide coverage, and a fast-growing domestic franchise, Israel Discount
Bank provides a full spectrum of corporate and retail financial products and
services to its clients, both in Israel and key financial centers around the
world. Israel Discount Bank is a member of and is traded on the Tel-Aviv
Stock Exchange under the Ticker DSCT; Bloomberg: DSCT.IT Reuters: DSCT.TA
For additional information, please visit the Company's investor
relations website at http://www.discountbank.co.il/IR
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK Q4 & FULL YEAR 2009 EARNINGS
Thursday, January 14, 2010
EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY TAMPA BASED HAITIAN 0RGANIZATIONS AND CONSERVATIONISTS IN MAJOR PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY
EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY TAMPA BASED HAITIAN 0RGANIZATIONS AND CONSERVATIONISTS IN MAJOR PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TODD SPINELLI PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION TO CONSERVE TAMPA WATER AND AQUAFREE TOOTHBRUSH WILL BE JOINED WITH KALOS INTERNATIONAL AND THE HAITIAN ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION OF TAMPA IN A MAJOR PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY WITH EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING LOCAL EFFORTS BY TAMPA RESIDENTS TO ASSIST IN THE EARTHQUAKE THAT CAUSED A MAJOR DISASTER IN HAITI. THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE ON TODAY THURSDAY JANUARY 14TH at 12:00pm HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY-JOHN F GERMANY LIBRARY 900 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE IN TAMPA THE CITY OF TAMPA RECENTLY WENT THROUGH A RECENT WATER SHORTAGE WHICH IS HAPPENING IN HAITI RIGHT NOW. OVER 100,000 WATER LESS AQUAFREE TOOTHBRUSHES INVENTED BY A LOCAL RESIDENT WILL BE HANDED OUT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN HAITI. Over 2 billion people in the world don't have access to sanitary water. The AQUA FREE TOOTHBRUSHES will provide Haiti with a healthy alternative as well as contribute to the well being of others in which water conservation is mandatory. Contact Todd Shapiro 516-312-6573 or 813-903-9247 www.conservetampawater.com |
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Ancient Mongolian music at Red Sky's Tono concert
Red Sky Performance presents
Tono: a music concert
An evening of ancient music from the steppes of Mongolia
Featuring a trio direct from Mongolia:
Tuvshinjargal Damindinjav, Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani, Batmend Baasankhuu
along with Toronto's Rick Sacks.
Wednesday January 20 and Thursday January 21, 2010, 8pm
The Music Gallery, 197 John Street
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 at the door.
Call 416-585-9969 or email yury@redskyperformance.com
Info: www.redskyperformance.com
Toronto, January 12, 2010- Stirring long song and throat singing from the ancient Mongolian steppes and the haunting lilt of the morin khuur (horse-head fiddle) will mesmerize audiences as Red Sky Performance presents Tono: a music concert, kicking off a year of celebratory events in honour of its 10th anniversary. To mark this milestone, Red Sky launches the festivities with two not-to-be-missed performances featuring the live music from its acclaimed dance and music creation Tono at Toronto's Music Gallery on January 20 and 21.
Tono: a music concert features a trio direct from Mongolia - Tuvshinjargal Damindinjav, Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani, Batmend Baasankhuu - along with Toronto musician Rick Sacks.
Heavily grounded in the theme of horse culture, spanning plains traditions in Asia and North America and interweaving shamanism on both continents, this concert is an opportunity to see and hear the music from Tono before it heads out on a Western Canadian tour that includes the distinction of being a featured performance at the Cultural Olympiad of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics February 11-14. Later, Red Sky travels to the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, China for five performances where it has the prestigious honour of performing at the Opening of the Canadian Pavilion (May 8).
Renowned for its artistry and innovation, Red Sky Performance shapes contemporary world Indigenous performance in dance, theatre and music. Founded in 2000 by Artistic Director Sandra Laronde, who hails from the Teme-Augama-Anishnaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, Northern Ontario, Red Sky creates, produces and tours original work for adult and family audiences on local, national and international stages. Laronde is also the director of Aboriginal Arts at The Banff Centre, and divides her time between Toronto and Banff.
Tono: a music concert features a trio direct from Mongolia - Tuvshinjargal Damindinjav, Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani, Batmend Baasankhuu - along with Toronto musician Rick Sacks.
