SHLOMI BITTON AND COMPANY

NEWS
FEBRUARY 3, 2011 12 2011 ‫מרץ‬

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 ‘Shlomi Bitton and Company’ are looking for supports,
offering their services and wishing you a joyful 2011!
Intro. By company’s headquarters
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Israel
Shlomi Bitton, born and raised in Israel. He passed
through different art forms of expression, particularly, the
art of choreography (movement writing). Over the 10
years of his professional quest he has been developing a
very unique and promising voice. He has been recognized
as one of Israel's original creators and performers. He
holds first prizes at two israeli choreography competitions,
two "Ministry of Culture" prizes as a promising
choreographer, and supports were given by: MASPA - the
school of performing arts in Kibbutz Gaaton, home for his
first creations, mentored by the wonderful Mrs. Yehudit
Arnon ; the Acco Theater Center - in his home town, where
he initiated the dance platform (the Hamama) ; The Israeli
Choreographers Association, the Pais (lottery) Foundation,
the Sharet Foundation (America Israel Cultural
Foundation), Suzanne Dellal Center, the Israeli Ministry of
Culture, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and many
different israeli festivals, cultural centers, and schools, that
hosted his creation processes and performances.
The world
Internationally, Shlomi has been recognized by the
luxurious artistic initiative "The Rolex Mentor and
Protege Arts Initiative", as one of its 4 finalists for the
2003-2005 cycle (Mentor: Saburo Teshigawara). He
has been invited to international competitions in
Holland, Germany, Japan and Spain. He passed
outstandingly through all of them and won prizes in
Germany (Hannover and Stuttgart - 3 prizes) and
Spain (Burgos, Grand Canaria, Madrid - 4 prizes).
He created for professional companies and schools/
conservatories (Austria, Germany, Spain and Israel)
and to sum it up, he has toured so far between:
Israel, Czhec Republic, Poland, France, Croatia,
FULL DETAILED RESUME HERE
Austria, Germany, USA, Spain, Holland, Italy and
Japan.
Spain - the present
Nowadays in Spain, based in Madrid, leading a new
path of expansion, seeking for that variety the world
has to offer.  to offer. We would love the new interaction with you!
Since late 2008, he has been creating/composing
original music, writing songs for his own creations, as
well as short video pieces, depicting theatrical
characters, written and directed by himself. These
are done in his desire and need to play, to create,
using different media, crossing different disciplines...
exploring ways to tell stories.
Among prizes in 3 different spanish choreographic
competitions, collaborations have been made during
2010 with: Casa Sefarad Israel, the Israeli Embassy
in Madrid, Alcalá de Henares University, Canal
Dance Center Madrid (where we resided as a
company), Mercat de Les Flors in Barcelona, SNEO
Mestizaje Projects in Madrid (our co-producers) and
a recent support for creation from Madrid’s Regional
Government (Comunidad de Madrid). All these have
helped to develop his recent creation, “The Teaser
Trilogy" (full details on page 5).
Also, Shlomi is leading his new and exciting “You are
the creator” workshops/classes (Details bellow on
page 4)... a training system that is open to and
designed for a variety of professionals and non
professionals from different fields... for all people :-).
He has been guest teacher at the Conservatorio
Superior de Danza de Madrid, at the Institute del
Teatre in Barcelona, and at the RESAD (Real Escuela
Superior de Arte Dramático), Madrid.
The future
"Shlomi Bitton and Company" is in its process of
becoming an established company, wherever
possible. A new brand that will promote all its
talented collaborators, locally and internationally.
We are seeking more offers, performers,
collaborators, sponsors, hosts, ideas, suggestions
and such :-) ... all that will help us reach
continuation, reach fruition, reach the audiences that
seeks for the pleasure we have to offer.
Shlomi is constantly searching for ways to offer
positive ideas and inspirations to people, threw
performance arts. A creator, the entertaining
kind, who wishes to share with a variety of people,
the thought that we are all "c r e a t o r s"! and that
happiness is our common heritage and a reason for
positive changes in our reality.☺
Please consider joining us with anything you choose
and we certainly wish to offer you something in
return.
(For our detailed offerings, please continue reading).
Thank you very much for your attention! at your
service always. Happy super creative year, and
shalom from,
Shlomi Bitton & Company headquarters. "
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Our offerings:
Page 4.
“You are the creator” workshop + “repertoire” workshop.

