It took me almost a week to start writing about it. The reason it took so long is a mix of few things: I'm still shocked it really happened (looks like a dream), I had few crazy days with more activity and less sleeping than the usual (not all around flamenco) and I needed to finish to tell other stories first. There is an order to anything.
Compas Company has their own version to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It's half play, half flamenco show. It's a show made for kids, probably that's the reason I still never went to see it myself although my love to this flamenco company. They are running with this show for years. Probably I will take my niece to see it one day - unless I will find myself once again at this amazing/crazy situation. This flamenco group has started as a company 15 years ago by the dancer Mijal Natan. She's still takes a part by dancing at their shows, still takes a part as their artistic manager, still manage the company itself and choose dancers when the human composition is changing. For a year and a half I'm a proud student of Mijal. Hopefully to stay at her studio and learn from her for much longer.
So, coming to the studio for a class that I take on Mondays. A moment before the class has started Mijal asked to talk with me alone. She asked me if I have anything to do next Monday afternoon. I said no. Only after I was thinking about a volunteering thing that I started recently. Never mind, I will tell her if I will have a problem to change the day for once. Mijal told me that next Monday they will perform with Snow White and Seven Dwarfs at Ma'alot Tarshiha (it's a city at the north that includes a community of Jewish and Muslims that lives together). Do I mind to come with them? No problem. I thought at the first moment that she wants me to help at the backstage - as I did with Concha at Días de Flamenco this year. Wrong thought. She said that they have a missing dwarf, so she wants me to perform with them. WHAT? But I don't know this show.... And I didn't think that I'm good enough to perform in a show at a level of professionals. Mijal told me that she will give me the sleepy dwarf (in case that I accept to perform with them). It means not much dancing, more getting into stage and "sleep" on stage. One of the dancers (probably Moran) will show me the entrances. OK, no problem. Mijal said that Keren will be in touch with me for a bit before - just to "close the edges" By the way - this time the text will go on at Arabic. Not anything that I needed to worry for - I had nothing to say at this show.
At the day of the show... I didn't need to go alone. We've been given a transportation for us. Car and a driver for us. Two stops at Tel Aviv. The closest to my house was the first stop - at the studio. Early noon to be there. All has started wrong for me that day, I was too close for coming late. I came at the last moment. Ayelet who made Snow White this time was there. She was the person who's responsible that all comes. She was too close to look for my phone number for she could check out when do I really come. I was too close for a heart attack. We picked up one more girl. The other girl came with a car and didn't find parking. When she finally did - the parking place was on the way, so we started the ride and took her at a place that wasn't at the first plan. She and another girl we picked up when we came out from Tel Aviv are girls that I learn with at regular classes, but they also take classes of destine. At second stop at Tel Aviv Hadas was there just to say hello. A woman that I dodn't know came up. No one told me who is she, I was wondering how could I ask without to sound weird. I found out at the end that although she isn't a part of the group/studio - she's been taken as the show manager, and not for the first time. The girls from the company dislike her. Go on outside Tel Aviv. The stop we took the second girl from destine, a girl I used to call her "the nice one" when I used to write about every regular class. Her name is Yael. There are many girls this name at Israel. Later on when we got near the north was the next stop. We picked up Mijal and her daughter Lia. Lia became a pro dancer as well and has been taken for the company. And for this show. And.... Now I found out that Yael Tuchfeld came back for a visit at Israel. Her professional career has started at this company. Now she lives most of time at Seville, since she was winning first place at a contest of Adi Foundation. She's there and taken for this time. Kisses for all. For me she didn't need to explain a thing, we know each other for a long time. She told the show manager that she got used for kisses.
We got the place after a long ride. Two and half hours of ride or so. I didn't have my hand watch (story by itself), the battery of my phone has gone before we got there. I have a clue about time. I was glad that that brought the charger of my phone. Backstage of this hall there are many dressing rooms, all spacious and comfortable. Next to each mirror there is a place to charge phones (or use power for other things). First thing I did was to put my phone to charge. I shared the room with Vlada, Lia and Mijal. We could have there some other girls as well if we needed. We started to manage the stage. I just helped a bit. I didn't really know how and the girls already knew the job. They made it fast without a big help of mine. Now I knew that there is a part of woods and I don't have it. Coming back to dressing rooms. Moran came to bring me clothes for the show. She showed me about most how to wear it. When most was ready on me - a bit of battery at my battery let me the option to make a selfie:
Compas Company has their own version to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It's half play, half flamenco show. It's a show made for kids, probably that's the reason I still never went to see it myself although my love to this flamenco company. They are running with this show for years. Probably I will take my niece to see it one day - unless I will find myself once again at this amazing/crazy situation. This flamenco group has started as a company 15 years ago by the dancer Mijal Natan. She's still takes a part by dancing at their shows, still takes a part as their artistic manager, still manage the company itself and choose dancers when the human composition is changing. For a year and a half I'm a proud student of Mijal. Hopefully to stay at her studio and learn from her for much longer.
