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Chicago Israeli Dancing Weekly Update 5/20/14 - Join Our Performance at The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
Open to all and led by Phil Moss and Penny Brichta, Chicago's (and one of the nation's) longest running Israeli dance group meets Thursday nights (except for holidays) at Temple Judea Mizpah, 8610 Niles Center Road, Skokie IL 60076
Teaching: 7:30 Beginners/Repertoire; 8:15 General; 9-11:30 Requests
Monthly parties on the last Thursday of the month
Cost: $10 (unless special occasion)
Info: philip_b_moss@hotmail.com 847.274.1809
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- Personals
- Perform a Dance at The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival on June 8, 2014. Rehearsal on June 1st. PLEASE EMAIL ME!!!
- Dances Taught on 5/8/14
- Video of the Week
- Colin Shiradski's Israeli Dancing Radio Show
- Israeli Dancing in Deerfield Wednesday
- Israeli Dancing in Naperville
- Save The Date - Chicago Jewish Festival - Sunday, June 8 2014
- Dances Taught At Beketzev Acher 2014
- 4/24 The Champions Of Israeli Folk Dancing - The Results
- 6/27-29/14 - Toronto Isreal Dance Festival
- 7/9-13/14 - Door County Folk Festival
- Labor Day Weekend - Gvanim Dance Camp
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Hi Everyone,
I want to thank everyone who participated in the Idan Raichel concert event. What an incredible night! Special thanks to those of you who came to the dancing!!
Meanwhile, Penny and I would love it if you would join us for this special dance performance we are organizing for the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival which will take place on June 8, 2014. We now have all the details available. Please see the article below and get back to me if you can participate.
Also of note, Penny and I will once again be presenting Israeli dance workshops at the annual Door County Folk Festival which takes place from July 9-13 in beautiful, you guessed it, Door County. The area is a wonderful vacation/getaway location. And you opt in or out of as much dancing as you'd like. Check it out.
CYA on Thursday,
Phil
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Perform a Dance at The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival on June 8, 2014. Rehearsal on June 1st
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Penny and I really want you to join us. Please spread the word and get back to me ASAP. Anyone who gets this newsletter has the necessary skills for sure! If you want to participate, I can now send you teaching videos that will help you prep for the rehearsal.
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Hadegel Sheli - Shmulik Gov-Ari - Circle
Ahuvati Bat Chamishim - Shmulik Gov-Ari - Circle
Al Gvul Hayam Ha'acharon - Victor Gabbay - Circle
Matanot Ktanot - Gadi Bitton - Circle
Im Telech - Meir Shem-Tov - Partner
please let me know if you would like me to send you a video
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Here is last week's partner dance, Im Telech by Meir Shem-Tov, music by the Idan Raichel Project (get the connection?) :o) Beautiful song and dance. Enjoy
http://rikudim.net/blog/archives/1182
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Here is Victor Gabbay's classic, Al Gvul Hayam Ha'acharon.
http://rikudim.net/blog/archives/1161
You can likely find a video with Victor himself on Rokdim, but this video is pretty accurate.
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Here is Matanot Ktanot, a beautiful piece of music, dance by Gadi.
http://www.gadibitton.co.il/?CategoryID=525&ArticleID=305&Page=5
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For those who try to find Israeli dance videos on line, I wanted to make sure you know that you can find many of them at:
http://www.rokdim.co.il/rikudim/chipusRikudimOL.asp
You can watch the whole video there on the site. And if you want to download it, you can make arrangements to purchase it there. I do believe that for the most part, once a dance makes it on to the Rokdim site, it is less likely to change than dances published only in other places. This is not an absolute rule of the universe, but in general I believe it is so. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of this resource.
As always, enjoy!
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Colin Shiradski's Israeli Dancing Radio Show
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Be sure to check out this new endeavor from our good friend, Colin!!!
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Israeli Dancing in Deerfield on Wednesday Nights
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courtesy of Jim Rust...
ISRAELI DANCING IN DEERFIELD
Location: Moriah Congregation, Wheel Room
Address: 200 Taub Drive, Deerfield IL
Time: Wednesday evenings holidays permitting, 7:00 to 10:00
Cost: $5
Leaders: Jim Rust, Erica Friedman
For more information contact MJimRust@aol.com
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Israeli Dancing in Naperville
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Posted on behalf of Diane Toby...
Israeli Dance
Location: Congregation Beth Shalom social hall
Address: 772 West 5th Avenue Naperville, IL 60563
Time: Monday evenings, 7:00 to around 8:30
Cost: CBS members: free. Non-members: one dollar donation appreciated.
Leaders: Diane and Brian Toby. Partner Dance Consultant: Jeff Subeck.
For more information contact dtoby(at)comcast.net or bhtoby(at)comcast.net.
Join our friendly group to connect with Israeli culture, enjoy some physical activity and sharpen your memory through Israeli folk dancing. We do plenty of circle and line dances, with some partner dances mixed in.
Most of the dances we do are beginner/intermediate level. All ages and experience levels are welcome, including children accompanied by a parent.
We meet almost every Monday with dances for beginners from 7 pm to 7:45 pm and then move on to intermediate dances until around 8:30. When time permits, we take a few requests from 8:30 to 8:45. Visitors are always welcome. Our regular dancers love to watch the more advanced dances. If visiting from out of town, we'll play requests if you tell us ahead of time.
