2011 Chutzpah! Festival | February 16 to Feb 27, 2011

(back to our regular time after having to move in 2010 to March because of the Olympics)

Balkan Beat Box

Sunday Feb. 27 - doors open at 8PM
Commodore Ballroom
868 Granville Street

Tickets on sale Sept 15th

Balkan Bear Box returns to Chutzpah!, but this time to the Commodore Ballroom! Israel's ultimate party band weaves the exotic sounds of the Middle East with urban electronic grooves and hip-hop beats at their infectious circus-like concerts. Fusing electronica and hip hop with wailing horns and the fast and furious folk beats found in gypsy and Balkan music, the group break downs political barriers with infectious enthusiasm because. BBB's new cd, Blue Eyed Black Boy will feature prominently in this guaranteed dynamite concert. Be prepared to dance!
www.balkanbeatbox.com

Yemen Blues

Thursday Feb. 24 - doors open at 8PM
Venue Night Club
881 Granville Street

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Shaped by his origins as a Yemeni Jew, the fascinating voice of Israeli Ravid Kahalani brilliantly evokes the musical universe of his ancestors (you last heard Ravid Kahalanin sing and perform with the Idan Raichel Project at the Chan Centre last year!). Stretching like a caravan crossing the desert, the band winds through West African blues and the thousand and one vibrations of the Sahara, Nubian, Gnawi, Touaregs, Saidi and Bambara. This luscious mix of jazz tonalities, which also crosses into funk, rings out as an ode to African grooves and a modern echo of the ancestral rhythms.
myspace.com/yemenblues

Kibbutz Contemporary
Dance Company

Tuesday February 21 & 22 at 8PM
Thursday February 24 at 7:30PM
Norman Rothstein Theatre
950 West 41st Avenue

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The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company of 20 dancers has developed into one of Israel's most prominent dance companies and has gained international renown performing all over the world to great acclaim with its exclusive and unique character becoming its trademark both in Israel and abroad. Ekodoom, the work that will be presented in the 2011 Chutzpah! Festival is a full evening incisive and eclectic observation of and about ourselves, performed and choreographed with magnificent skill and artistry. As we have proven over the years...Chutzpah! dance is not to be missed!
kcdc.co.il