A complex 20th-century history allowed for few outside influences, but Israeli folk dances left a lasting impact. For many of these locals, the dances are familiar, almost second nature.

This is a recreational Israeli Folk Dance group. The dances are beginner to intermediate in complexity. For more information ...

Batsheva Dance Company’s performance of Ohad Naharin’s masterful “Momo” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was inevitably colored by events in Israel and Gaza.

No, before that, the Ukrainian-born Israeli was a professional folk dancer. “I was working in an academic ensemble of Ukrainian music and dance… folklore,” he says. “I was working in a ...