Heavily grounded in the theme of horse culture, spanning plains traditions in Asia and North America and interweaving shamanism on both continents, this concert is an opportunity to see and hear the music from Tono before it heads out on a Western Canadian tour that includes the distinction of being a featured performance at the Cultural Olympiad of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics February 11-14. Later, Red Sky travels to the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, China for five performances where it has the prestigious honour of performing at the Opening of the Canadian Pavilion (May 8).
Renowned for its artistry and innovation, Red Sky Performance shapes contemporary world Indigenous performance in dance, theatre and music. Founded in 2000 by Artistic Director Sandra Laronde, who hails from the Teme-Augama-Anishnaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, Northern Ontario, Red Sky creates, produces and tours original work for adult and family audiences on local, national and international stages. Laronde is also the director of Aboriginal Arts at The Banff Centre, and divides her time between Toronto and Banff.
Red Sky Performance presents
Tono: a music concert
Concept and Director: Sandra Laronde (Canada)
Arrangement and Composition: Rick Sacks (Canada) in collaboration with Batmend Baashankhu, Tuvsinjargal Damindinjav and Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani
Wednesday January 20 and Thursday January 21, 2010, 8pm
The Music Gallery, 197 John Street (inside St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church)
Tickets: $20 advance / $25 at the door.
Call 416-585-9969 or email yury@redskyperformance.com
Info: www.redskyperformance.com
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Media Refer: Dianne Weinrib / Vanessa Andres - DW Communications 416-703-5479 dw@dwcommunications.net
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Dianne Weinrib
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Thursday, January 7, 2010
75th Birthday Celebration of Elvis Presley in New York City Friday January 8, 2010-11:30am
75th Birthday Celebration of Elvis Presley in New York City Friday January 8, 2010-11:30am
CONCERT BY ELVIS LOOK-A-LIKES AND IMPERSONATORS WITH AUTISM AND OTHER DISABILITIES
FREE FRIED PEANUT BANANA SANDWICHES THE KINGS FAVORITE IN GREENWICH VILLAGE TO ALL FANS
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Major Celebration in NYC of Elvis's 75th birthday with free Fried Peanut & Banana Sandwiches given out in Greenwich Village with Elvis look-alikes and Impersonators that have autism and other disabilities performing in honor the King's birthday. The party will take place on Friday January, 8, 2010 at 11:30am at Ossco Bucco Restaurant located at of 88 University Place in Manhattan The group of Elvis Impersonators that have autism and other disabilities will be dancing and singing along to the Kings greatest hits. They are part of the FREE (Free Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Theatre Arts Day Program)FREE's Theatre Arts Program uses the arts of music and dance as therapy to deal with there disabilities. Elvis lookalikes from across New York City and the FREE players will be grooving along as well as blowing out the candles out of a cake in celebration of the Kings 75TH Birthday. The restaurant will cook the kings favorite dishes like country friend steak with gravy and his infamous Fried Peanut & Banana Sandwiches from the Graceland's official cookbook. Media- There will be dozens of Elvis look-alikes with a cake. Great Visuals Contact Josh Mevorach 212-967-5700
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Red Sky's Tono at 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Shanghai World Expo!
Below please find press release announcing Toronto-based Red Sky Performance's acclaimed dance and music creation Tono heading out on a Canadian/International Tour that includes the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in February and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in May.
Helmed by founding Artistic Director Sandra Laronde, Red Sky celebrates these milestones and kicks off a year of festivities for its 10th anniversary with a hometown concert. Tono: the music concert features Tono's live ancient music from the steppes of Mongolia with musician Rick Sacks, and 3 musician-singers direct from Mongolia at Toronto's Music Gallery on January 20 and 21.
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Red Sky Announces
Canadian/International Tour of acclaimed Tono
including
Cultural Olympiad of 2010 Vancouver Olympics
and
2010 Shanghai World Expo
Toronto, January 7, 2010 - On the cusp of its 10th anniversary, Toronto's Red Sky Performance proudly announces that its much-lauded Tono - a stunningly vivid dance and live music creation that connects the Indigenous cultures of Canada, Mongolia and China - will be a featured highlight at the Cultural Olympiad of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, running February 11-14 at the Vancouver Playhouse.
Red Sky also announces a Western Canada and international tour of Tono for 2010. The tour includes: Calgary's High Performance Rodeo (January 28-30), Edmonton's Arden Theatre (February 2-3), the Vancouver Olympics (February 11, 13, 14), and culminates with five performances at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, China where Red Sky has the prestigious honour of performing at the Opening of the Canadian Pavilion on May 8.
