Plans
for the opening night of the new branch of Patrick’s Irish Pub in Kiryat Biyalik,
Haifa must still be under wraps.
But whatever else is ‘on tap’, I suggest the manager include Mystery of
the Dance, as striking and engaging a piece of
ballet as you’ll enjoy anywhere on our planet!
We saw the show on
Saturday night, barely minutes away from the shopping mall at a packed Kiryat
Motzkin theatre when creator and soloist Yair
Werdyger led his polished troupe through an hour and ten minutes of non-stop
fabulous dance, accompanied by a solo violinist and a pop songstress to help
keep up the pace.
Let’s face it, even
when an Israeli is involved, it’s difficult to give Irish
dance a Jewish ‘spin’. But we have to believe the leprechaun who
penned the show’s website notes when he explains that
the plot tells the story of two friends who
attempt to get to the heart of the mysteries of the universe while battling
forces of good and evil. No wonder the ‘baddie’
wears a dark, swirling cape while the ‘goodie’ is helped on and off with a snazzy
white jacket that the young John Travolta would have
envied.
The show’s music was written by
composer, Alon Kaplan, whose love of Irish music
began when he visited Ireland in 2012.
He and Werdyger, also founder of the Israel Academy of Irish Dance, have collaborated for the past two years.
© Natalie Wood (03
January 2016)
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