“‘Israeli Dance?’ What does that even mean?” wonders Israeli choreographer and dancer Dana Katz. “I’ve been hearing more and more people use that term, but I’m still not sure what it entails.” Katz, ...

Danny Pollock's interest in Israeli folk dance blossomed in childhood. At age 10, he would sit patiently as his mother took lessons, observing her movements. Then one day as he sat watching, the ...

You do not have to be Jewish to love Israeli folk dancing. Jim Rust isn’t, and he’s been teaching a weekly class for 14 years. The unnamed group, formerly the Buffalo Grove Israeli Folk Dance Group, ...

Gina Chodirker has been doing Israeli dance for nearly 3 decades and is now hosting classes at Congregation Etz Chayim. GINA’s JOURNEY INTO ISRAELI DANCE: Gina has been interested in learning folk ...

About 30 people meet weekly on Monday nights for the Israeli dance group at the Starlight Ballroom Dance Studio in Metairie. This is a picture from their Halloween celebration. (Courtesy of Elliott ...

When the brash new Company E marks its debut with an all-Israeli program of choreography, someone notify the fire inspectors of downtown Washington, D.C. “I wanted to pick work that will set your hair ...

They are doing Rachel in Rio, Lamdi Oti in London, Dira 26 in Dimona and Biladaich in Boston. Israeli folk dancing is all the rage, and is possible almost any night of the week here in Los Angeles.

In the last two decades, Casarotto has visited Israel several times, including during the war, to show support and respect for the Israeli dance community and his Israeli colleagues. Dance lessons in ...