Pilobulus Dance Theatre brings new works to Tilles Center

On Stage

Pilobolus Dance Theatre
The creative collective Pilobolus comes back to Long Island with an eclectic program of new works and revivals, many of which have not been presented in the area before, including Untitled, Gnomen, Duet 1992, and Redline. Founded 40 years ago, as an outsider dance company, Pilobolus quickly achieved world renown for its imaginative and athletic exploration of creative collaboration. Since then, the dance troupe has evolved into pioneering American cultur al institution of the 21st century.
Friday, Feb. 4, 8 p.m. $65, $52, $40. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com or www.tillescenter.org.

Fred Garbo’s Inflatable Theater
Experience a unique, vaudeville-type performance when Fred Garbo’s Inflatable Theater C. visits the area this weekend, presented by the Freeport Community Concert Association. It’s a concert unlike any other, which begins when a ten-foot cylinder slithers onto the stage and implodes, and before long the entire audience is playing catch with gigantic inflatable props! The big blow-up shapes shimmer, balloon, deflate and bounce in a rainbow of colors. Fred Garbo and
Daielma Santos inhabit this enchanting world with tremendous aplomb and skill.
Saturday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m. $20. Freeport High School, 50 S. Brookside Ave., Freeport. (516) 223-7659.

Benefit Concert

Klezmer Fiddle Express
Hear the distinctive sounds of klezmer this weekend when renowned violinist Alicia Svigals presents Klezmer Fiddler E xpress. The program features some of klezmer music’s top players on tsimbl, fiddle and bass, including the “Pied Piper of Yiddish Dance,” Steven Weintraub. Svigals and her band are joined on stage by the Brandeis School Choir and the children of SULAM-LI. Funds raised will support the continued work of SULAM-LI, founded in 2004 to provide religious education for Jewish children with special needs.
Sunday, Feb. 6, 1 p.m. $25, $15 children. Congregation Sons of Israel, 111 Irving Pl., Woodmere. (516) 449-6678 or www.SULAM-LI.org.