Tono's inclusion in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and upcoming Western Canada and international tour to Asia are part of a year of celebratory events in honour of its 10th anniversary. To mark this milestone, Red Sky launches the festivities with two not-to-be-missed performances featuring the live music from Tono at Toronto's Music Gallery on January 20 and 21.
Conceived, co-choreographed and directed by Red Sky Artistic Director Sandra Laronde with co-choreography by Montreal's Roger Sinha, Tono speaks to the tribal identities of Indigenous peoples in North America and is heavily grounded in the themes of horse culture and shamanism, spanning plains traditions in North America and Asia.
The thundering images of horses on the move and visions of faraway cultures are magically conjured by six dazzling dancers, stirring long song and throat singers from the ancient Mongolian steppes and the haunting lilt of the morin khuur (horse-head fiddle). Tono mesmerizes audiences with this celebration of the creature universally regarded as the epitome of strength, grace and beauty.
Inspired by Laronde's travels to Asia in 2007, Tono was commissioned by The Banff Centre and Toronto's Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity. When Tono premiered as part of Luminato 2009, the Globe and Mail raved: "a ravishingly beautiful dance workŠ The dancers recreate a stampede that builds with excitementŠ absolutely stunning stretches and body twistsŠ a wonderful achievement."
"Dance and music have always played a vital role in Indigenous cultures," says Laronde. "It is a connection to our spirit, to the land, and a deep expression of our gratitude. Through dance and music we celebrate our traditions, our cultures, our innovation, and our gifts to the rest of the world."
Red Sky is one of the few companies to have two productions in the Olympics. Red Sky's family production, Raven Stole the Sun, will also be presented at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on Granville Island, Vancouver and Whistler from February 20-25. Red Sky will tour Raven to 63 communities across Canada and the United States.
In ten short years, Red Sky has become a touring force of original Indigenous work across Ontario, Canada and around the world. It has earned a well-respected reputation; its productions are regarded highly and play to capacity houses wherever they go.
Conceived, co-choreographed and directed by Red Sky Artistic Director Sandra Laronde with co-choreography by Montreal's Roger Sinha, Tono speaks to the tribal identities of Indigenous peoples in North America and is heavily grounded in the themes of horse culture and shamanism, spanning plains traditions in North America and Asia.
The thundering images of horses on the move and visions of faraway cultures are magically conjured by six dazzling dancers, stirring long song and throat singers from the ancient Mongolian steppes and the haunting lilt of the morin khuur (horse-head fiddle). Tono mesmerizes audiences with this celebration of the creature universally regarded as the epitome of strength, grace and beauty.
Inspired by Laronde's travels to Asia in 2007, Tono was commissioned by The Banff Centre and Toronto's Luminato Festival of Arts and Creativity. When Tono premiered as part of Luminato 2009, the Globe and Mail raved: "a ravishingly beautiful dance workŠ The dancers recreate a stampede that builds with excitementŠ absolutely stunning stretches and body twistsŠ a wonderful achievement."
"Dance and music have always played a vital role in Indigenous cultures," says Laronde. "It is a connection to our spirit, to the land, and a deep expression of our gratitude. Through dance and music we celebrate our traditions, our cultures, our innovation, and our gifts to the rest of the world."
Red Sky is one of the few companies to have two productions in the Olympics. Red Sky's family production, Raven Stole the Sun, will also be presented at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on Granville Island, Vancouver and Whistler from February 20-25. Red Sky will tour Raven to 63 communities across Canada and the United States.
In ten short years, Red Sky has become a touring force of original Indigenous work across Ontario, Canada and around the world. It has earned a well-respected reputation; its productions are regarded highly and play to capacity houses wherever they go.
Renowned for its artistry and innovation, Red Sky Performance is a leading company that shapes contemporary world Indigenous performance in dance, theatre and music. It creates, produces and tours original work for adult and family audiences on local, national and international stages.
Bursting on to the scene in 2000, this Toronto-based company was founded by Artistic Director Sandra Laronde who hails from the Teme-Augama-Anishnaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, Northern Ontario. Described as an "Aboriginal wunderkind" and a "force of nature" by Dance International, Laronde is also the director of Aboriginal Arts at The Banff Centre, and divides her time between Toronto and Banff.
