How often have you wondered how a dance that you love was created? When we are taught Israeli folk dances anywhere in the world, our teachers or the choreographers often tell us the story about the dance - on the dance floor. So often the origins are forgotten or lost.
Sometimes the reasons for creating a dance are profound, based in history, folklore, the bible, or the Hebrew language. But sometimes it's just great music that provides the inspiration. We've tried to present different experiences for you to enjoy.
Here is our new section, open to all dance choreographers, to give some background and explanation of their dances to our readers. We hope you enjoy this new feature and we welcome feedback and contributions.
Write to us, tell us the stories behind your dances.
It can be very informal.
Write to us for the details
There are a number of in-depth interviews with choreographers and artists on the Bat Amanoot website.
On each Choreographer's page on our site there is a direct link to their interview page on Bat Amanoot.
I thank Connie L. Katz for supplying the links and for the very informative interviews.
Choreographers are listed here in alphabetical order of their last names.
Shlomo Bachar