Dance

Celtic Throne returns to Israel for four-city November tour after 2025 run was cut short

Irish dance troupe Celtic Throne will perform across Israel in a major four-city November tour.

OCTOBER 3, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Celtic Throne production blends traditional and modern Irish dance with acrobatics, aerial feats, and martial arts.

DJ Raphi on stage at his USA Hype Tour in March this year. His shows include interactive, family-friendly live dance and. music performances.

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'Be you, be awesome': Meet the Israeli DJ dancing to a billion views

From a shy child to a billion YouTube views, DJ Raphi is getting children around the world on their feet

AUGUST 17, 2026|ByCHANI KAPLAN

A dancer rehearsing ahead of a performance.

After losing my son to terror, I started dancing at 70 to learn how to live again

When I landed in the hospital for an operation on my colon, my doctor said, “No more grief. You need to do things that are fun.”

AUGUST 9, 2026|BySHERRI MANDELL

Komuna members pose for a group photo during the community's eighth-anniversary celebration.

Komuna: Connecting young Israelis and olim through the power of Israeli folk dance

“We didn’t dance new songs. We danced old dances, such as ‘Tsadik katamar,’ different horas, and some line dances we used to do in kindergarten. And people were flying in the air.

JULY 25, 2026|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

Resilience in the shadow of war – Avshalom Pollak's latest project

Avraham Pollak’s choreographic style is characterized by emotional intensity, physicality, and exploration of human relationships.

APRIL 29, 2024BySHULA KOPF

Scene from 'Castor,' which premiered in Tel Aviv in April 2024.

Boston: Palestinian terrorist flag waved at Israeli dance troupe protest

During a Friday protest in Boston against the Israeli Vertigo Dance Company, pro-Palestinian activists prominently displayed the flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

APRIL 9, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR

Screenshot of Party for Socialism & Liberation Boston and the Boston Coalition for Palestine

New flamenco show Darabar to hit Jerusalem after delay due to Hamas war

We could all do with some positive vibes as things stand, and the Pessachs and their flamenco troupe might just have a happiness elixir to offer us.

APRIL 7, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS

Ethiopian-born multidisciplinary artist Dege Feder (3rd L) and Remangar dance company director Keren Pessach (2nd R) dive into the flamenco action.

An internal exodus: An inside look on Harry Houdini

Artistic director of Jerusalem Ballet Company discusses career and death of Harry Houdini

APRIL 3, 2024ByORI J LENKINSKI

HOUDINI’ performed by the Jerusalem Ballet.

Israeli trance community dances its way back from October 7 - opinion

Following October 7, after a period when people took time to digest what had occurred, trance events started up again, but in a somewhat different mode.

MARCH 25, 2024ByINBAL AHARONI

Días de Flamenco Festival in Tel Aviv will keep the Spanish beat going

This year’s Días de Flamenco (Flamenco Days) Festival, 30 years after its founding, will take place at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv (March 28-30).

MARCH 21, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS

Portuguese festival: 'Zionism has no place on a dancefloor'

Portuguese Waking Life festival sparks debate after equating Zionism with racism on dancefloors. Controversy ensues.

MARCH 14, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR

People visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border, December 31, 2023

Batsheva Dance Company's new performance draws a line on certain cultural appropriations

Choreographer and performer Hillel Kogan has coined the work, “a ballet,” unabashedly appropriating a well-patented format into the contemporary dance realm.

MARCH 7, 2024ByORI LENKINSKI