Israeli Folk Dance

[Silver Wingling]

Recently, my family and I switched churches, from a conventional church to a congregation of mesianic jews and gentiles called Sar Shalom Fellowship. I have wanted to go there since I was 5, and we know almost everyone there from when they celibrated Rosh Hashanah at our church building, and we kept in touch. Well, I joined the Israeli Folk/Worship Dance Team, and I need help! Any steps, easy dances I could learn, or advice is welcome. Also, I would ask your prayers as our current Rabbi and his family move to Jerusalem, and the new Rabbi takes over, as well as new leaders of the dance team. Shalom!  

[RoseRose]

The easiest way to learn is to do it. Most of the really REALLY traditional ones are round dances, where everyone stands in a circle. More modern ones have more variation, of course. It's nearly impossible to explain the moves through text, though. Just, in the round versions, there's a lot of grapevining.  

[Silver Wingling]

Yes, it's just myiam, myiam, myiam. Do you dance?  

[grani4fam1]

We belong to an online congregation that we watch and participate in on Friday nights at 7:30 pm. You can see the youth and kids dance Israeli dance in a circle while the worship music is going on. You have to use Pal Talk or Real Player to watch. It's on www.bnaishalom.info . They have special hand movements for certain songs, and they twist and turn and jump.  

[Bezant]

You could look it up on youtube or the other public-upload-video sites. They must have a lot of videos of dancing.  

[Silver Wingling]

Thanks, I'll do that. My only experience with dancing AT ALL besides the past 3 weeks is doing 1 dance at Rosh Hashonah, called Zealous Over Zion. Hmm. youtube. ok.