So, coming to the studio for a class that I take on Mondays. A moment before the class has started Mijal asked to talk with me alone. She asked me if I have anything to do next Monday afternoon. I said no. Only after I was thinking about a volunteering thing that I started recently. Never mind, I will tell her if I will have a problem to change the day for once. Mijal told me that next Monday they will perform with Snow White and Seven Dwarfs at Ma'alot Tarshiha (it's a city at the north that includes a community of Jewish and Muslims that lives together). Do I mind to come with them? No problem. I thought at the first moment that she wants me to help at the backstage - as I did with Concha at Días de Flamenco this year. Wrong thought. She said that they have a missing dwarf, so she wants me to perform with them. WHAT? But I don't know this show.... And I didn't think that I'm good enough to perform in a show at a level of professionals. Mijal told me that she will give me the sleepy dwarf (in case that I accept to perform with them). It means not much dancing, more getting into stage and "sleep" on stage. One of the dancers (probably Moran) will show me the entrances. OK, no problem. Mijal said that Keren will be in touch with me for a bit before - just to "close the edges" By the way - this time the text will go on at Arabic. Not anything that I needed to worry for - I had nothing to say at this show.
At the day of the show... I didn't need to go alone. We've been given a transportation for us. Car and a driver for us. Two stops at Tel Aviv. The closest to my house was the first stop - at the studio. Early noon to be there. All has started wrong for me that day, I was too close for coming late. I came at the last moment. Ayelet who made Snow White this time was there. She was the person who's responsible that all comes. She was too close to look for my phone number for she could check out when do I really come. I was too close for a heart attack. We picked up one more girl. The other girl came with a car and didn't find parking. When she finally did - the parking place was on the way, so we started the ride and took her at a place that wasn't at the first plan. She and another girl we picked up when we came out from Tel Aviv are girls that I learn with at regular classes, but they also take classes of destine. At second stop at Tel Aviv Hadas was there just to say hello. A woman that I dodn't know came up. No one told me who is she, I was wondering how could I ask without to sound weird. I found out at the end that although she isn't a part of the group/studio - she's been taken as the show manager, and not for the first time. The girls from the company dislike her. Go on outside Tel Aviv. The stop we took the second girl from destine, a girl I used to call her "the nice one" when I used to write about every regular class. Her name is Yael. There are many girls this name at Israel. Later on when we got near the north was the next stop. We picked up Mijal and her daughter Lia. Lia became a pro dancer as well and has been taken for the company. And for this show. And.... Now I found out that Yael Tuchfeld came back for a visit at Israel. Her professional career has started at this company. Now she lives most of time at Seville, since she was winning first place at a contest of Adi Foundation. She's there and taken for this time. Kisses for all. For me she didn't need to explain a thing, we know each other for a long time. She told the show manager that she got used for kisses.
We got the place after a long ride. Two and half hours of ride or so. I didn't have my hand watch (story by itself), the battery of my phone has gone before we got there. I have a clue about time. I was glad that that brought the charger of my phone. Backstage of this hall there are many dressing rooms, all spacious and comfortable. Next to each mirror there is a place to charge phones (or use power for other things). First thing I did was to put my phone to charge. I shared the room with Vlada, Lia and Mijal. We could have there some other girls as well if we needed. We started to manage the stage. I just helped a bit. I didn't really know how and the girls already knew the job. They made it fast without a big help of mine. Now I knew that there is a part of woods and I don't have it. Coming back to dressing rooms. Moran came to bring me clothes for the show. She showed me about most how to wear it. When most was ready on me - a bit of battery at my battery let me the option to make a selfie:
I've been asked a moment after to join the girls for stage. A little rehearsal of the dwarfs. Just to tell me how to make my part, by the way that all could see how to manage the stage. Less than an hour to start the show. The girls has started to teach me some steps of the dwarfs. Mijal stopped it. She said it's impossible to teach this way. Few changes has been done at the last moment. It meant by the way more freedom for me to make it as improvisation (or in other words - more to sleep, wake up and back to sleep). Go back to dressing rooms for being ready for the show. I finished to dress up. Whatever I wasn't sure about the dressing - Vlada and Lia told how to make it. I had a bonnet. It covered my ears to the end, a lot of because it needed to be this way, a bit to cover my earrings. Go next to stage. The other girls has warmed up. the knowledge finally got into my head. I'm about to perform with professional dancers at a show that meant to be professional, I never saw this show before and the only rehearsal I had took less than an hour before the show has started... Ayelet and Yael from the destine noticed that I'm stressed. They made a try to relax me. Sweet of them, but it didn't work out to the end. I did hope it will be fine, but I wasn't sure that they really mean it.