Red Sky Performance presents:
IN TORONTO
the live music from its highly acclaimed dance and live music production
Tono: a music concert
Wednesday January 20 and Thursday January 21, 2010, 8 pm
The Music Gallery, 197 John St. (inside St George-the-Martyr Anglican Church)
Tickets: $25 | Box Office: 416-585-9969
IN VANCOUVER
Tono
as part of the Cultural Olympiad of 2010 Vancouver Olympics
February 11 at 8 pm, February 13 at 8 pm and February 14, 2010 at 2 pm
Vancouver Playhouse | 600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC
Tickets: $35/$45 | Box Office: 1-800-842-5387
For more info visit: http://www.redskyperformance.com/tono-canada-mongolia-china-dance
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TONO BACKGROUNDER
Red Sky Performance's TONO
Concept and Director: Sandra Laronde (Canada)
Choreographers: Sandra Laronde, Roger Sinha (Canada)
Composition and arrangement by Rick Sacks (Canada) in collaboration with the Mongolian musicians: Batmend Baashankhu, Tuvsinjargal Damindinjav, and Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani (Mongolia)
Set and Costume Designer: Julia Tribe (Canada)
Lighting Designer: Kimberly Purtell (Canada)
Dancers: Morigen, Wei Jie, Cai Hong (Inner Mongolia, China)
Dancers: Jinny Jacinto, Carlos Rivera, Raul Talamantes (Canada)
Long Song Singers: Batmend Baasankhuu, Tuvshiniargal Damdinjav (Mongolia)
Morin Khurr (horse head fiddle) and Throat Singer: Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani (Mongolia)
Inspired by Sandra Laronde's travels to Asia in 2007, Tono was commissioned by The Banff Centre and Luminato: Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity.
Tono's production history vaunts a world stage line-up of engagements. It was featured as part of the Closing Ceremonies of the cultural programming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2008 Meet in Beijing Festival, the International Arts and Culture Festival in Inner Mongolia, the 2008 Summer Arts Festival in Banff, Alberta, and the 2009 Luminato Festival in Toronto. It will be a highlight at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, 2010 High Performance Rodeo in Calgary, the Arden Theatre in Edmonton, and will continue a high profile tour throughout Canada, the United States and overseas, including the Opening Gala for Canada at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China.
Laronde was inspired to work with Mongolia when Red Sky toured China in 2006. The images of the Mongolian mountains were in her constant vision from the distance of western China. The similarities between Mongolian and North American Indigenous peoples led Laronde to Mongolia in 2007, where her journey and experiences soon became the seed of her vision for Tono.
Laronde attended Mongolia's Naadam Festival, a national event that combines the cultural and artistic expression with the nomad Olympics in Ulaanbaatar. She then auditioned local musicians and dancers for Tono. She incorporated elements of traditional wrestling sequences and horse racing into the choreography, and enlisted a throat singer and two practitioners of a thought-to-be-dying style known as long song singing. Long song is traditionally used as a praise song for winners of horse races, and after watching five to eight year-olds fiercely riding their horses through one of the last wild grasslands left in the world, Laronde knew she had to include these dance and music elements in Tono.
Tono's production history vaunts a world stage line-up of engagements. It was featured as part of the Closing Ceremonies of the cultural programming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2008 Meet in Beijing Festival, the International Arts and Culture Festival in Inner Mongolia, the 2008 Summer Arts Festival in Banff, Alberta, and the 2009 Luminato Festival in Toronto. It will be a highlight at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, 2010 High Performance Rodeo in Calgary, the Arden Theatre in Edmonton, and will continue a high profile tour throughout Canada, the United States and overseas, including the Opening Gala for Canada at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China.
Laronde was inspired to work with Mongolia when Red Sky toured China in 2006. The images of the Mongolian mountains were in her constant vision from the distance of western China. The similarities between Mongolian and North American Indigenous peoples led Laronde to Mongolia in 2007, where her journey and experiences soon became the seed of her vision for Tono.
Laronde attended Mongolia's Naadam Festival, a national event that combines the cultural and artistic expression with the nomad Olympics in Ulaanbaatar. She then auditioned local musicians and dancers for Tono. She incorporated elements of traditional wrestling sequences and horse racing into the choreography, and enlisted a throat singer and two practitioners of a thought-to-be-dying style known as long song singing. Long song is traditionally used as a praise song for winners of horse races, and after watching five to eight year-olds fiercely riding their horses through one of the last wild grasslands left in the world, Laronde knew she had to include these dance and music elements in Tono.
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To hear/see an excerpt of Tono:
Some photos are available here. We have others on request:
http://www.redskyperformance.com/press-kits
Interviews upon request.
