I’d Rather Be Dancing: Israeli Dances

I am still laid up with hip issues, so I can’t folk dance. Sigh. I especially miss Israeli dances. Please watch with me while I vicariously enjoy:

The basic hora (circle dance). The simplest of the Israeli dances, often done to Hava Nagila. You might dance this at a wedding. You can have a conversation with your neighbor while doing this.Traveling clockwise (to your left), the sequence is: side, behind, step, kick, step, kick, repeat ad infinitum.
Jedid Nefesh. I don’t think my dance group does this one. I came across it on YouTube, and it’s lovely.
Ma Navu.
Hora Medura.
Mayim.
Erev Shel Shoshanim. There is more than one choreography for this dance; this one is my favorite.
Tzadik Katamar. See the palm trees swaying in the wind?
Sonata. Several of us in the Phoenix International Folk Dancers are obsessed with this dance. Watch the man in the center with the blue t-shirt–he choreographed this.
Salamati. This is one of the most complicated and athletic of the Israeli dances that we do. (Well, that my group does. I’m still learning it.)
Tzena, Tzena, and Hava Nagila with a more elaborate choreography.