Machol Pacifica

Wanganui Kids!

2011-11-29T21:06:00.000-08:00

Here is video clip showing a few of the dances the kids are doing in Wanganui. In the clip, they are dancing for some elderly folk in rest homes, who were delighted. I’m stoked with them !!

Merry Xmas everyone

Happy dancing look forward to seeing you all next time

Tania

Roger Hall's latest play was inspired by us!

2011-11-20T03:36:00.000-08:00

New Zealand playwright Roger Hall gained inspiration for his latest play while learning dances with Joanne Perry in Havelock North. Joanne is a keen member of the Israeli dance community, and helped Roger research dances for the play.

Roger was further helped by Ruth Ames and Bronwen Arlington, as he relates in an article about to be published in Folkdancers' Own (Folk Dance NZ newsletter). A preview of the article can be found here.

Do go and enjoy this play when it comes to your region, and take a friend or twenty:

A SHORTCUT TO HAPPINESS

opens at Dunedin’s Fortune Theatre on 18 November and runs to 17 December;
Court Theatre, Christchurch, 10 December to 28 January;
Circa Theatre, Wellington, 14 April to 26 May, and
Auckland Theatre Company from 7 June to 7 July.

Early Israeli Dance CD

2011-10-23T18:01:00.000-07:00

Copies of the "Early Israeli Dances" CD (21 tracks) are still available. Please contact Pat if you are interested in acquiring said CD. The cost is $11.00 + post and packaging.

September's Dance - Lev Patuach

2011-09-12T00:36:00.001-07:00

This one was suggested by Cherie from Nelson. Choreographed by Edo Israely and introduced in 2010, this dance is light and fun.

Dance of the Month - August 2011

2011-08-07T02:14:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Maria from Tauranga for suggesting the dance below. It was taught by Pamela back in 2009 and is on the DVD from that camp. The name of the dance is "Bishvili" and it was choreographed by Yaron Ben Simchon.

Dance of the Month - June 2011

2011-06-09T00:46:00.000-07:00

The dance below was suggested by Cherie (from Nelson). Thanks Cherie!

'Bakapayim' Shmulik Gov-Ari dance from 2010.
Part translation from 'Strictly Israeli dancing website'
"Clap your hands, clap your hands
this is the moment to love
one must be happy
life is a gift"

Report from Rikud Oz

2011-04-05T03:16:00.000-07:00

Hi all just a few lines to let you know a little of how Rikud Oz went.
It was an energetic atmosphere, and the hall was packed to the brim. The hotel was nice and the food lovely and plenty of it.
It was really nice having a few Kiwis there with such a crowd, we were like a little family. 7 of us (250 registered)
It was great watching the four teachers dancing together,
Shlomo was his usual funny self
Yaron smiled. .. . .non stop, great teacher
Dudu’s dancing style soooo beautiful and smooth (somebody please invite him here)Smile
Ohad was full of fun and energy/youthfulness

It was great they played lots of our repotoire! I left 2am the sat nite.
I found the Australian teachers from the various groups to be welcoming.
You will all love the new dances Pamy will teach at Whakatane, she is a perfect teacher/ dancer and so good to follow behind.





	1st photo Jenny Bronwyn & Elaine @ the shabbat dinner 2nd photo All of us in our Rikud Oz t shirts 3rd Bronwyn Sarah Fiona Tania outside dance hall 4th the teachers and the Kiwi girls 5th A full house 6th Elaine and the 2 Bronwyns 7th Pamy and Sylvia 8th Mum and daughter 9th Kevin and Tania

Happy dancing
See you all
God bless
Tania (Wanganui)

Dance of the Month - February 2011

2011-02-06T00:09:00.000-08:00

After a break for the summer, Auckland group are about to resume sessions. Below is our suggested dance. Its called Darkeinu and was choreographed by Gadi Biton back in 2002.

Dance of the Month - November 2010

2010-11-27T17:20:00.000-08:00

Below is a video of November's Dance. The dance is called "Me'ohav ad HaShamaim" and it is choreographed by Dudi Barzilay

This dance was suggested by Tania from Whanganui.

