For some the phenomenon is no laughing matter. Danny Warth, an archivist at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, a local art-house theater, said the crude altering of titles was an insult to the genre. “We are talking about a work of art here. No one would dare change the name of a novel or a theater production, but in film for some reason it is allowed,” he bemoaned. “A ridiculous name is indeed humorous but I have a hard time being forgiving about this. It is not dignified.”. Associated Press writers Lori Hinnant in Paris, Frank Jordans in Berlin, Benjamin Shingler in Montreal and Suzan Fraser in Ankara contributed to this report.

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If the first half offered audiences an adolescent look at mismatching, the program grew up with the fraught though still too musically literal “Jenn and Spencer,” set to Henry Cowell’s Suite for Violin and Piano.” Morris created continuity by quoting the entrances of “The Muir,” then set a single couple prowling the stage. Suddenly, gestures were bound to intention, and the heterosexual pairing in which a central counterclockwise circling packed drama, became richer and more fraught than the earlier encounters, even if still slave to the music.

“What’s her name?” Shel asked, figuring the woman knew her, “I don’t know,” she shrugged, But the yente, true to the famous matchmaking character in the Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” had set romance in motion, That night at a personalized ombre ballet flats. teal to purple ombre. dance, Shel spotted his object of desire, When he asked her to dance, he learned she had a quick wit and playful sense of humor, “I only dance solo,” she said, That wasn’t a rejection, Indeed, the woman told him her name, Syra, and the two ended up spending the evening together, walking along the wharf and talking up a storm, “We had so much in common, we could talk for hours,” Shel said..

The March 29 show, in addition to the usual, huge Pops Orchestra, will be joined on stage by another Venaas ensemble, the 17-piece Black Tie Orchestra, which before the recession, used to play at a lot of big-deal society events — a trade that dropped off during the recession and has yet to recover. Part of the fun on March 29 will be the two groups combining to perform Glenn Miller’s 1940 version of “Anvil Chorus,” from Verdi’s 1853 opera, “Il Trovatore.” Big fun.