The
disk coordinator website, with the release of the Disk Coordinator 0014
project, celebrates Israeli dance in the Philadelphia area (and the dancers who
partake of these sessions), Ira Weisburd's world tour of 2012 which took in two
of the sessions we cover, and the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond movie
music. This documentation pertains to third CD of this project designated as
Golden III. Below is some more information
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This documentation pertains to the Golden III CD released with the second volume (designated as volume Golden II) of the Disk Coordinator 0014 project. Except for one error, this is a set of Germantown dance favorites. The Germantown session is led by Grant Shulman and administered by Tamar Magdivich. It has been active since 1997 and averages somewhere around 20 dancers each Sunday morning from September through June before taking a Sunday morning hiatus. During the summer, several sessions of Wednesday night dancing are offered. This CD is in limited release: distributed with the Golden IV DVD at Germantown and sporadically by itself with the 0014 Volume I (Volume Golden I) CDs.
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Please note several things:
1. Research into the musical aspects of each song and the choreographer has been done using the www.israelidances.com website. This is a must visit and read web site for anyone interested in Israeli dance.
2. Because of some error, the order of the dances was changed in the initial release of Golden III to the Germantown dancers on June 23, 2013. This involved the dances, Geshem Al Panai, Or Chadash and Yare'ach. Geshem Al Panai has been moved from track 1 to Track 5 and the other two dances have been moved up into tracks 4 & 8 respectively. Since our documentation indicates the dance, (and the Golden III CD is labeled) this should not be a problem for earlier recipients researching this CD.
3. As designated in this order, the first four tracks follow the first 4 DVD videos of Golden IV. A fifth video on Golden IV pertains to the 8th track of this CD.
4. We've added choreography, musical and dancer info for more insight. This web site takes responsibility to these observations. However, all musical compositions on the CD are the copyright of the creators of the music (column 4). This website reserves no rights as to any information, music or presentation on the CD or on this script.
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Bachalom |
In the dreams |
1989 |
Music:Jeroslav Jakubovich Lyrics:Michal Vered Singer:Anat Atzmon |
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In years past, Grant would end the session playing these three songs together. Of more recent usage, the songs are played apart. However they are played, they evoke warm, if not melancholy, feeling while danced. |
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This is a favorite of all the dance sessions in the Philadelphia area and Germantown is not any exception. This embodies what many dancers enjoy about Israeli dance, upbeat music and complicated steps within reason. At Germantown this dance is always done with energy, something we expect the choreographer, Gadi Bitton, would appreciate. |
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Gadi Bitton is one of the leading contemporary Israeli dance choreographers and this dance has all the elements that make his dances popular. The composer. Micha Bitton, has also contributed Sheyavo to the musical scene which has become a popular partner dance. |
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This web site has been doing research on John Barry who was similar to Paikov as to education. Barry had a foray into Jazz before following a path similar to Paikov's. In this dance one has the union of two great forces. Paikov was in the midst of writing popular music with a patriotic flair such as this selection. In Yankele Levy, the music met its match as Levy was one of the forces that created the genre of Israeli dance from its original envelope of International folk dancing. |
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While this is a new dance to the Germantown session, it dates back to 1978. Of interest is the running miyim that starts the first part of the dance. Hagivatron was a Kibbitz oriented folk singing group. We dance to many of their songs including Givah Achat and Gvanim. |
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This has been recently introduced to the Germantown dancers by Grant and has become a favorite. The pedigree is there. The music is the creation of perhaps Israel's greatest composer, Nurit Hirsh. All Israeli dancers have benefited from her music which we dance to at every session |
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Israeli dance uses somgs from all over the world. This one is from Algeria. Listen to the background use of tambourine and the staccato drum accompanied by then bongos. This could have been put right into the Gypsy camp scenes of From Russia With Love. |
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This is a more advanced dance per Germantown as put together by Kobe Michaeli. His dances tend to be complicated (and some others are part of 14 series) and this one is especially technical in the beginning steps as he reinvents a miyim step as the music begins. |
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This is a favorite of Germantown generally requested by Sylvia. The lyricist, Ehud Manor, spans the modern era of Israeli music having dealt with Nurit Hirsh in the 1980's and groups like Ethnix in the present era. |
