10 am to 6 pm Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles , California Featuring DANI DASSA – RUTH GOODMAN IRIS VACHNOON COHEN – LORRAINE POSNER ARCUS The Israeli Dance Institute and Keshet Chaim Dance…
Author: Connie Katz
David Edery
Raised on dancing and Israeli folklore, Israeli folk dance choreographer and teacher David Edery has spent almost all of his life involved in nurturing and preserving the culture and treasure of Israeli…
Meeting Ofra Haza – Part 3
by Connie Louise Katz In January 2005, I choreographed the dance Flash Gordon, to Haza’s pop song by the same name. The dance premiered at Ramah Rikkudiah, 2005. When you listen…
Ofra Haza – Part 3
Continue reading the article “Desert Songbird,” about Ofra Haza, which appeared in Lifestyles Magazine in 1991. It is reprinted here by permission of Lifestyles and author Connie Louise Katz for presentation in Daughter of The Arts.
Stephen Schwartz
Daughter Of The Arts is proud to include in our tribute to Ofra Haza, accolades from the Academy Award winning composer Stephen Schwartz. The animated DreamWorks SKG film The Prince of…
Meeting Ofra Haza – Part 2
by Connie Louise Katz PART 2 In 2003, I created a dance to her song Middle East. Tensions in the region continued to be tenuous. Haza’s song, on her 1989 “Desert Wind”…
Ofra Haza – Part 2
Continue reading the article “Desert Songbird,” about Ofra Haza, which appeared in Lifestyles Magazine in 1991. It is reprinted here by permission of Lifestyles and author Connie Louise Katz for presentation in Daughter of The Arts.
Meeting Ofra Haza – Part 1
by Connie Louise Katz I met Ofra Haza in the spring of 1991 when I interviewed her for this magazine article. I found her to be a warm, friendly and passionate woman….
Ofra Haza – Part 1
The article “Desert Songbird,” about Ofra Haza, which appeared in Lifestyles Magazine in 1991. It is reprinted here by permission of Lifestyles and author Connie Louise Katz for presentation in Daughter of The Arts. The article…
Yaron Malichi
(photo by Alex Huber) Yaron Malichi brings his playful, passionate energy to Israeli folk dancing. He creates lively, fun dances, as well as slow, smooth ones. In this exclusive interview, Daughter Of…