Page 5.
“Teaser 3: “get the money and run!” = our latest creation.

Page 6.
Three more creations from our repertoire.

Page 7.
Shlomi as guest choreographer - musician, auditions, and search
team members.

Page 8.
SNEO Mestizaje Projects - Co-producers (Audio-Visual).

Page 9.
Currant cast, team and useful links.

Page 10.
Press, critic and others.
 “YOU ARE THE CREATOR”
Teachings of new creativity with movements and words led by:
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Shlomi Bitton
“Coming out of my constant search and investigation for all that moves us, I established a new
form of teaching, nowadays based in Madrid, and opened for your international invitations.
Special thanks to all the teachers I had along the way, and to the ones I still have :-) cheers!”

Shlomi.

If you are an actor, a singer, dancer, painter, musician, professional, non professional, student, office
worker... simply a person with creative desire within? If you need to choose between gym, kong fu,
yoga or belly dancing ... then here is another choice for you to consider!
“You are the creator” classes/workshops are open to and designed for all moving people! Anyone who
wishes to train, to explore new awarenesses and develop new abilities, physically and mentally:

★ Introducing a new and exciting system of exercises that will help you know your body in detail.
You will explore new ways of moving, behaving, communicating and enjoying.
A system for the creation of artistic expressions out of joy! (joy is key :-)

★ Linking the training of the actor and the training of the dancer by using words in all kind of ways and
dynamics, therefore, expressing... or, with no words, just thoughts and feelings within, expressing. Either
way, be in control of what comes out of you, shape forms with your body to your liking and create new
memories in it, in your mind too. (joy is key :-)

★ Grow your emotional awareness, your perception of time and space and your body in it ; you will
expand, strengthen and release - your joints, muscles and mind.

★ Be yourself, or act it... get foolish. Empathize with others, desire, get motivated. Simply sweat, get fit
SIGN UP FOR A WORKSHOP, OR BOOK ONE HERE

and bring the healing joy (is key :-) by playing... play!

★ Expand the range of your performing abilities... or just become a much more aware person. Either
way, you win! Be the creator of your own experience!

*Two hours straight per class (longer, in case of an intensive workshop), intimate environment,
comfortable clothing and accompanied by music.
All that really matters is that each person will work with his/her own abilities and make his/her own
progress.

This workshop can be adapted to companies (all fields) who wish to provide a creative break to their
employees, to independently organized groups, and even to one on one sessions (as personal training
form).
Mixed working groups are recommended!

Directions will be mostly in English, Spanish too (in Spain), and, even Hebrew, as a special offer for
Photo: Bernardo Doral

Jewish communities and people that wish to practice Hebrew in a unique and fresh way.

