Re: Dancing

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

I think the difficulty with Israeli dancing is that there are too many
dances for the average person to keep up with.  Somewhere a few years ago I
read that there were 5000 Israeli dances in existence.  With so many new
ones popping up constantly, it's a type of dancing that only dance
enthusiasts can keep up with (even then most people only know a fraction of
the Israeli dances in existence).  Whenever a popular tune emerges in
Israel, someone creates a dance to go with  it.  Some of these dances are
gone from group repertoires within weeks.
Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: "glenn tamir" <klezska (at) yahoo(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: Dancing


> You are so right.  Israeli Dancing done well is a
> beautiful thing.  People should take as much
> opportunity as possible to learn them.  Thank you for
> encouraging this.
>
> > And on the subject of Israeli dancing,  What a treat
> > it would be to be able
> > to do Israeli dancing at a wedding or other simcha
> > with others who know the
> > dances well with a musician or band that can play
> > the music exactly as it is
> > meant to be danced.  Those of us who do know it well
> > and dance it well never
> > look as if we are just jumping and running around
> > the circle. I think what
> > most of us encounter at simchas are people who get
> > up to dance and not
> > dancers.  The energy and enthusiasm is much
> > different when knowledable
> > dancers are dancing.  It's a shame that when Israeli
> > dancers are invited to a
> > big party we end up using recorded music.  Just
> > think of the energy that
> > could be generated by a band who knows how to play
> > these great dance tunes
> > for dancers who know how to dance to them.
> >
> > Willa(always ready to dance)Horowitz
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> > 203-248-0291
> >
>
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