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About this Event
The Residency - Sound Connections
Vol. 49 - “Reflection” 🪞
ITAI x Yonnie Dror 🦢❤️🦢
Thursday - 11.12.26 @ The Zula Den
On Thursday, November 12th, ITAI 🎷 sits face to face with Yonnie Dror 🪈 and his collection of ancient wind instruments from around the world, for the very first time, for a night of mirroring, listening and responding in real time…
Tickets include complimentary tea, light snacks, and some other surprises (;
*Promo codes and ticket discounts available at:
*** 50% Rebate with a valid EBT card
What to expect?
🕗 8:00 PM - Tea Lounge Opens (arrive early, settle in, connect)
🪞 8:45 PM - Theme introduction & ice breakers (short, playful, optional)
🎶 9:00 PM - Music Begins (continuous flow until we are done)
🌙 11:00 PM - Music Ends (stay and hang out no rush to go home)
🥤 BYOB - bring what you like to sip or eat (no illegal stuff)
🍵 Tea & light snacks provided
📍 The Zula Den - 4011 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016
🚗 Free street parking nearby
About the musicians:
✨ Yonnie Dror 🪈
Born in Jerusalem, Yonnie Dror is a multi-instrumentalist whose musical journey began with classical flute, saxophone and jazz. Over a decade ago, he discovered a passion for ancient and unconventional wind instruments from around the world, including the didgeridoo, shofar, duduk, ney and bansuri. Through years of dedicated self-study, he became a sought-after performer, collaborating with renowned Israeli musicians such as Idan Raichel, Dudu Tassa and Rita, and performing at major World Music festivals worldwide. In 2024 he relocated to Los Angeles, where he has performed as a soloist on the Avatar: The Last Airbender national USA tour and contributed recordings to films, television and video games, including Star Trek, League of Legends and Lilo & Stitch.
✨ ITAI 🎷🎹
ITAI (Itai Isenberg), Founder of The Residency & Saxophonist by training. He uses a multi-instrumental live looping setup to compose in real time an intentional movement experience.
Born in Boston and raised in Israel, ITAI has a diverse musical background that includes Middle Eastern music, classical training as a child and the Rimon School of Jazz.
After moving to the States he first made a living playing sax on the streets, went on to share stages with artists like Pato Banton, and perform with his solo, live act on some of the most celebrated stages in the world. After years of touring, he felt a pull to root back into a local community, and The Residency was born: a weekly space where he sits, “Swanning” face-to-face with a different artist each week and creates one-night-only Sound Connections that can’t be replicated or repeated.
Reflection:
Reflection is at the core of The Residency, and at the core of growth. Swanning is reflection. Two swans facing each other, one mirroring the other, until their noses touch and their necks form one heart…
I believe feedback is the only way we grow. And feedback is reflection, me reflecting back to you what you are to me… The face expressions, sounds, and words we use help us understand how to do better… Feedback, spoken or not, is how we find out who we are, and how to get better. We can’t see our own face without a mirror…
We invite you to experience two swans in a pond reflect each other, and the pond reflects them both. Two artists reflecting each other, while you reflect it all back to them and the loop goes on…
As we prepare for this week’s theme, we invite you to reflect on recent days: What are you reflecting back to the people around you? And what are they reflecting back to you?
We call it “Sound Connections” as in - connection with others, with self, and with something bigger than all of us... Step into the Swan Lake Circle. ✨
*** The Dance floor can be a soft and vulnerable space. We like to be present with each other therefore we request it being a “No Phone Zone” (we will record the sessions and take some snippets which will be shared on the Sound Connections Patreon channel). For similar reasons, we would love to keep the dance floor a “No Shoes on the dance floor”.
💬 You are part of the experience, please dance, scream, sing as long as you respect other people’s space and experience as well <3
***If you want to add an instrument please coordinate in advance since the curation of the night is very intentional.
*** All Sets are being filmed and recorded, pay attention to the “dark areas” if you don’t want to be on camera!
🤫 Let’s keep deep conversations off the dancing areas... It’s not meant to be a “no talking” environment and most people are trying to connect with the music in a non-verbal way. A great place for deeper conversations is the Tea Lounge (:
The Tea Lounge 🍵
The Tea Lounge is an inseparable part of The Residency’s cozy season. Tea Lounge opens at 8pm, please join us for a cup of tea, games and a hang.
The Story of The Residency - Sound Connections:
From ITAI: “After years of touring the world and playing on the biggest stages I could imagine, I started looking for something deeper. Indeed there is real magic in playing in front of big crowds, yet I was craving something, an ongoing connection, to root into my community, and for that, I knew I needed a consistent local experience, which is how The Residency was born.
This new season of The Residency is about deepening our connection, as we grow as individuals and as a community. If the artists are the first swans, creating the spark together, this season is about the audience swanning as well, reflecting back at each other, and at the artists, in a beautiful swan lake of mirroring.
Every Thursday, we’ll feature one very special guest artist, sitting across from me as we create the soundtrack for the night from scratch.
What is Swanning?
Like two swans facing each other in a moment of deep connection, this allows us to share and respond, creating something raw, alive, and unrepeatable. In this format, the audience surrounds the face-to-face artists which forms a circle that makes everyone part of the experience. Step into the circle (:
The Zula Den:
The Zula Den is a subsidiary of the non-profit Zula Project which is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization.
The Zula Den was created to hold space for our facilitators and their guests, our artists and their music, our teachers and their students...
Founded by husband & wife duo Eldad Alfi (@eldadalfi) and Chris Santillan (@chriss2385)
Much Love,
ITAI, Yonnie & The Residency Swans ❤️
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Zula Den, 4011 West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States
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