Our partner dance repertoire is small and still growing. Women are encouraged (but not required) to learn both parts. The etiquette in our group is partner switching/partner rotation.
Open to the community. For security purposes, we ask that people joining for the first time contact the CBS office at (630) 961-1818, and ask for Dorothy, to let us know you are coming, and to make sure that we are meeting on that date.
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Save The Date - Greater Chicago Jewish Festival - Sunday, June 8 2014
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The 2014 Greater Chicago Jewish Festival will have an added focus on celebrating Israel with our Israel Fusion. In addition to the Israeli artists in the Art Fair and the great selection of Israeli Food, our 4 stages will feature Israeli performers and Israeli music. And to celebrate our connections with Israel, we will bring everyone together at one stage, at one time, for the world's largest community sing in support of Israel. Sing the songs from throughout Israel's history along with thousands of others on June 8, 2014. Be part of this event!JewishFestival.org
The 2014 Greater Chicago Jewish Festival will have an added focus on celebrating Israel with our Israel Fusion. In addition to the Israeli artists in the Art Fair and the great selection of Israeli Food, our 4 stages will feature Israeli performers and Israeli music. And to celebrate our connections with Israel, we will bring everyone together at one stage, at one time, for the world's largest community sing in support of Israel. Sing the songs from throughout Israel's history along with thousands of others on June 8, 2014. Be part of this event!JewishFestival.org
https://www.facebook.com/jewishfestival
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Dances Taught At Beketzev Acher 2014
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Choreographed by the presenter unless otherwise noted:
SHMULIK GOV-ARI
Ha'orei'ach (c)
Pitom Adam Nolad (c)
Milyon Shel Chalomot (p)
Shabbat (c)
Gara Mul Hamayim (P)
GADI BITTON
Perach Bamidbar (c)
Halev (c)
Afrita (p)
Matanot Ktanot (c)
Birkat Haderech (c)
DUDU BARZILAY
Shma Bekoli(c)
Et She’ahava Nafshi (p)
Yom Over (c)
Status Mei’ohav (p)
OFER ALFASI
Mashehu Chadash Matchil (c)
Tov Kaze (c)
Hanigun Shelcha – Gila Paz (p)
Debka Eilon – Ilan Swissa (c)
YOSI COHEN AND LESLIE ASARAF
At Halahit Sheli (p)
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The Champions Of Israeli Folk Dancing - The Results
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BEST OF LUCK TO BRURIA AND YORAM WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN FINALS AT RIKUD THIS WEEKEND!!! WE KNOW YOU WILL DO US PROUD.
Well, after lots of discussion both in public and in private, Chicago Israeli Dancing held our event at our session.
Here are some quick points for you.
- The event was clearly successful
- We held it on a monthly party night, and right before we started the contest, we held a surprise celebration in honor of Penny Brichta for her 25 years as a co-leader of Chicago Israeli Dancing. She and the crowds loved. Go Penny! So the mood was good from the start.
- The winner of the circles category was Bruria Kohen. Mazal Tov Bruria!
- The winners of the partner category were Bruria Kohen and Yoram Danino. Mazal Tov!
- Sadly, but understandably, no out-of-towners from other midwestern Israeli dance groups were on hand.
The mood seemed very upbeat throughout. The judges were Sarah Rodin and Irit Steiner, two veteran, excellent Israeli dancers. They did a great job of figuring out who should be the semi-finalists and finalists. And our entire crowd voted (via "applauseometer") to select the winners. IMHO, good decisions were made by all.
As per the plan, we conducted a more or less regular harkada, alternating between circle and partner sets like we usually do. The dances themselves were initially old standbys and they became more challenging and a little more current as the sets progressed.
As I had hoped, people kind of helped each other by being visible for "follow me Joe" purposes. The mood was light. I did not sense that anyone was being cutthroat about all this. A number of people told me that they enjoyed it. A few others told me they were skeptical prior to the event, but pleased with the way it worked out.
If there were negative feelings or comments out there, they have did not reach me yet. Perhaps they will. At the end of the day, two of our people are getting scholarships to Rikud with a chance to win a trip to Israel. And Chicago Israeli Dancing had a good night.
I am still hoping that some of you will consider this for your local sessions.
Phil Moss
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The link to registration information is:
http://www.designseverlasting.com/israelidancetoronto/Workshop_Register12.html
To all the madrichim and dancers:
We have a fantastic festival coming up with Gadi Bitton and Elad Shtamer. We also have Avihu Medina who will be with us throughout the festival as we dance to his songs. Nona Malki and Karina Lambert will be with us this year as well.
For those who can stay a longer period of time in Toronto, we are planning a pre-festival dance evening on Thursday, June 26th and a post festival bar-b-que and dance evening on Monday, June 30th.
Plan to be with us.
We would be most appreciative if you would pass this information on to your fellow dancers and send the attached flyer to your distribution lists.
See you in Toronto!
Sofie & Inbal
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7/9-13/14 - Door County Folk Festival
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Please join Penny and me at the wonderful annual Door County Folk Festival. Here is the brochure. Register online at the site listed. We hope to see you there!
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Labor Day Weekend - Gvanim Dance Camp
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