Galim Dance Group

2010-02-04T22:00:00.001+02:00

The Galim Dance Company

This intra-cultural event is not to be missed! The Galim Dance Company, from the south shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, brings a show for the whole family to enjoy. The Galim Dancers have a rich and glorious past, having performed in many countries around the world, including a presentation for the Emperor of Japan as well as several presidents of Israel. Their dances, from around the world, have received many awards for their performances and spectacular costuming. From the early days of their performing, the company has achieved excellence in its special, unique style of choreography, inspired from various sources such as tradition, ethnic dance, the beauty of nature, and a universal Israeli experience. The driving force behind the dance company is the artistic manager and choreographer, who has directed the group for the past 30 years. Accompanying the dancers will be popular Israeli singer Einat Kopilevsky, with her rich voice and creative arrangements . Come and experience this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as Fort Myers is one of only four stops the Galim Dance company will make in the USA.

2010-01-09T19:16:00.006+02:00

The GALIM Dance Company is due to travel coming February for a second tour of performances in the US!

Mike Kashi, an Israeli who is very active in the Jewish community in Fort Myers, saw the group for the first time in Israel recently. He was very impressed with what he saw and decided to invite the group for a second visit to the US to perform in his area and to have a cultural exchange with the area's youth.

The GALIM Dance Company will perform in Tampa, W. Palm Beach, Naples and Fort Myers.

The central performance will take place on February 7th at Fort Myers in the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall.

This is a major venue South-West Florida, where Broadway plays such as The Lion King, the Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof, and Jersey Boys are performed, and countless renowned rock bands have graced its stage.

So don't miss it!!!

From the Jewish Week

2009-05-22T14:23:00.002+03:00

Dancing Around The Issues

Dancers from the Galim Dance Group, on their debut trip to the United States in Westchester, where they were serving as unofficial cultural ambassadors from Israel.

by Merri Rosenberg
Special To The Jewish Week

In bare feet, with precise footwork and graceful gesture, the 14 girls on stage confidently interpreted several Israeli songs, ranging from upbeat and up-tempo klezmer-inflected tunes to quieter, more somber pieces.
Never mind that the young dancers, age 13-17, had just flown in that morning from Florida, where they had spent a few days performing at Miami synagogues and day schools. Their performance here was spirited and lively, and had the audience of third and fourth graders at the culturally diverse William B. Ward elementary school in New Rochelle swaying in their seats to the infectious rhythms. The young students gazed raptly at the dancers in their colorful costumes, gasping in admiration as some dancers performed flips and other acrobatic moves.

The visit of the Galim Dance Group to the school here was part of a two-week tour for the group, designed to coincide with local observances of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut. Besides Ward, the group also performed at Beth El Synagogue in New Rochelle, the Solomon Schechter School in White Plains, the Kinneret Day School in Riverdale, the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in Manhattan and various schools and synagogues in New Jersey.

“This is their debut trip to the United States,” said Miri Polachek, who founded the group Westchester Israelis a few years ago to bring together Israeli and Hebrew-speaking families for social, cultural and educational programs. “They’re coming for a cultural exchange, as ambassadors of Israel.”
And the Ward school was receptive to that message, since part of its educational mission is celebrating the cultural diversity of its school community.

“This is a jump-start to May, when we celebrate the culture of Israel and Jewish-American culture,” said Kenneth Regan, principal of Ward school. “We’re celebrating the art of Israel, and today it’s dance.”
Polachek, whose older son attends Ward, introduced each piece to the audience and kept the focus on the Israeli connection.

“We’re very excited to share a little bit of Israel culture with you,” she said. “It’s a very, very tiny country and a very beautiful one, with deserts and mountains and the sea.”

Local families hosted the dancers, who are high school students from Israel’s Jordan Valley. Founded in 1970, the Galim Dance Group focuses on choreographing and performing original dances that reflect Israel’s multicultural traditions and ethnic groups.

The Israeli population in Westchester, and neighboring Riverdale, has increased in recent years, said Polachek. “There is a large Israeli presence in Westchester, but families are spread out throughout the county, unlike communities like Tenafly [in New Jersey] or Great Neck [on Long Island] where they are much more concentrated in one town,” she said in an e-mail. A few years ago, Polachek launched a mailing list targeting Israelis in Westchester, and there is now a Yahoo listserv group for this community.
Besides Polachek’s efforts with the Westchester Israelis group, later this fall there will be an “Israeli Connections Club” hosted by the JCC in Scarsdale.

Such connections are also emphasized at Riverdale’s Kinneret Day School, said Principal Asher Abramovitz. “My Judaic and Hebrew studies staff are Israeli,” he said. “They bring in Israeli spirit and language into the school. We have an emphasis on Hebrew, and there’s a wonderful ability on the part of the children to speak Hebrew like native Israelis. We are very much involved in bringing Israel to the school.”

At Kinneret, the Galim Dance Group was one of many Israeli groups that visit the school throughout the year, and it received a warm welcome. “The moment they walked in, the entire school sang along,” said Abramovitz. “The entire school got up and danced with them. You could imagine you were in a kibbutz in Israel.”

And that was definitely part of Galim’s mission during this trip.

“This is about a message of peace,” said Galim’s founder and artistic director, Dorit Porat. “This is the most important subject for Israel, which struggles to make peace with its neighbors. We’re bringing Israeli culture, with beautiful music and dancing, to show the positive side of Israel.”

From Manhattan

2009-05-01T11:35:00.007+03:00

Hello All!
We had some great shows in Manhattan
one more performance and we heading back home to Israel
here some pic's from the performance at BETH-EL school
Dorit

Manhatten here we come!

2009-04-30T09:05:00.008+03:00

Four more days to go!

still in the Big Apple
wow - we love the USA!
next performance on this locations and schedule:

Thursday, April 30

Heschel – New York City (Manhattan) – Day Performance

http://www.heschel.org

11:30 - 12:00 - short performance for Nursery - 1st Grade

12:45- 1:30 - performance for grades 2-5

Friday – May 1st

Trip in Manhatten

Kabbalat Shabbat in Metro West

Saturday, may 2nd

Day off with the Families

Sunday, May 3rd

14:00 – going by bus to Bayonne

Performance AFTERNOON 17:00 NJ

JCC of Bayonne - 1050 Kennedy Boulevard
Bayonne, NJ

http://jccbayonne.com/

2009-04-26T08:19:00.002+03:00

First picture from the US
After shopping in one of the biggest malls in Florida… that the reason for the big smile…

2009-04-25T09:10:00.003+03:00

Galim Dance Group is in the US!
and after 2 successful performance (and 12 more to go...)
they keep smiling and waiting for the next to come
GO GIRLS GO!!
pictures will add soon...

galim in the USA

2009-03-05T14:30:00.006+02:00

News from Galim

The Galim Dance Group is leaving on April 22 (through May 3) to represent the Jordan Valley Regional Council and the State of Israel on Israel's 61 st Independence Day.

The Groupe has performed in many countries, and this is their first performance in the United States, where they will appear before Jewish Communities.

Dorit

2008-07-23T10:13:00.009+03:00

New Dance at Galim:
"To Give" - "Latet"
first show was on 30/6/2008

2008-04-05T10:23:00.002+03:00

Welcome back from Germany !!

2007-07-28T22:45:00.000+03:00

The 18th Gymnastica Burstadt!!!

Congratulation on the astonishing performances!!!

A photograph gallery of the trip will be published soon

Dorit

ברוכים הבאים! Welcome !!

2007-05-07T18:48:00.001+03:00

האתר החדש של להקת גלים במחול
The new site of Galim Dance group