Cheers from, Shlomi Bitton and Company

Full repertoire classes are also available and you can watch the style at:
Third House Light channel.
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and SHLOMI BITTON AND COMPANY
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THE ‘ TEASER ’ TRILOGY
ALL SUPPORTERS IN THE TRILOGY SO FAR:
The ‘Teaser’ Trilogy was launched on December
2009 in Madrid, Spain, and is now seeking for it’s
completion.
What Teaser means? 1. a difficult or tricky question
or task. 2. a person who makes fun of or provokes
others in a playful or unkind way. 3. a person who
tempts someone sexually with no intention of
satisfying the desire aroused. 4. a short introductory
advertisement for a product. Specially one that does
not mention the thing being advertised. And few
more.
Why Teaser? Why Trilogy? Because we knew we
would play with new ideas and new ways to
communicate... teasing, challenging and questioning
- ourselves and the audience - with our actions and
with the images that we project... with our creativity.
We knew we will be exploring, without completing.
We give ourselves time to find out what is the final
product we would really like to have eventually...
satisfied with, happy with... a clear one to share
with people! (also, music takes time to create :-)
Teaser 1: “Run, Shlomi, run!”, was invited as a guest
BOOK A TEASER HERE
Para ver el CV completo, haz click aquí
company creation for the XXIII Madrid National
Choreography Competition (December 2009),
collaborating with the Conservatorio Superior de
Danza, Madrid and its students.
Teaser 2: “Where you heading fool!?” was invited
to premiere at “BCSTX’10” (Back Stage Festival -
June 2010) in Tantarantana Theater, Barcelona
(Mercat de Les Flors production) collaborating with
SNEO Mestizaje Projects and developed while
residing at Canal Dance Center, Madrid.
Teaser 3: “get the money and run!” will complete
this shameless saga. At time being, Teaser 3 was
premiered as a work in process on January 29th
2011 at Eduardo Úrculo Cultural Center, Madrid,
where we got the great opportunity to test the latest
fruits of a long and rich process, with great success,
and an awakened desire for more. The process was
supported by the Comunidad de Madrid, Canal
Dance Center and SNEO Mestizaje Projects, and
now we are on our way to complete it and we are
looking for more of you frisky ones who might wish
to join the ride and support us.
Shlomi says:
“This trilogy started with telling the story of
my “personal adaptation” here, in a new country,
walking on a new path, expanding my life,
finding my bliss. Now, as we are closer to
completing a final product and after a deep and
long search, it is clear that the simple story is
about us people, who simply look for happiness
(And fuck it, it is not a forbidden word!).
Yes, it still has a biographic dynamic in it, but as
well a universal tone that can talk to us all.
We use the “running” concept in this trilogy, to
stress the sense of emergency, and the need to
get somewhere. Running because there is so much
to do, so much to play with, so much we want...
so it’s a rush of joy, and we are running with a
smile. We use the money concept in this final
chapter as a symbol for that thing that can make
us rise and fall at the same time. But mainly it
refers to a quantity of something, a “gift” of some
kind, or “blessing”, “prosperity” tone and such ...
take it, and run with it!
I honestly just want to remind myself, and
hopefully you too, the audience, how to feel
good and do the things we love, in spite of! 
We “tease” in order to create a new awakening
in us and in the other. We “tease” because we
love!”
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Also available from repertoire, the following creations:
Just Air (No Hands)
Dúo - 16 minutos.
Initiated with the support of IntimaDance Festival and Curtain Up
Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, as well as the New Jersey Performing Art
‫דצבמר‬

Center (NJPAC), as a part of Alternate Routs/World Festival ,New

3, 2011

Jersey, USA. November 2003.

FEBRUARY2010

Both First Prize and Critics Prize at the 18th International Choreography
Competition, Ballettgesellschaft Hanover, Germany (2004 April).
DECEMBER

Ministry Prize given to promising creators by the 'Ministry of Science,

Culture and Sport' in Israel, for the year 2004.

Second Prize for Duets, at the Burgos-New York International

Competition, Burgos Spain (August 2008).

Watch sample here, call for details.

Celebrate if you can

Dúo - 13 minutos.
Initiated with the support of the Aleko International Choreography
Competition, Aomori Museum, Japan. and the Acco theater Center,
Israel.
 
Second prize at the Madrid National Choreography Competition,
Madrid Spain. December 2008.
*Support from the “Casa Sefarad Israel”, Madrid , Spain.

Watch sample here, call for details.

BOOK ONE OF THESE SHOWS HERE

One-Self (Ehad, in Hebrew)

Solo - 15 minutos.

Initiated with the support of Curtain Up Festival, Suzanne Dellal Center,

Tel Aviv, Israel, 2004.

Both Third Prize (Jury) and Audience Prize for Best Solo at the
10Masdanza International Solo Competition, Gran Canaria, Spain
(April 2005).

First Prize for Choreography at the 9th International Solo-Dance-Theater

Festival in Stuttgart, Germany (March 2005).

Watch sample here, (the second video). Call for further info.
 Also:
☺
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Guest choreographer, musician.

Shlomi is offering himself and his skills

as a creator for other companies,
cultural centers, projects, etc...