The show has started. The prince was made by a man that I didn't seen before. I don't know who is. No one has introduce between us. I didn't have time to try talking with him. Ayelet was Snow White. Her part was including dancing and talking. The "prince" didn't dance. Mijal was the witch, so she was talkingand dancing. All talking were at Arabic as I've been told. After a while the kids has started to respond in a way kids do (made a try to answer the characters on stage). Vlada was the hunter accept being a dwarf. Her part included in both cases dancing without talking. I understood after a while what did the woods mean. The other girls who made the dwarfs got into the "woods" at the Scenery while on them special parts of fabric. That part showed the running of Snow White into the woods when the hunter leaved her there. The fear of it. A bit after - the girls got into back stage stayed as "dwarfs". We made our first entrance as dwarfs. I wasn't in a mood to check out the audience. I "fell to sleep" not much after. I just made a try to be aware to the other girls who were dancing. I think I missed something cause I needed someone to call me. I joined them. Our entrance was with little chairs we were putting on stage. At this moment the chairs were in a half circle. The other girls were dancing by sitting on it. One of the parts they wanted to teach me. I was sitting on the stage next to my chair. My head over my chair. I was pretending that I'm sleeping. Yael Tuchfeld was the closest to me. After a while she was shaking me. I "woke up" and got my head up. She push my head back to chair after a little moment. It didn't hurt, but I was surprised. After a while they "woke me up" to get down of the stage.
Second entrance. Go on pretending that I'm sleeping, getting awake and back to sleep while the other girls dance around. By this time I started to notice the audience. The hall wasn't full. Although my stress I was sorry for the chairs that left empty at the hall. Although the community is mixed there - all the audience was build on Muslim women wearing Hijab who came with their kids. That's an interesting audience to start with when it isn't build on people that I know. At this part I noticed that there was a photographer who took some photos of us. I mean a photorapher with a professional camera.
At the third and last entrance of the dwarfs I needed to sleep next to the dead body of Snow White. It was the moment after the poisoned apple. At the start I fel to sleep pretty near Ayelet, but I noticed that not enough. I dragged myself to another part next to her. I made a try to look like I woke up and try to get up. The girls were dancing a farruca next to her that they called "the farruca of death". I needed to move a bit more for not disturbing and for they won;t need to worry if they step on me. This time I could do it more gentle. After this farruca they set around Ayelet. This time the closest to me was Vlada. After a while the "prince" came to wake Snow White. Vlada was shaking me. She said "Orna, get up! Be happy because Ayelet woke up, but you're getting back to sleep!". Oh dear, the thing that I wanted to do the most is laughing out loud. I just a made a face and got back sleeping.
End of show. Bow down. The kids has been invited to stand next to the stage. Mijal, the "prince" and the girls from the company were standing in one row at the front, me and the girls from the destine took few steps behind them. The kids has been told that the boys will look at Mijal and the "prince", the girls will look at the others. We showed them a bit how to make some hands' work. After that - few basic steps. After we played with them a bit. Mothers asked to take some photos of their kids with the characters. Two mothers got "stuck" on me. They asked each one in her turn to take a photo of her kid with me. I hate to say it, but one of the kids was a bit afraid of me at the start. It took him a little time to accept sitting next to me for a photo.
At the dressing room. I asked Vlada and Lia if any of them accept to take a photo of mine before I change. Lia took my phone. She took few photos. Again - I think that last one was the best
After I started to change Mijal got back. The girls asked me how did it feel to me. I said that I hope I didn't screw it up. Vlada said that I didn't have what to screw. She's maybe right, but I was too stress to think this way. Mijal said that she looked from the side and I made it cute. By the way she's been told that finally the audience of this place enjoy the show that they see. They started to talk about the photographer. Mijal said he's been sent by the hall's management. I asked her if some photos will be sending. Vlada liked the idea. She said that there are no new photos from this show for too long. Mijal said that she will tell Keren to ask if they mind to send us some photos.
Taking off the scenery. Taking all. Coming back home late, tired, but happy. I hope that soon I will have some photos from the show itself
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