{"id":40802207935,"date":"2018-07-25T16:40:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T20:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/event\/benise-strings-of-passion-10-year-anniversary-world-tour\/"},"modified":"2018-09-24T11:56:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T15:56:35","slug":"benise-strings-of-passion-10-year-anniversary-world-tour","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/event\/benise-strings-of-passion-10-year-anniversary-world-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"BENISE &#8211; Strings of Passion: 10 Year Anniversary World Tour!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR!<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Spanish Guitar, BENISE is \u2018Bennissimo!\u2019 in this special 10 year anniversary production called \u201cStrings of Passion\u201d.\u00a0 Armed with his fiery Spanish Guitar, a stage full of musicians, and an international dance troupe, BENISE takes us on a musical journey through Salsa, Flamenco, Samba, Waltz and Tango, fused with classic rock anthems by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, AC\/DC, Santana and The Eagles\u2026to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0 The show captures world music at its best, with a show that appeals to the hearts and souls of people of all ages, cultures and musical backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrings of Passion\u201d &#8211; an unprecedented and spectacular adventure through Spanish Flamenco, Cuban Salsa, and Brazilian Samba &#8211;\u00a0 raises the standards of live performance to a fresh new level of originality with dancing that is equally mysterious, sensual and festive.\u00a0 The dancers in \u2018Strings of Passion\u2019 \u2013 \u2018The Gitanas\u2019 &#8212; were carefully handpicked from a global pool of some of the most brilliantly diverse talent to be found. Breathtaking couture fashion and innovative staging and choreography give Spanish dance a fresh and luminous makeover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great show for the whole family; I really think we have something for everyone,\u201d comments BENISE, for whom music has always been a journey\u2026from his humble beginnings as a street performer, to performing around the world. \u201cI wanted to push the boundaries of traditional Nuevo Flamenco\/Spanish guitar while combining the elements of dance and theater. This show is a celebration of culture&#8211;the culmination of all the shows we\u2019ve done over the last 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Go center stage with BENISE in this amazing production that takes your audiences to\u00a0 Spain, China, Paris, Egypt, India, Cuba, Italy, Dubai, the Heartland of America\u2026and more:\u00a0 the Theatrical World Music and Dance Spectacle that has been called \u201cThe Latin Riverdance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VIP FAN EXPERIENCE &#8211; INCLUDED WITH THE GOLD CIRCLE SEATS<\/strong><br \/>Go behind the scenes, meet Benise and cast, and get your own photo moment when you attend a working sound check!<br \/><strong><br \/>VIP PACKAGE INCLUDES:<\/strong><br \/>* Exclusive Meet &amp; Greet with the Benise and Cast<br \/>* Premier Seating (first 4 rows)<br \/>* Private Sound Check Experience<br \/>* Personal Photograph with Benise<br \/>* Souvenir Official Meet and Greet Laminate<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"color: brown;\"><span style=\"color: mediumblue;\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video: Benise - Strings of Passion Trailer\" loading=\"lazy\"  style='width: 500px; height: 281px;' src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4UwfSskBgCw?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0&#038;rel=0\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tickets on sale 4\/29 for Center for the Arts donors; 5\/4 for general public. The Prince of Spanish Guitar, BENISE is \u2018Bennissimo!\u2019 in this special 10 year anniversary production called \u201cStrings of Passion\u201d.  Armed with his fiery Spanish Guitar, a stage full of musicians, and an international dance troupe, BENISE takes us on a musical journey through Salsa, Flamenco, Samba, Waltz and Tango, fused with classic rock anthems by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, AC\/DC, Santana and The Eagles\u2026to name a few.   Go center stage with BENISE in this amazing production that takes your audiences to  Spain, China, Paris, Egypt, India, Cuba, Italy, Dubai, the Heartland of America\u2026and more:  the Theatrical World Music and Dance Spectacle that has been called \u201cThe Latin Riverdance\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40802223945,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2016-10-15 20:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2016-10-15 23:00:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2016-10-16 00:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2016-10-16 03:00:00","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"$45; $60; $80 (Gold Circle\/VIP Package)","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[6],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artseries":[15,18],"arts":[],"tribe_events_cat":[6,138],"class_list":["post-40802207935","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artseries-arts-at-monmouth","artseries-performing-arts","tribe_events_cat-concerts","tribe_events_cat-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences","cat_concerts","cat_school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/40802207935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/40802207935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802230643,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/40802207935\/revisions\/40802230643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802223945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802207935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802207935"},{"taxonomy":"artseries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artseries?post=40802207935"},{"taxonomy":"arts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/arts?post=40802207935"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=40802207935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}