The "teaching" video for this dance can be seen at the preceding link.

Happy dancing everyone!

Rafi is Coming - Pacific Itinerary 2010

2010-03-29T00:44:00.000-07:00

We are all rather excited that Rafi Ziv is coming to New Zealand in October. Turns out he'll be moving on to Australia after that. Below are the details of his stay.

New Zealand National Camp

Friday 22 - Monday 25 October 'Labour Weekend'
Machol Pacifica
Nelson College for Girls, in the heart of Nelson City,
South Island, New Zealand
www.macholpacifica.org.nz

Melbourne, Australia

Friday 29 - Sunday 31 October
Machol Partner Dance Camp
Billeting is available. Location: Peninsular Golf Club in Frankston 45 minutes from the city
www.machol.org.au

Monday 1 November
Hora Israeli Dancing - 'Circle & Partner Workshop' 8 -12pm
www.hora.com.au

Camp is Coming!

2010-03-25T02:18:00.000-07:00

Hi dancers,

Registration forms for camp are now on the website. Please print off and send one per candidate with your payment.

Meals will again be prepared for us by Linda and her team who cooked up a delectable banquet last camp. To cater for a range of tastes a meat, fish and vegetarian dish will be offered together with salads for each evening.

Thank you so much to each of you who have made donations toward camp costs, we are very appreciative of your support.

A new development also, Rafi will continue on to teach in Melbourne at the Machol Partners Camp the following weekend. Details soon on www.machol.org.au.

Look forward to hearing from you

Nelson dancers

Matti's Workshops - the "Where" and the "When"

2010-01-31T18:57:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody,

As many of you know, Matti Goldschmidt will be visiting New Zealand soon. While he is here, he'll be holding a series of workshops around the country. Below are the details:

Thursday 11th Feb.
evening class
Auckland Israeli dance Group

Saturday 13th Feb.
9am to 1pm
Ruratanian's class (also in Auckland)

Monday 15th Feb
evening class
Hamilton Israeli Group

Tuesday 16th Feb
evening class
Tauranga Dance Group

Saturday 20th Feb
1pm to 5pm
Wellington Israeli Group

Monday 22nd Feb
evening class
Christchurch Israeli Group

Wednesday 24th Feb
evening class
Nelson Israeli Group

For further details please contact the appropriate dance group leaders or Marcia
Trask 04 386 3658 / 027 220 1072

Best Regards

Marcia

Starting 2010 with Style

2010-01-20T16:03:00.000-08:00

After a break from dance that was both too long (I love dance) and too short (my holidays are coming to an end), Auckland group had our first session for 2010 on Wednesday night. Needless to say we started the year off in style. When it comes to new dances, nothing is quite as good as learning a dance directly from the choreographer. We were extremely lucky to have Peter Leipnik from Melbourne visit our group. He is the choreographer of Nirkod Lashalom and he taught this dance to us. Said dance is beautiful and it is sure to become one that we will dance often. The dance also has the rare distinction of being nominated as a finalist in the Karmiel Festival Dance Competition 2008. Whilst the dance did not win the competition, it is the first time that a created outside Israel has made it onto the shortlist. Of course we also danced a number of our old favourites and some of the new material from last year's camp. The only problems were getting to class through truly horrendous traffic due to an "incident" on the motorway and being totally drenched after dance due to the high humidity. For those of you "out there" who are wondering when exactly we plan on meeting, a copy of our nifty dance calendar is below. Clicking on it will let you see the larger version. Here's hoping that the rest of our year is as great our last session. Jenni in Auckland

Welcome to our Blog

2009-12-28T18:32:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone It seems my lifestyle no longer lends itself to the publication of Rokdim Yechefim magazine, so Jenni Gottschalk and I have come up with this idea instead. You can post something on here about Rikudiam in New Zealand anytime you want to, but I will be asking you to send some kind of update a few times a year so we can keep track of how we're all doing, what we're dancing, and any great ideas you've had about how to run your group, plan a performance or just any news you feel like telling everyone. I've really missed having regular contact with the dance community in New Zealand and hopefully this will fill that gap. Looking forward to Matti's workshop in February! Yvonne in Wellington