Tel Aviv - The Modern City

This was a very busy week for me!

The whole YouLicense Team was assembled in Tel Aviv (including our London and US team), so work was more stressful than usual (though we did also have our first-ever company bar-b-q). Also, I had the pleasure of going to see two fun performances.

The first one was a very modern dance show. My friend, Mara (who is making aliyah in 2 weeks... yay!), had an extra ticket so I joined her and her group at the show. This wasn't just a show, but rather an experience. Never before had I been to a show where you stand up and watch the performance from beneath the stage! Yes, that's right, you enter and are given a stool according to your height and then you stand up on that stool and push your head through the stage into these metal protectors. Then, you watch the whole performance while the dancers move all around you in erotic, exotic and unique ways. It was crazy! To really grasp what it was like, you must check out this link to the performance.

The second show I saw was a group called Mayumana and the very famous Israeli musician, David Broza. On a recommendation by cousins Anat and Brian Granath, cousin Erica (post coming soon on her) and I went to the show after work on Thursday night. What a show! Here is a quick YouTube link I found, but it's not nearly as good as the show itself. The group, Mayumana, is similar to Stomp in the US. They use all kinds of ordinary items (trash cans, oil drums, PVC pipe and more) to make awesome music compilations. Not only do they play music, but they dance around, have comedy fused into the show and in general just put on a great performance. As an added bonus, David Broza plays guitar and sings throughout the show. It's a fusion of Israeli and Latino rhythms and is a must see for anyone visiting Israel.

Also, I'd like to give a shout-out to Miss Jessica Rogers. It appears that I actually have a dedicated blog reader who is not a member of my family... hehehehe. Also, congratulations to Jessica for starting college this fall at Syracuse University! Buena suerte!!!

I'll be blogging some more very soon.... p, I'm not doing too bad, hehheheehhee ;)