Media Refer: Dianne Weinrib, Vanessa Andres
DW Communications 416-703-5479 dw@dwcommunications.net
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Dianne Weinrib
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Art of Time presents Shostakovich with leading talents: R.H. Thomson, Andrea Nann, Peter Mettler
Art of Time Ensemble presents
Shostakovich: A Portrait
Featuring actor R.H. Thomson, dancer Andrea Nann, filmmaker Peter Mettler
along with leading musicians in classical and jazz scenes
TORONTO, January 6, 2010- The acclaimed Art of Time Ensemble, under the Artistic Direction of Andrew Burashko, presents Shostakovich: A Portrait, a celebration of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, on February 12 and 13 at Harbourfront Centre's Enwave Theatre. Acclaimed guest artists - filmmaker Peter Mettler, dancer/choreographer Andrea Nann and actor R.H. Thomson - join leading musicians in the Canadian classical and jazz scenes for this outstanding program, sponsored by BMO.
The evening features two of Shostakovich's greatest chamber works - 8th String Quartet and 2nd Piano Trio - and his rarely performed Jazz Suite #1. Award-winning Canadian stage, screen, and television actor R.H. Thomson provides an introductory narration while Canadian filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Peter Mettler and dancer/choreographer Andrea Nann both create and present new works to accompany the monumental 2nd Piano Trio.
For Shostakovich: A Portrait, the Ensemble, conducted by Robin Engelman, consists of:
Andrew Burashko - Piano
Andy Ballantyne - Sax
Benjamin Bowman - Violin
Steven Dann - Viola
Stuart Laughton - Trumpet
John Johnson - Sax
Al Kay - Trombone
Rachel Mercer - Cello
Joe Phillips - Bass
Rob Piltch - Guitar
Don Rooke - Steel Guitar
James Brown - Guitar
Ryan Scott - Percussion
Stephen Sitarski - Violin
Michael White - Trumpet
The evening features two of Shostakovich's greatest chamber works - 8th String Quartet and 2nd Piano Trio - and his rarely performed Jazz Suite #1. Award-winning Canadian stage, screen, and television actor R.H. Thomson provides an introductory narration while Canadian filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Peter Mettler and dancer/choreographer Andrea Nann both create and present new works to accompany the monumental 2nd Piano Trio.
For Shostakovich: A Portrait, the Ensemble, conducted by Robin Engelman, consists of:
Andrew Burashko - Piano
Andy Ballantyne - Sax
Benjamin Bowman - Violin
Steven Dann - Viola
Stuart Laughton - Trumpet
John Johnson - Sax
Al Kay - Trombone
Rachel Mercer - Cello
Joe Phillips - Bass
Rob Piltch - Guitar
Don Rooke - Steel Guitar
James Brown - Guitar
Ryan Scott - Percussion
Stephen Sitarski - Violin
Michael White - Trumpet
Perry White - Sax
Dmitri Shostakovich is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. While working in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Leon Trotsky's chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Shostakovich developed a hybrid style influenced by Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Despite achieving fame, Shostakovich had a troubled relationship with the Stalinist bureaucracy, resulting in his music being denounced twice in 1936 and 1948, and it was periodically banned. Nevertheless, his extensive collection of work was popular and well-received.
Previous Art of Time productions have met with high praise. J.D. Considine of the Globe and Mail noted that at Art of Time's most recent concert Brasil (December of 2009): "the music presented a façade of effortless grace that belied how much was going on beneath the surfaceŠ. by any name the music would have been as ravishing."
About Abbey Road, the first concert of the season in September of 2009, thewholenote.com blog noted that there was "no denying the artistry and entertainment value offered up" and that "Art of Time is a genius mashup of classically-trained violinists and cellists, jazz-based reed and trumpet players, singers from the pop and rock realm, and a rhythm section and percussionist that can do it all."
Envisioned and crafted by Artistic Director and founder Andrew Burashko, Art of Time Ensemble concerts are provocative, engaging and accessible to people unfamiliar with classical music, but also immensely fulfilling to aficionados. Art of Time provides a unique musical experience that breaks down barriers between artistic and musical disciplines, and reveals the vibrancy of classical music as a contemporary artistic expression, appealing to a range of audiences.
Dmitri Shostakovich is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. While working in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Leon Trotsky's chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Shostakovich developed a hybrid style influenced by Prokofiev and Stravinsky. Despite achieving fame, Shostakovich had a troubled relationship with the Stalinist bureaucracy, resulting in his music being denounced twice in 1936 and 1948, and it was periodically banned. Nevertheless, his extensive collection of work was popular and well-received.
Previous Art of Time productions have met with high praise. J.D. Considine of the Globe and Mail noted that at Art of Time's most recent concert Brasil (December of 2009): "the music presented a façade of effortless grace that belied how much was going on beneath the surfaceŠ. by any name the music would have been as ravishing."
