PERFORMING GROUP
"KEFF LE'OLAM"
Israeli
Folk Dancers of Vancouver, B.C.
"Keff
Le'Olam" is Hebrew for "FUN FOREVER".
Our group has been performing and demonstrating
Israeli Dance in the Vancouver
area since 1988.
We are supported and co- sponsored by the
"Vancouver Israeli Folkdance Society" (V.I.F.S.) as mandated in
the Society's Constitution.
We have been honored and privileged to have had performed
for Vancouver's Annual Dragon Boat Festival, Pacific National Exhibition,
North Vancouver Folk Festival and many many more community festivals over
the past 19 years.
Keff
Le'Olam is available for Folk Festivals and other community events, as
well as Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and Parties. After our performance, we teach
easy beginner dances, in order to engage and involve our audiences, small
or large, to the beauty and fun which Israeli Dance brings.
Click Here: To
see a Performance of “Horati” by Keff Le’olam performed at the Serbian
Dance Festival this year
Click Here: To
see a Performance of “Mehera” by Keff Le’olam performed at the Serbian
Dance Festival this year
Click Here: To
see a moving performance at Crofton Manor Senior's Residence in June 2009
To book a performance or for more information, please
call:
Noli:
604-873-4666
Email: dgoldstein@bigfoot.com
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What is Israeli Folk Dancing??
Taken from "Shall We Dance" written by
Ilene Bloch-Levy
"While in other countries folk dancing is
fostered, to preserve old rural traditions, Israeli Folk Dancing is a
constantly developing art that has created a dynamic of its own. Today,
this art form, has been embraced and captured globally...from Japan to
South America, across Europe, Canada and the United States, by Jews and
Non-Jews alike, who seem to admire the fire and rhythm of this dance
form. In Israel
alone, there are more than 300,000 Israelis, who attend Israeli folk
dancing sessions on a regular basis.
What characterizes Israeli Folk Dancing is a
lively, unbridled spirit, seemingly complete freedom of movement and
animated optimism that seems to embrace the dancers. Its lively beat,
engaging music, wide variety of steps and rhythm draw you in and no
matter how much you learn, there is always more to learn….
You are never bored!"
Israeli Folk Dancing was first introduced in
Vancouver, in 1970, as a weekly program, offered by the Jewish
Community Center of Greater Vancouver. (JCCGV )
Today, the Vancouver Israeli Folkdance
Society (VIFS) along with the co-sponsorship of the JCCGV , provide weekly
sessions of Instruction and Open Dance as well as annual workshops and
parties!!
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