שירת המסע זן מאסטר, אמן במה, כותב
הביטוי המקסים הזה של מֶתק השפתיים
מטנֵף את אִמְרַת הבגד המוזהב.
הכיווּן הרָגיש הזה של פעם בִּשנתיים
מזהֵם את שׁוּלֵי הרֶגֶשׁ הנשגב.
אַפְּיָה – סַמוֹאָה
שירת המסע
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גיל אלון
Zen master, singer, actor and theater director. An initiated diciple and a dharma heir of Gudo Waffu Nishijima roshi in Japan, Soto Sect, the Dogen Sangha lineage. June 2000 - received a dharma transmission. Reiki master. Awarded a honoured life membership in the International Film and Television Research Center - The Asian Academy of Film and Television - New Delhi -India Was invited to sing for the United Nations in the first annual United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day - UNCC - Bangkok Conducted workshops on Buddhism creativity and meditation and led retreats in Germany, India, Thailand, Japan, South-Korea, Nepal,The Philippines, Australia,New Zealand, Fiji, Belgium, Cambodia, Portugal and Israel. Artistic director of the "THEATER IN SLIPPERS" festival in Tel-Aviv Artistic committee member of the Alternative Theater Festival in Acre. Board member of the fringe center, Tel-Aviv. Member of the repertoire committee for children’s and young people’s plays of the Ministry of Education. Board member in the Israeli branch of ASSITEJ - the international organization for children’s theater. Editor and host of “Side Wind”, a program on philosophy and spirituality and “ Front Row”, a program on theater on Kol Israel, the Israeli national radio station. Directed the play “Interview” with the theater troop “The Left Bank” with whom he received first prize in the Arena International Theater Festival in Germany. Also directed among others: "The Balcony" by Jean Genet - Tel-Aviv, "Salome" by Oscar Wilde - Bombay, "Six Characters In Search Of An Author" by Luigi Pirandello and "Woyzeck" by Georg Buchner- Madras, "Buddhist Bible 4" - Bangkok. Participated in the Butoh production " The Flower Of The Universe" directed and performed by the world famous Japanease Butoh masters Kazuo Ono and Yoshito Ono - Yokohama - Japan Represented Israel as an actor, director, singer, and lecturer in The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Malta, Egypt, the United States, Canada, Puerto-Rico,Singapore and Samoa. Acted in a broad repertoire of plays staged in Habima National Theater and in the city theaters of Haifa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. Hosted a popular TV game show, called “Lingo” on the Israeli Channel 2 and “ A Look At Opera” aired on the Israeli Discovery Channel. A teacher for diction in the theature department - The university of Tel-Aviv Wrote the books: "Combinations" - poetry and "Just A Moment" - a diary of a travel to the far east. Acted in Assi Dayan’s last two films, “ Electric Blanket Syndrome” and “Mr. Baum”. Came out with two long-playing CD albums, “Dream Ally” and “Gil Alon Sing Jacques Brel”. Recently: Acted in “On Tidy Endings” by Harvey Fierstein, “Assassins” by Stephen Sondheim, portrayed Jacques Brel throughout the monodrama on his life, played the role of the British Viceroy in the Indian film "The Legend Of Bhagat Singh" directed by Raj Kumar Santoshi, and sung in the musical "Men of Mahagonny" by Kurt Weill in Germany. www.geocities.com/gilalon2001