The Nostalgia Project 1924-2026
רִקּוּדֵי נוֹסְטַלְגִּיָּה
Click here to see all dances in our Nostalgia Project
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Israeli Dances - History & Stats |
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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. |
| This page shows you details of ALL Israeli dances created from 1924 to 2026. |
| דַּף זֶה מַצִּיג מֵידָע עַל כָּל הָרִקּוּדִים הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִיִּים שֶׁנּוֹצְרוּ בֵּין הַשָּׁנִים 1924 - 2026. |
| In terms of growth of dances: |
| 1924 - 1 dance | 1929 - 1 dance | 1930 - 7 dances | 1937 - 2 dances |
| Total 1924-1937: 11 dances | |||
| 2020 - 190 dances | |||
| 2021 - 200 dances | |||
| 2022 - 190 dances | |||
| 2023 - 228 dances | |||
| 2024 - 285 dances | |||
| 2025 - 235 dances |
According to lore, the first Israeli dance created in the modern era was Hora Agadati in 1924. |
| 1948, the year of Israel's independence, saw 24 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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467 dances before 1970 835 dances before 1978 1023 dances before 1980 2132 dances before 1990 - more created in the 1980's than in all years before 1953. 2035 dances from 1990-1999 - almost as many created in the 1990's as in all years before 1981. 2329 dances from 2000-2009 2915 dances from 2010-2019 |
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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. |
Click here to see all dances in our Nostalgia Project |
| 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. |
| Nostalgia Dances is a joint project of Aura Levin Lipski and Gary Fox. This page concept and creation by Aura Levin Lipski. Date summaries and graphs on this page by Gary Fox. Most of the comments in the Nostalgia Masterlist researched were written or collated by Gary Fox. This would not be possible without the groundbreaking work of Jack Steel of the Israeli Dances.com Database. |
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