About Abbey Road, the first concert of the season in September of 2009, thewholenote.com blog noted that there was "no denying the artistry and entertainment value offered up" and that "Art of Time is a genius mashup of classically-trained violinists and cellists, jazz-based reed and trumpet players, singers from the pop and rock realm, and a rhythm section and percussionist that can do it all."
Envisioned and crafted by Artistic Director and founder Andrew Burashko, Art of Time Ensemble concerts are provocative, engaging and accessible to people unfamiliar with classical music, but also immensely fulfilling to aficionados. Art of Time provides a unique musical experience that breaks down barriers between artistic and musical disciplines, and reveals the vibrancy of classical music as a contemporary artistic expression, appealing to a range of audiences.
Art of Time Ensemble
-Andrew Burashko, Artistic Director-
presents Shostakovich: A Portrait
Featuring noted Canadian talents: actor R.H. Thomson, dancer Andrea Nann, filmmaker Peter Mettler
FEBRUARY 12 & 13, 2010 - 8PM
Harbourfront Centre's Enwave Theatre , 231 Queens Quay West
Tickets: $19, $39 and $49 ($25 - Student/Senior/Artist)
Box Office: 416-973-4000 or online at www.artoftimeensemble.com
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Media Refer: Dianne Weinrib | DW Communications 416-703-5479 dw@dwcommunications.net
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Dianne Weinrib
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Monday, January 4, 2010
TDT premieres Christopher House's Latest Work in February
Resending since it was originally sent during the holiday period.
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Toronto Dance Theatre is proud to present the World Premiere of
Pteros Tactics
A major new work by Christopher House
Toronto, January 4, 2010- Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) is proud to present the world premiere of Artistic Director Christopher House's latest work, Pteros Tactics, running Tuesday, February 16 through Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre.
Pteros Tactics examines "the instant of desire" as described by Anne Carson in her essay Eros the Bittersweet. Carson describes the arcs and triangulation of desire in richly physical terms, starting from a fragment of poetry by Sappho: "Eros once again limbloosener whirls me sweetbitter, impossible to fight off, creature stealing upŠ"
Inspired by and created in collaboration with TDT's ten extraordinary dancers (Alana Elmer, Syreeta Hector, David Houle, Yuichiro Inoue, Pulga Muchochoma, Kaitlin Standeven, Brodie Stevenson, Nai Shi Wang, Sarah Wasik and Linnea Wong), Pteros Tactics promises to be a vibrant and playful work that examines the space of desire between the lover and beloved. The metaphor of Eros Ballplayer, with his golden sphere, provides the central methodology for House's response to Carson's ideas.
Pteros Tactics marks the continuation of the successful collaboration between House and Dora-winning composer Phil Strong. Throughout the process, House will also collaborate with Belgian dramaturge Guy Cools; this is their second collaboration, following the success of their work together on Dis/(sol/ve)r. Lighting is by Roelof Peter Snippe, a veteran of more than thirty-five years of collaboration with Toronto Dance Theatre, with scenography by long-time TDT designer Cheryl Lalonde.
Before its premiere in Toronto, TDT will participate in a two-week residency with Dance Victoria culminating with a lecture-demonstration at the MacPherson Playhouse in Victoria, BC.
Artistic Director of Toronto Dance Theatre since 1994, Christopher House is one of Canada's most enduringly inventive choreographers, an artist with a voracious appetite for new ideas and in the full maturity of his powers. His playful, intelligent productions speak directly to the audience about the big questions of our lives.
Christopher House has transformed TDT into a company known internationally for its fresh, intelligent and provocative dance. He has been Resident Choreographer of TDT since 1981 and has contributed over fifty works to the repertoire including Glass Houses, Four Towers, Early Departures, Vena Cava, Nest and Sly Verb. He has also created choreographies for Portugal's Ballet Gulbenkian, the National Ballet of Canada, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Ballet British Columbia, and for soloists such as Peggy Baker and Guillaume Côté. House is also an Associate Dance Artist of Canada's National Arts Centre.
Christopher House's recent works include Dis/(sol/ve)r, Chiasmata and Timecode Break for TDT. Timecode Break, a commission from the Canada Dance Festival and a co-production with the National Arts Centre and the Banff Centre for the Arts, went on to top four critics' Top Ten lists for 2006, including being named "Best Canadian work" by The Globe and Mail, and "Best new contemporary dance" by the Toronto Star. In June 2007, it won three Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Production.