Temporary period of creation - fast

and intensive process (or long) -
uniqueness - quality - etc.

Wanna play?

*if you have another type of

Auditions - search for performers.

Because of the special style, special

people are needed.

We are constantly sending out a call,

for you special people, to contact us
and check possibilities together.
There are more projects on the line,
and we wish to grow the scale of the
company, in time, and for the benefit
of us all :-)

Want to assist us and join the

team?
ASK THE QUESTION HERE

We are currently a small group of

☺
people that share common ideas and a
path that arouses in us an ever
growing creative desire.
(joy is key!-)

If you are interested to offer your skills

and contribute to the expansion of this
mechanism, please don’t hesitate to
contact us for further discussion.
 SNEO MESTIZAJE PROJECTS, Co-Producers, artistic
collaborators and supporters in “Teaser 3: Get the money and
run!” (Coming first on 29th January 2011).
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Entering the new year... towards the premier of "Teaser 3: Get the money and run!" by Shlomi
Bitton & Company, and towards it’s distribution... we, at SNEO Mestizaje Projects, are sending
out a call, to join us as supporters in Shlomi’s path, in any way you can think of!

Our company, SNEO Mestizaje Projects (South-North-East-West Miscegenation projects) has the
aim of uniting different cultures and sources of creation together, in a process, on one stage...
uniting the variety of colors that different artists have to offer, and sharing them with people.

We see Shlomi Bitton as a partner to our aim, a unique artist that brings a new light to the
stage. We are fascinated by it’s origin, and we are blessing our collaboration with him.
We also share his believe and desire to bring joy, love and care threw performance art, as well
as in life, as a human being.

Any contribute will be a big help for us and for Shlomi and his company. We are uniting forces
to keep the circle of exchanges, so all sides are benefiting from it.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any need, we will be happy to answer any of your
questions and add further details. As well, we will be happy to see you among our guests in
our next performance.

Much appreciation for your attention, we wish you a brand new happy 2011!
Sincerely.

Mayda Álvarez and Jmac Garin, - SNEO Mestizaje Projects, s.l.

CONTACT SNEO - HERE

CONTACTO
Shlomi Bitton
Telf. 91 364 22 29
Movil> 645 62 33 51
Third.House.Light@gmail.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThirdHouseLight#p
/c/779D57161231DD34

Mayda Álvarez
SNEO Mestizaje Projects
C/ Lirios, 9 28016 Madrid
FEBRUARY 3, 2011 12 2011 ‫מרץ‬ Current cast, team and useful links
•Production: Shlomi Bitton and Company (Israel-
Spain), Sneo Mestizaje Projects - Mayda Alvarez y
Jmac Garin (Mexico, Uruguay).
•Production assistance: Yaiza Guimaré, Maria Roig

•Texts, music, choreography, direction: Shlomi

Bitton.
•Music production assistance and sound technician:
Héctor González Sánchez (Glocal Sound)
•Video production and creation: Jmac Garin and
Shlomi Bitton
•Live Projections: SNEO Mestizaje Projects - Jmac
Garin

•Performers (stage and video): Melania Olcina

Yguero, Ruth Muelas, Yaiza Guimaré, Yanet Sierra,
Sara Cano, Shlomi Bitton.
•Collaborators: Alberto Segovia Otero (bass
Guitar), Melissa Bernald Laufer (voice), Jeremie
Bernheim (graphics), Bernardo Doral (photos).

Shlomi Bitton and company:

•Complete CV.
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•Places of workshops.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2011 12 2011 ‫מרץ‬ Press, critic and others:
"Shlomi creates and performs in rare concentration. His movements combine sharpness, control and
tenderness... they flow, resembling European elegancy... this dialogue causes the viewers to devotedly
follow after each movement in their bodies, each change in their faces... it is fascinating, alive and
exciting...”
Time Out Tel Aviv – Gal Alster.

