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

Int'l dance company arrives in Israel, proving Hora can be a state of mind

Igal Perry and New York’s Peridance Contemporary Dance Company arrive in Israel with a program spanning styles – and one deeply personal hora.

JUNE 27, 2026ByNERIA BARR

PERIDANCE OPERATES as a platform for multiple artistic languages.

Jerusalem highlights: May 29-June 4

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAY 29, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Cultural boycott surge: Israeli artists cut off from global stage after October 7

If artists are stifled and only one-sided rhetoric is allowed, the damage will extend far beyond Israel; it will impoverish cultural discourse worldwide.

MAY 8, 2026ByJUDITH SEGALOFF

BDS FASHION statement: Anti-Israel earrings worn in London.

The body continues: In war, dance becomes a way to survive

In their new works for the Batsheva Ensemble, choreographers Bosmat Nossan and Roni Chadash echo the rhythm of Miriam as a practice of necessity.

APRIL 8, 2026ByORI J. LENKINSKI

‘SEPARATIONS/DOME,’ Batsheva Ensemble. ‘The work began from a feeling, an everyday sensation of vulnerability.’ – Bosmat Nossan

Before the song: On Passover, Miriam leads with rhythm when the path is unclear

Miriam leads not through words or commands but through rhythm, movement, and shared presence. Her tambourine becomes a structure that others can enter.

APRIL 7, 2026ByNERIA BARR

Engraving: The Song of Miriam (1880), by William Blake Richmond.

Dancing for health in museums with dance activist Roberto Casarotto - interview

In the last two decades, Casarotto has visited Israel several times, including during the war, to show support and respect for the Israeli dance community and his Israeli colleagues.

DECEMBER 20, 2025ByBASIA MONKA

The writer with Roberto Casarotto during the interview.

The body is a song at every age: Israeli Rina Schenfeld at 87

At 87, Israeli Rina Schenfeld continues to discover new forms, proving that an artist’s instrument, with time, does not depreciate and continues to resonate.

DECEMBER 7, 2025ByNERIA BARR