If we have a lot of dancers,please form circles around the dance guidesdancing in the center.
A Quick Note About Levels:
Level Intro/ABC .................... Very Easy
Level 1 .................................. Easy
Level 2 .................................. Challenging
Level 3 .................................. Very Challenging
A Modern-Day Israeli Folk Dance (IFD) Group
This week we are featuring an IFD Group from Haifa called Yuvalim Haifa. Here they are performing a merge of three types of dances: A women's, a men's, and a couples dance. So, you get to see three in one!
This dance became famous thanks to the movie Fiddler On The Roof (one of my favorite Jewish movies.) This dance shows the Eastern European influence on Chassidic dancing tradition. The setting for the movie is Russia, 1905. Today, the Wedding Bottle Dance is still being performed but now bya new generation of Jewish men.Hope you like!
If we have a lot of dancers,please form circles around the dance guidesdancing in the center.
A Quick Note About Levels:
Level Intro/ABC ..................... Very Easy
Level 1 .................................. Easy
Level 2 .................................. Challenging
Level 3 .................................. Very Challenging
Check out this video of IFD Group Shalom in the 80's
This Israeli dance group toured in the 80's and 90's. I used to have a VHS of a video collage of their dance tours and dances. I played the video so much that it eventually died! Shalom dance group was amazing! The video showed how modern day IFD (=Israeli folk dances) incorporates many of the dance styles of countries where the Jewish people had lived in exile and were returning from.This is why modern day IFD does not only reflect its Middle-Eastern roots but also reflects influences of folk dances from all around the world: Europe (including chassidic and orthodox styles), Asia, Latin America, North America (includes country line dancing), and Africa.
Folk dancing is about community, about rejoicing in unity and brotherhood, not about romance or sensuality. This is why I believe that modern day IFD also serves as a great dance-worship expression for peoples everywhere! Every culture and every church that I have had the privilege of introducing IFD to, as a means of dance worship, has received it well and enjoyed it.
The video below shows the Eastern-European influences in Israeli folk dancing. Relax and enjoy!
I want to know how you like worshiping with IFD. Share in the comments below.
"Adapted" means the original dance has been adapted a little to match the song we are dancing to. If you practice the dance you will be able to follow us when we dance the adapted version. Just knowing the actual dance steps makes a big difference. The adapted movements and steps are minimal and very easy. You will be able to follow us easily.