“His works indicates his persistence and diligence, his curiosity and his deep investigation of the world that
surrounds him. His new piece “Just Air/No hands” is a choreographic perl which is engraved deeply in the
heart of the viewers.... An exceptional and remarkable creator and performer, with a rich and inflaming inner
world and with a clear and accurate saying....”
The Juries for the “Ministry of Culture Prize” - for upcoming choreographers, Israel, 2002, 2004.

”... this is an indication, that strength and struggle should be on stage with all you have to offer. And so...
with blood and suffer and a frantic smile, he somehow makes me want to dance!... that's realness...
Shlomi's work is very real, it is just happening...”
Esther Vrubel - creator, performer and pedagog... Denmark, Israel.

“Shlomi Bitton impressed the jury of critics at the 18th International Competition of Choreographers at
Hannover, Germany 2004 by his special and sensitive movement-vocabulary as well as the original choice
of the snappy jazzy music. In the title of his piece „No Hands“ there is already a touch of irony and humor,
because his choreography deals with playful hand gestures and mirrors a kind of magnetism between the
two dancers Bitton and Lilli Ladin, who cannot resist to touch each other with their hands and arms. Bitton
seems to act very carelessly, but is at the same time a sophisticated and very present performer. His dance
has the lightness and surprising turning points of improvisation, but it is choreographed very precisely and
to the point, develops a subtile wit while watching the fears and the alternating between desire, feelings
and intellectual thoughts at the beginning of a (sexual) relationship between a man and a woman”.
Klaus Witzeling for the jury (the 18th International Competition of Choreographers at), Hannover,
Germany.

“...With a very personal, strange, magical, choreographic and body language, Shlomi Bitton tells in an
intimate way, the crazy story of everyday, maybe, certainly, in Israel, in the world. Extremely delicate,
descriptive, the movements of the arms, hands and torso tell an ironical, tragic, hopeful story, with the
simplicity of a pilgrim of the spirit. Shlomi has an enormous charisma, made of humility, of light.”
Celi Barbier – France.

DANCE ON THE BOMB - EXPLOSIVE LONELINESS - “ONE-SELF”: A PHENOMENON PIECE - “The

first prize for choreography was for the Israeli Shlomi Bitton. With “One-self”, he succeeds in commenting,
in an underhand way, on the terror in his native land, shown on stage as a big bomb. that symbolizes the
inner explosion of his loneliness. Bitton also expresses this through his dance in a singular body language,
in a very emotional and expressive way. An amazing dance piece […] that let much space to think over.”
Pressespiegel Treffpunkt Rotebühlplatz (Stuttgarter Zeitung) 22nd May, 2005.

The Rolex Mentor and Protégé  Arts Initiative Six Master Artists to Select Protégés - From an
International Roster of Nominees: GENEVA, 16 February 2004 – Rolex today announced the names of 21
emerging artists – nine women and 12 men from 16 countries – who have been selected as potential
Protégés for the second cycle of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Six independent panels of
experts have chosen the 21 finalists from more than 150 initial candidates, whom they identified through a
worldwide search. These up-and-coming artists of exceptional promise are currently being introduced to
the six great masters who will serve as Mentors in the next cycle. “The results of the initiative’s first cycle
have exceeded our expectations,” said Patrick Heiniger, Chief Executive Officer of Rolex SA. “It has already
become an honour for an artist to be nominated for participation in this groundbreaking program. I
congratulate the candidates and have full confidence that all of them will make their mark.” 
The finalists – whose median age is 30 – were selected from 154 candidates in 53 countries by the
anonymous nominating panels. There were 31 candidates in dance.

 Dance: Mr Shlomi Bitton (Israel, 25), Mr Junaid Jemal Sendi (Ethiopia, 20), Mr Gregory Vuyani Maqoma
(South Africa, 30) and Mr Nikolai Schetnev (Russia, 27).
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Contact:
Shlomi Bitton and Company:
Shlomi Bitton - 645623351 / Yaiza Guimaré - 609566921
Shlomi.Bitton.and.Company@gmail.com

SNEO Mestizaje Projects:

Mayda Álvarez - 656 85 70 01
mayda@sneo.net

"TEASER 3 -
GET THE AND RUN!"
MONEY

AVAILABLE FROM JANUARY 29