"Never underestimate choreographer Christopher House." - The Globe and Mail
Toronto Dance Theatre presents the world premire of
Pteros Tactics
Choreographed by Artistic Director Christopher House
Music and sound by Phil Strong, Lighting design by Roelof Peter Snippe, Scenography by Cheryl Lalonde.
Part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps
February 16-20, 2010 at 8pm nightly
at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Regular Tickets: Adults $25, $32, $38 (Students/Seniors $19, $25, $32)
Box Office: 416-973-4000 OR online at tdt.org
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PLEASE ADD TO LISTINGS UNTIL FEBRUARY 20, 2010.
Media refer: Dianne Weinrib, DW Communications 416-703-5479 dw@dwcommunications.net
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Dianne Weinrib
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
TDT premieres Christopher House's Latest Work in February
Toronto Dance Theatre is proud to present the World Premiere of
Pteros Tactics
A major new work by Christopher House
Toronto, December 30, 2009- Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT) is proud to present the world premiere of Artistic Director Christopher House's latest work, Pteros Tactics, running Tuesday, February 16 through Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre.
Pteros Tactics examines "the instant of desire" as described by Anne Carson in her essay Eros the Bittersweet. Carson describes the arcs and triangulation of desire in richly physical terms, starting from a fragment of poetry by Sappho: "Eros once again limbloosener whirls me sweetbitter, impossible to fight off, creature stealing upŠ"
Inspired by and created in collaboration with TDT's ten extraordinary dancers (Alana Elmer, Syreeta Hector, David Houle, Yuichiro Inoue, Pulga Muchochoma, Kaitlin Standeven, Brodie Stevenson, Nai Shi Wang, Sarah Wasik and Linnea Wong), Pteros Tactics promises to be a vibrant and playful work that examines the space of desire between the lover and beloved. The metaphor of Eros Ballplayer, with his golden sphere, provides the central methodology for House's response to Carson's ideas.
Pteros Tactics marks the continuation of the successful collaboration between House and Dora-winning composer Phil Strong. Throughout the process, House will also collaborate with Belgian dramaturge Guy Cools; this is their second collaboration, following the success of their work together on Dis/(sol/ve)r. Lighting is by Roelof Peter Snippe, a veteran of more than thirty-five years of collaboration with Toronto Dance Theatre, with scenography by long-time TDT designer Cheryl Lalonde.
Before its premiere in Toronto, TDT will participate in a two-week residency with Dance Victoria culminating with a lecture-demonstration at the MacPherson Theatre in Victoria, BC.
Artistic Director of Toronto Dance Theatre since 1994, Christopher House is one of Canada's most enduringly inventive choreographers, an artist with a voracious appetite for new ideas and in the full maturity of his powers. His playful, intelligent productions speak directly to the audience about the big questions of our lives.
Christopher House has transformed TDT into a company known internationally for its fresh, intelligent and provocative dance. He has been Resident Choreographer of TDT since 1981 and has contributed over fifty works to the repertoire including Glass Houses, Four Towers, Early Departures, Vena Cava, Nest and Sly Verb. He has also created choreographies for Portugal's Ballet Gulbenkian, the National Ballet of Canada, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Ballet British Columbia, and for soloists such as Peggy Baker and Guillaume Côté. House is also an Associate Dance Artist of Canada's National Arts Centre.
Christopher House's recent works include Dis/(sol/ve)r, Chiasmata and Timecode Break for TDT. Timecode Break, a commission from the Canada Dance Festival and a co-production with the National Arts Centre and the Banff Centre for the Arts, went on to top four critics' Top Ten lists for 2006, including being named "Best Canadian work" by The Globe and Mail, and "Best new contemporary dance" by the Toronto Star. In June 2007, it won three Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Production.
"Never underestimate choreographer Christopher House." - The Globe and Mail
Toronto Dance Theatre presents the world premire of
Pteros Tactics
Choreographed by Artistic Director Christopher House
Music and sound by Phil Strong, Lighting design by Roelof Peter Snippe, Scenography by Cheryl Lalonde.
Part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps
February 16-20, 2010 at 8pm nightly
at Harbourfront Centre's Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Regular Tickets: Adults $25, $32, $38 (Students/Seniors $19, $25, $32)
Box Office: 416-973-4000 OR online at tdt.org
-30-
PLEASE ADD TO LISTINGS UNTIL FEBRUARY 20, 2010.
Media refer: Dianne Weinrib, DW Communications 416-703-5479 dw@dwcommunications.net
Media refer: Dianne Weinrib, DW Communications 416-703-5479 dw@dwcommunications.net
--
Dianne Weinrib
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Director, DW Communications Inc.
