Dance in Israel

Israeli choreographers, among them Ohad Naharin and Barak Marshall are considered among the most versatile and original international creators working today.

[2] People come from all over Israel and many other nations for the annual dance festival in Karmiel, held in July.

[6][7] Famous companies and choreographers from all over the world have come to Israel to perform and give master classes.

In Hebrew Dabke is known as דבקה "Dabka" which comes from the Arabic term meaning "stomping of feet".

In 2010, Silvia Duran, an Israeli flamenco dancer, was honored by King Juan Carlos I of Spain for training generations of flamenco dancers at her studio in Tel Aviv, The citation was awarded for her "contribution to the culture of Spain and the Spanish people.

From its inception until 1979, the prima ballerina of Batsheva was Rina Schenfeld; she and Rena Gluck were the company's principal dancers for many years.

[25] The Adama Dance Company, established by Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal, is based in Mitzpe Ramon.

[28] The system is used in many fields, including dance, physical therapy, animal behavior and early diagnosis of autism.

Celebrated Israeli ballet dancers, Valery and Galina Panov, who founded the Ballet Panov, in Ashdod . [ 1 ]
Israeli soldiers dancing the Dabka on the street
Israeli soldiers dancing the Horah in 1948.
Batsheva Dance Company co-founded by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild in 1964
Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv