ISRAELI MOVES & GROOVES
More than 30 Israeli artists perform back-to-back in an afternoon celebration of contemporary Israeli song and dance, “Israel Non-Stop: A Marathon of Music and Dance.” For the event, the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan presents a lineup that includes the Vertigo Dance Company’s “The Power of Balance,” Lea Avraham and Ensemble’s take on the biblical character Leah, cellist Maya Beiser, the Acco Theater Center’s new work “Prayer,” dancer Yossi Yungman and actress Esty Zakheim in a piece about the search for hope and Ruth Kanner’s “And Only This One Got No Cookie.”
John Jay College Theater, 899 10th Ave.; Feb. 2, noon-6 p.m.; $25, $20 members. (646-505-4379 or www.jccnyc.org)
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