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What is Israeli Folk Dancing??
Taken from "Shall We Dance" written by Ilene
Bloch-Levy
"While
in other countries folk dancing is fostered, to preserve old rural
traditions, Israeli Folk Dancing is a constantly developing art that
has created a dynamic of it's own. Today, this art form, has been
embraced and captured globally...from Japan to South America, across
Europe, Canada and the United States, by Jews and Non-Jews alike, who
seem to admire the fire and rhythm of this dance form. In Israel
alone, there are more than 300,000 Israelis, who attend Israeli folk
dancing sessions on a regular basis.
What characterizes Israeli Folk Dancing is a
lively, unbridled spirit, seemingly complete freedom of movement and
animated optimism that seems to embrace the dancers. It's lively beat,
engaging music, wide variety of steps and rhythm draw you in and no
matter how much you learn, there is always more to learn….
You are never bored!"
Israeli Folk Dancing was first introduced in Vancouver, in
1970, as a weekly program, offered by the Jewish Community Center of
Greater Vancouver. (JCCGV )
Today, the Vancouver Israeli Folkdance
Society along with the co-sponsorship of the JCCGV , provide two weekly
sessions of Instruction and Open Dance as well as annual workshops and
parties!!
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"KEFF LE'OLAM"
Israeli Folk Dancers of Vancouver, B.C.
"Keff
Le'Olam" is Hebrew for "FUN FOREVER".
Our group has been performing and
demonstrating Israeli Dance in the Vancouver area since 1988.
We are supported and co- sponsored by the
"Vancouver Israeli Folkdance Society" (V.I.F.S.) as mandated
in the Society's Constitution.
We have been honored and privileged to have had
performed for Vancouver's Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Pacific National
Exhibition, North Vancouver Folk Festival and many many more community
festivals over the past 19 years.
Keff Le'Olam is available for Folk Festivals and
other community events, as well as Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and Parties. After
our performance, we teach easy beginner dances, in order to engage and
involve our audiences, small or large, to the beauty and fun which Israeli
Dance brings.
To
book a performance or for more information, please call:
Noli:
604-873-4666
Email: dgoldstein@bigfoot.com
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