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Mistakes occur and here's one in the inclusion of this dance. In the complications of
setting the playlists for the 14 series, this
has sneaked into the Germantown 14C list although as a partner dance, this is not
played at Germantown |
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This and the song below were introduced to the group through one of Don's workshops in previous years. A song (and dance) that emphasizes the downbeat of the music. Periodically Grant reviews the steps which are somewhat symmetric yet complex |
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The choreographer of this dance, Israel Shiker pictured here, has used Fineman's music for a variety of circle dances over the years. Ths composition is a favorite at Germantown being introduced to the group by Don Schillinger on the same workshop that introduced the prior dance to the group. Many of the group are quite aggressive in attacking the center of the circle when appropriate. |
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Rona is an established Israeli dance done by all sessions. Some think it as the
dance that divides beginner vs advanced dances within a session. At
Germantown a variety of jumping pertaining to the second part can be seen
with some doing great leaps while others keeping
time with more limited acrobatics. |
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Rafi Ziz is a famous choreographer who appeared in 2012 at the Toronto Isreal dance festival. His dances are known for great sweeps of movement and this dance is no exception |
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Music:Monty Norman,John Barry,Lionel Bart |
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The three dances above constitute Grant's Melancholy Trio as designated by the dancers at the Germantown Sunday morning session. We have tried to
determine the derivation of this name. The two dancers credited with this
dubbing, 
Introduced
through Wendy Friedman, this is one of the hardest dances in the Germantown
repertoire. There is at least 4 parts depending on how you slice the steps.
Similar to other dances choreographed by Kobi Michaeli, pictured left, it takes time to
master the sequence. There is no question that Kobi
Germantown
is the only session in the Phila. Area to regularly do this dance. Sometime
ago Tamar had remarked about the numeric in doing the first part – 2, 1 and a
half – and the nickname – the binary dance – has remained in one form or
another. There is also some contention as to how it got introduced to the
group. Memory serves that it was a part of a workshop by Don Schillinger but
there is also contention that Grant had started to teach and play the dance
before Don's appearance. One other thing should be mentioned about this dance: notice that the music and lyrics are by members of the band, Ethnix. The picture to the left is Ethnix and Eyal Golan in concert.
Germantown does a lot of old favorites as opposed to
other sessions that tend to track the newer dances. So, it is not unusual to
run into compositions from some of the titans of musical composition in
Israel. As with other songs on this CD, this is the work of the great Nurit
Hirsh, pictured to the left. Since the dance dates back to 1983, the steps
give the dance an older feel. This may also be the result of the fact that
the dance steps do not have any Yemenites in the choreography.
To the left is a picture of Shaike Paikov as he
appeared in 1989 at the Eurovision competition. His music was in contention.
This is the same composer who did Eretz Eretz. Paikov was a classically
trained pianist who moved into creating and arranging more modern aspects of
his love.
The
choreographer of this dance, Tuvis Tishler, pictured left, is known for his somewhat exotic
steps in his partner dances. He extends this here where two sideways hesitations
are added to a back miyim which begins the process. Israeli dance derives
from International folk dance and one could easily imagine Tishler's steps
for this dance fitting that genre.
Israel Yacovee comes from a dance family as his sister, Yoni Carr, is both a
choreographer in her own right and leads a dance session on Thursday nights
in San Diego. Most of his dances are testament to his Yemenite heritage and
this dance is no exception
Israeli dancers deal with a variety of songs sung by
Uri Fineman. These compositions are by various composers. The choreographer,
Naftaly Kaddosh, has used Fineman compositions for several of his partner
dances during the 1990's including Nistar Itack and Ahava Yam Tichonet.
Ari, pictured left,
is a versatile composer/performer using a variety of styles. He leads a band
called "Sheva" which performs across the world and is on tour in the US this
year. Chomelet, Enateel and Od Yavo Shalom Alaynu are other pieces of music that we dance to in Philadelphia.
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is a combination of musical talent. Lionel Bart had created the movie theme
but lacked the ability to arrange the music (this would be called a
"Head" arrangement). Monty Norman had created a theme in a prior
movie. John Barry brought the two together. In this track, the opening
credits for the movie, From Russia With Love, you hear the instrumental
version of Bart's creation of a movie theme transiting to Part 2 of the James
Bond theme as credited to Norman.