Communications for the Arts
54 Wolseley St., Ste. 204
Toronto M5T 1A5
416-703-5479
Strike of Foreigners in Italy, 1st March 2010
1st March 2010 Strike of Foreigners in Italy*
Growing call for general strike of foreigners in the country23rd December 2009: A group which was formed on Facebook and is now gaining support of associations of foreigners in Italy has called for a general strike of foreigners in the country.The group called "1st March 2010 Strike of Foreigners", is open to people of all races, gender, faith, education and political leanings, immigrants, descendants of immigrants and native Italians. "We are brought together by awareness of the importance of the social, cultural and economic contribution of immigration to our country. We are outraged by the smear campaign against foreigners in Italy, which has led to a barbaric, racist atmosphere and the adoption of discriminatory laws which are far from the principles and the spirit of our Constitution," says the Manifesto for "1st March 2010 Strike of Foreigners".
The right to emigrate, the group says, "is recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that human history is the history of migrations, without which there would have been no civilization process in the world and development of cultures."
The group calls for recognition and appreciation of the daily toil of immigrants who are committed to work in Italy and for the country, often under very harsh conditions, and whose most basic human rights are often violated. "We reject stereotypes, racist laws and measures, institutional anti-immigrant campaigns, the use of discriminatory terms and images and, the misuse of calls to return to cultural and Christian roots to justify local and national policies of rejection and against reception of immigrants.
"Immigrants are not a shapeless mass of parasites and opportunists. They are not mechanical manual workers and suppliers of cheap labour. They are hardworking people who perform essential tasks for the maintenance of a complex and articulated society like ours," the group says.
It emphasises that immigrants are individuals with ideas, feelings, interests and desires. The general strike of foreigners is also aimed at making the country hear the voices of foreigners and feel how the country would be without them.
The strike which is still at the initial stage of planning, may take place in different ways including abstention from work; going on a shopping strike; avoiding to use the public transport for a day; or by simply being present in a Square.
Ms. Cristina Seynabou Sebastiani, one of the promoters of the initiative is disappointed that there was no serious reaction from the public when the Parliament was discussing the Security Bill which finally introduced the offence of illegal immigration. This silence, she says, may be due to a widespread feeling of inferiority and lack of knowledge of people's value, as well as the fatalistic conviction that nothing can be done against the forces of evil.
"We are convinced that action is the most effective way of affirming our convictions and above all, of saying: we are here, you can't ignore us," she says.
Ms. Sebastiani adds that Italy moves ahead thanks to the work of millions of immigrants, yet the country is ashamed of them. "That's why the country tries to ignore them, to lock them out, drown them in the sea as if they were very noisy puppies," she says.Ms.Sebastiani acknowledges that not all have the energy to join active politics and doesn't believe it is necessary for all to do so. She, however, says that "there are moments when a simple gesture supports and motivates a big change and in such moments, the presence of all is necessary."
Deputy Speaker of the Senate Emma Bonino has supported the idea of having a 24 hour strike of foreigners in Italy. In an interview with Radio Radicale, Ms. Bonino said the success of such an initiative depends on how much publicity it gets, and how communities of foreigners manage to organise themselves.
* pubblicato da Stephen Ogongo su AfricaNews
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Rispettiamo l'ambiente
Il comune italiano che ricicla più di tutti è "Cessalto", un paese della provincia di Treviso. La classifica è stata redatta tra 1.279 comuni d'Italia che si sono operate a trasformare i rifiuti in componenti riciclabili.
L’iniziativa promossa da Legambiente indica in Cessalto come il comune più virtuoso del Bel Paese. La classifica viene stipulata tra i comuni che raccolgono la soglia minima del 45% di rifiuti attraverso la differenziata.
Il Veneto in assoluto svetta tra le regioni con il 64% dei propri comuni che riciclano, seguono la Lombardia ed il Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Anche il Business Center Treviso considera fondamentale l’impatto ambientale e già di qualche mese attiva anche all’interno del proprio centro uffici a noleggio la raccolta differenziata. Il Business Center Treviso ha deciso di adoperarsi per stimolare tutte le attività specifiche del centro, sia al personale interno, sia agli utilizzatori degli uffici arredati a noleggio, nei valori del rispetto dell’ambiente e della sostenibilità , con strumenti atti a minimizzare l’impatto ambientale, a partire dalla semplice divisione dei materiali da evacuare, fino alla definizione di un sistema integrato di gestione ambientale.
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