The performances, sponsored by the British Council and the Science Museum in Jerusalem, are debut performances after a tour of performances in Europe, including at the Science Festival in Edinburgh December 8-12
Presenting straight from the Edinburgh festival:
Debut performances in Israel on the occasion of the Hanukkah holiday after a tour of performances in Europe
Visualise is a spectacular science show for the whole family that demonstrates without words scientific principles through theater and music. The unique show was created at the invitation of the British Council to combine science, education and art, to open the eyes of young viewers to science and to encourage young scientists to communicate with the general public. It is an international project of the British Council, the official British body for fostering international cultural and educational links between Great Britain and other countries.
The show was staged for the first time at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it competed with 400 other shows and was one of the six finalists for the Theater Award for Experimentation. Since then, the show has gone on tour in Europe under the auspices of the British Council, and now it is coming to Israel for the first time for a debut performance on the occasion of Hanukkah.
The show uses live demonstrations, lights and shadows, color and sound to create a charming and challenging wordless experience and showcase the beauty of science. With the help of smoke rings, dancing flames, windstorms, projections and more, the show explains various scientific phenomena: how planes fly in the air, how different weather conditions are created, how vortices are created, how repeating patterns are created in nature and how ordinary objects behave in unusual ways when challenged the laws of nature.
All viewers of the show will be given a colorful booklet with explanations about the show and suggestions for activities at home.
Visualise began as an experiment by a Welsh group from Great Britain called Science Made Simple. Commissioned by the British Council, the group developed a performance without words in order to overcome language barriers and find a new way to communicate science through theater and movement. The group created a performance based on stunts and pyrotechnics, using objects Everyday, props and stage set.
The director of the group is Wendy Sadler, who has a bachelor's degree in physics and music, and a master's degree in science communication. Sadler has won many awards including the European Descartes Prize for Excellence in Science Communication. "Unlike the traditional scientific demonstration, we don't use hard words or numbers," says Sadler, "who needs words when you can visualize?".
On the occasion of the show, Debbie Syrop, who manages the project and demonstrates at the show, will arrive in Israel. Sirop has a master's degree in engineering design and creativity, specializing in the combination of science and art; and Garrett Smith (Gaz), the technical director and demonstrator in the show. Has a master's degree in scientific communication, with extensive experience in developing interactive exhibits and circus-scientific performances.
More on Hanukkah at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem - 6-12.12:
• Lanterns in the dark - a visual drumming circle with "Firomania"
A pyromania group in a visual drumming circle with museum visitors. A workshop that combines scientific knowledge about light with games and illusions from the stage world. The workshop takes place in a dark space with music and a fog machine. With the help of colored flashlights, lenses, music and choreography, the children will create light pictures in motion. The experience is group and emphasizes precision and joint work. A musical soundtrack with different sounds and rhythms will be unique to each group of lanterns and will lead to the creation of complex and beautiful paintings of light in space. The workshop leaves a lot of room for imagination, creativity and humor. The dark space and the special visual experience will encourage the children to participate, initiate and create with pleasure.
The Pyromania group is an international group that has been creating shows for ten years that combine acrobatics and dance with innovative lighting effects and illusions of light and dark. Facilitators: Zohar Markman and Alon Weizman Lesrogin.
• Scientific demonstrations - Kabbat Kella in Jerusalem; science raisins; On light and dark - the corners will be held alternately on different days of the event.
All the museum exhibitions will be open to the public: the game; Illusions confuse the mind; bare nerves; Einstein; toys and physics; in the light of electricity; Medication. Things that are healthy to know; A lever to discover.
Hanukkah event - opening days and hours:
6-12.12 days Sunday-Thursday between 10:00-18:00, Fridays 10:00-14:00 and Saturday 10:00-16:00.
• Lanterns in the dark will be held between 12:00 and 15:30 on all activity days.
• VISUALISE will be shown at the museum on Saturday-Wednesday, 8-12.12 at 12:00 and 14:00. There may be changes
Details on the museum's website www.mada.org.il and by phone: 02-6544888
Entrance is paid.
