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Hebrew: סיאסמבה. Two-wall block dance by [[Sagi Azran]] and Doron Valenci, 2005.

The dance is unusual only for its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_(music) bridge], in part of which the choreography calls for the dancers to execute two long figure eights along the line. In many sessions, this has been replaced by a free-form segment: the dancers move around at will, interacting with each other in pairs or larger groups, linking elbows and circling around each other.

The instrumental-only music is cut from a more complex piece called Siamsa, written in 1996 by [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Hardiman Ronan Hardiman] for ''Lord of the Dance'', an Irish dance show created by and starring [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flatley Michael Flatley]. (The word "siamsa" is a short form of the Irish word "siamsaíocht", meaning "entertainment".) The choreography in the show calls for ten couples. Near the end of the piece they perform a [[flying hora]], a staple of Israeli dance performance, but with twenty dancers instead of the more typical four to eight.

=== Links ===

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwCcLGXs4-8 Siasamba] at [[MachoLA]] 2020, showing the bridge as commonly danced

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYNv9MBbkw Siamsa] from ''Feet of Fire'' (a successor to ''Lord of the Dance''), with the twenty-person flying hora at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYNv9MBbkw&t=247 4:07]

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