Israeli Folk Dance: Open Session

Join us for Israeli folk dancing and fun with Ruth Goodman.

For instruction of basic and repertory Israeli folk dances, please see: Israeli Folk Dance Basics Series

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Instructor

Ruth Goodman

Ruth Goodman, Director of the Israeli Dance Institute, succeeded Fred Berk as Director of 92NY’s Jewish/Israeli Dance Division and Director of the Israel Folk Dance Festival. For more than 40 years, together with Danny Uziel, she has led 92NY’s internationally recognized Wednesday night Israeli Folk Dance Session. She is the founder and director of the Parparim Ensemble of Israeli Dance and Song, is an editor of Rokdim-Nirkoda magazine, a bilingual Hebrew/English publication and an author of the article, “Israeli Folk Dance Pioneers in North America,” published in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Ms. Goodman has served as consultant to Broadway choreographers Danny Daniels, Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Patricia Birch and is on the faculty of the American Academy of Ballet Summer School. For the video “Night on the Sea of Galilee” filmed in Israel, she wrote the narration and presents the background and development of Israeli folk dance. Ms. Goodman conducts dance programs and workshops for teachers, children and adults throughout the Americas and has participated in numerous tours to Israel where she has performed and directed Israeli music and dance. Ruth Goodman holds a Master of Arts degree in Dance Education from Columbia University Teachers College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from City College of New York.

This instructor is currently teaching the following classes:

Israeli Folk Dance Basics Plus

Rosh Hashanah – Sukkot Israeli Folk Dance Party

Israeli Folk Dance Basics Series

Israeli Folk Dance: Open Session

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