A large and growing movement of Israeli dancers worldwide want to include more of the 'original' or 'old style' dances into their dance sessions.
You can decide if you want to call them 'Nostalgia', or 'Vintage', 'Retro' or 'Second Generation'.
The range of Nostalgia dances are generally thought of as created before 1990. |
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This page shows you the total amount of all Israeli dances created from 1924 to 2015.
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| In terms of growth of dances: |
| 1924 - 1 dance |
1929 - 1 dance |
1930 - 7 dances |
1937 - 1 dance |
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Total 1924-1937: 10 dances |
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| 1940 - 3 dances |
1950 - 17 dances |
1960 - 43 dances |
1970 - 50 dances |
| 1941 - 6 dances |
1951 - 6 dances |
1961 - 16 dances |
1971 - 27 dances |
| 1942 - 1 dance |
1952 - 7 dances |
1962 - 14 dances |
1972 - 39 dances |
| 1943 - none |
1953 - 13 dances |
1963 - 5 dances |
1973 - 36 dances |
| 1944 - 10 dances |
1954 - 9 dances |
1964 - 17 dances |
1974 - 45 dances |
| 1945 - 7 dances |
1955 - 17 dances |
1965 - 8 dances |
1975 - 23 dances |
| 1946 - 4 dances |
1956 - 12 dances |
1966 - 8 dances |
1976 - 60 dances |
| 1947 - 10 dances |
1957 - 16 dances |
1967 - 6 dances |
1977 - 64 dances |
| 1948 - 23 dances |
1958 - 20 dances |
1968 - 23 dances |
1978 - 85 dances |
| 1949 - 10 dances |
1959 - 25 dances |
1969 - 49 dances |
1979 - 73 dances |
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| Total 1940's: 74 |
Total 1950's: 140 |
Total 1960's: 189 |
Total 1970's: 502 |
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| 1980 - 88 dances |
1990 - 178 dances |
2000 - 161 dances |
2010 - 319 dances |
| 1981 - 59 dances |
1991 - 159 dances |
2001 - 210 dances |
2011 - 310 dances |
| 1982 - 58 dances |
1992 - 307 dances |
2002 - 233 dances |
2012 - 313 dances |
| 1983 - 87 dances |
1993 - 150 dances |
2003 - 229 dances |
2013 - 258 dances |
| 1984 - 93 dances |
1994 - 173 dances |
2004 - 199 dances |
2014 - 255 dances |
| 1985 - 114 dances |
1995 - 156 dances |
2005 - 256 dances |
2015 - 264 dances |
| 1986 - 119 dances |
1996 - 195 dances |
2006 - 203 dances |
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| 1987 - 137 dances |
1997 - 182 dances |
2007 - 203 dances |
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| 1988 - 142 dances |
1998 - 232 dances |
2008 - 290 dances |
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| 1989 - 136 dances |
1999 - 159 dances |
2009 - 274 dances |
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| Total 1980's: 1041 |
Total 1990's: 1940 |
Total 2000's: 2262 |
Total 2010's: 1730 |
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| According to lore, the first Israeli dance created in the modern era was Hora Agadati in 1924. |
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| 1948, the year of Israel's independence,
saw 23 new dances created. |
| In the 1950's there were less than
25 dances
created every year. |
| Note the increase of dances created every year below! |
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| TOTALS |
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416 dances before 1970
760 dances before 1978
918 dances before 1980
1875 dances before 1990 – more created in the 1980’s than in all years before 1953
1832 dances in 1990-1999 – almost as many created in the 1990’s as in all years before 1981
2258 dances in 2000-2009 |
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So much for the stats.
But now comes the enjoyable part, for you to browse through our list of Nostalgia dances and see which ones you may know, or have heard of. And, in some of them, read any comments or tidbits about the dance or the songs they derive from.
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Note:
Sometimes the numbers in different years may fluctuate, as a result of new research that arises, or as new dances are found or corrected. Please write to us at any time with corrections or comments.
In addition, these lists include a small number of international dances that are frequently done in Israeli dance sessions both in Israel and around the world and are considered part of the repertoire. |
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Nostalgia Dances is a joint project of Aura Levin Lipski and Gary Fox.
This page concept and creation by Aura Levin Lipski.
This would not be possible without the groundbreaking work of Jack Steel of the Israeli Dances.com Database. |
