Updates

Programming  & teaching Participants in the St. Louis Israeli folk dancing group share the responsibilities of teaching and programming the music for our sessions. Although this structure seems wacky to participants in more “normal” groups, it’s been working for us for quite a while.

 We try to vary the program from week to week, mixing the "oldies" with the latest hits. . Click here to see photos from some of our sessions.

2008   Dance sessions

Every Thursday evening, except on  Jewish or national holidays.

 NOSTALGIA NIGHTS - First Thursday of every month!

Beginners'  class: 7:45 - 8:15 pm

We encourage new dancers to join our group. We teach beginners' dances at the start of the session.  Participation and enthusiasm have been great, and we can see the evolution of new devotees each week.

Dances we’re learning and loving...
Some are very new [we like to stay “in-step”], some are middle-aged [how did we miss them?], and some are from the old, old days [we’re giving them “foot-to-foot” resuscitation].

We get our dances the old-fashioned way: people bring them back from workshops, or from visits to other groups in the U.S. and in Israel. We also get them the high-tech way: by obsessively watching dance tapes or on-line videos.

Here are some new dances we've introduced in recent months:    Lia - Banu L'Ha'ir Et Ha'Ir - Lzafon B'Ahavah - Mi'Lemalah - Kol HaKo'ach - Miss Music -Kol HaMa'alot - Rak Shir Ga'aguim - Melach Yam - Bora Dance - Im Tirtzi La'daat - Bait Cham

Our repertoire also includes these popular hits:   Shalom V'Ahava -Caliente Tambures - Od Nashuv- Hine MaToyv - Gam Ani Rotzeh - Shuj Shuj Zemer - Ad Sof Ha'Olam Smolah - Yesh Li Otach - Lecha Karati - Tzel Midbar- Yoshvim B'vet Cafe -  Asi Es La Vida- Velero -Hafinale- Efrayim

And, we've recently  "revived" these:    Kmo Tzoani-Bat Arad - HaKinor HaNe'eman - BaPardes - Hinach Yaffa - Biglal HaAhavah -  Ma Avarech  - Mala Mala - Ma Avarech