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  2. Jewish dance - Wikipedia

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    Jewish dance. Jewish dance is dance associated with Jews and Judaism. Dance has long been used by Jews as a medium for the expression of joy and other communal emotions. Dancing is a favorite pastime and plays a role in religious observance. [ 1 ] Dances associated with Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, especially Jewish wedding dances, are an ...

  3. Yemenite step - Wikipedia

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    Yemenite step (tza'ad Temani) is a popular dance performed Jews during weddings and other Jewish occasions. [1] The basic Tza'ad Temani step provides a swaying movement that changes the dancer's direction of motion, although the dancer may face forward throughout the step. It is usually a sideways movement, but may be done moving backward and ...

  4. Klezmer - Wikipedia

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    Klezmer (Yiddish: קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. [1] The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these would have been played at weddings and other social functions.

  5. Mayim Mayim - Wikipedia

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    Mayim Mayim. Israeli folk dancing, performance in honor of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. Mayim Mayim (Hebrew: מים מים, "water, water") is an Israeli folk dance, danced to a song of the same name. It has become notable outside the Israeli dancing community and is often performed at international folk dance events.

  6. Israeli folk dance - Wikipedia

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    Folk dancing on Shavuot. Israeli folk dance (Hebrew: ריקודי עם, rikudei 'am, lit. "Folk dances") is a form of dance usually performed to songs in Hebrew, or to other songs which have been popular in Israel, with dances choreographed for specific songs. Israeli dances include circle, partner and line dances. [1]

  7. Hava Nagila - Wikipedia

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    History. "Hava Nagila" is one of the first modern Jewish folk songs in the Hebrew language. It went on to become a staple of band performers at Jewish weddings and bar / bat (b'nei) mitzvah celebrations. The melody is based on a Hassidic Nigun. [1] It was composed in 1918 to celebrate the Balfour Declaration and the British victory over the ...

  8. Dance Me to the End of Love - Wikipedia

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    Leonard Cohen original version. "Dance Me to the End of Love" is a 1984 song by Leonard Cohen and first recorded by him for his 1984 album Various Positions. The instrumentals are evocative of traditional klezmer music. When asked about his music sounding "more Jewish" in a 1985 interview, Cohen responded [1]

  9. Sher (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Sher (dance) A sher or sherele [1] is a dance and musical form in Eastern European Jewish folk music, notably Klezmer music. The words mean "scissors" / "little scissors" respectively. Therefore sometimes it is called the scissors dance or little scissors dance. The sher is a set dance in 4/4 march-like tempo.