Israeli folk dancing has been around for many years since Israel as a country was established in 1948. Originally Israeli folk dance was created to mix new culture with the old land, by combining different dance from around the world. This was created for Israelis to dance to in Israel to start a new culture. The dances are performed in a circle or partner like western country side line dancing. These dances were created to allow professional and semi-professional dancer to perform almost anywhere in the world.
Two different styles of dances developed, the Yemenite and Hora dance. The Yemenite dance came from the Yemenite step. The dance is a three step sequence in place with a short pause such as quick, quick, slow-pause. This can be done in any direction the dancer needs to go based on the location of the dance. The origin of the Yemenite step was developed in the middle ages in the Middle East around the modern countries of Israel, Egypt, and Syria. The Jews were banned from dancing outside in a public meeting, which caused them to move their dancing inside. The dancing was confined to a small place in which the person would hop in a stationary position.
The Hora dance literally translates circle dance was developed in the Baltic area in the middle ages. This originally was developed by the Romanians in the rural area for wedding celebration and festivals. The dance is always accompanied by musical instruments like the cymbals, accordion, and violin. The Jewish Hora dance was adapted in the 20th century by the Zionist movement in their Kibbutz. Most dances are performed to the song Hava
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A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active. Dance has been a part of human history since the earliest records of human life. Cave paintings found in Spain and France dating from 30, 000 -10, 000 BC. have vivid drawings of dancing figures in association with ritual illustrating ...
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On March 1, 2012 there was Israel Folk Dance sponsored by the local Beth Israel Temple. The dance was performed at the YWCA in Warren, Ohio at 7pm. The Beth Israel Temple sponsors this event once a year as charitable fundraiser for the temple. This also allows them to share their Jewish culture with the public. The Warren area is socially Italian and Greek culture. The fundraiser invites local business and nonprofit organizations to attend and share their culture.
When attending the event, the theater filled about 400 seats which were sold out that night. When sitting down the light darkens and bright light shines on the stage as if framing the host in a light frame. The host introduced the band playing for the dancers that night. The dance group consists of 10 women and 10 men playing that night. They danced about 8 different dance routines with each having different music accompanied to each dance. The two different dances that stood out to me were the Wedding and Hava Negila.
The wedding dance first started with the women dancing around in a circle with a long colorful shawl around the bride-to-be. More dancers come out as if to get ready and celebrate for the big wedding day. The dancer went into formation with tambourine in each of their hands clapping the hand, foot and hips on it while doing a three foot step in place. Then advance into a round circle leading off the stage to escort the men on to stage.
The male dancers in a staggered line formation while performing a lot of front and side high knee kicks. They perform this by sliding to the front of the stage and move around the stage in a much uniformed motion, as the main groomsman is in the front leading the group. The men exit off the stage as the brides-to-be comes on to the stage by her own with a solo act for the next few minutes. The groom comes out followed by the bridesmaids and groomsmen at the same time at each of their sides as if they are going to challenge each other. Eventually, the bride and groomsman dance with each other in harmony, showing they had become one through marriage. The two dance off stage together with the bridal party following right behind them.
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Outline the stages of culture shock with reference to the literature and your own experience and make suggestions for how you could have dealt with culture shock better. With reference to the literature; also discuss the major differences between your home and host culture. The phenomenon of culture shock is accompanied by almost everyone who goes outside of the home country, and sometimes even ...
The Yemenite Dance was performed by the women dancers line up in a straight line. They are dressed in a traditional folklore dress and dance to a harmony of female vocalist singing to traditional Israeli music. The women dance a three step course from side to side and front with each other dance taking a giant step forward, and the other group stepping backwards at the same time. This is done in a routine with them eventually exiting off the stage.
The wedding dance was the best out of all the dances performed that night. The Yemenite dance was the most interesting because it showed the representation of the Jewish culture. My overall reaction it was a great time to experience the Jewish culture which is contributed through their music and dance.
Reference:
Israel Folk Dance performed at WYCA in Warren, Ohio on March 1, 2012 at 7pm
Katz, L. (2012).
Israeli Dance. Retrieved from http://judaism.about.com/library/1_culture/bl_dance.htm
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Israeli Fold Dancing. Retrieved from http://www.imber.com.au/ifd/index.htm
