Boston Israeli Dance Festival
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The Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston was sprouted in 1977 based on the founders' wish to create a great thing by sharing. The Festival continues to be organized on a volunteer basis by the Board of the Directors and the performers. It is sponsored by Campus Activities Complex at MIT.
Every Festival is preceded by a free and open to the public dance and ice cream party held the night before, typically in the Newton or Brookline area.
The Board of Directors as of 2022 is:
- David Beckman
- Aaron Bental (né Beckman)
- Janie Chefitz
- Shira Frager
- Susan Gruber
- Ruth Leah Kahan
- George Kirby
- Alexis Maharam
- Renee Myers
- Lianne Philipp (née Gross)
- Ira Vishner
- Rina Wagman
Interesting Facts
- The youngest person ever to be part of a Festival group (other than babies still in the womb) was Ayla Denenberg, who took part in the 2005 Festival as a member of Sucaria, Becca Rausch's parent-child group, at the age of 46 days. However, Ayla was more of a prop than a performer: she was carried onstage by her father, oblivious to the applause.
Related Links:
Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston's website and Facebook page
The festivals program archive, containing a reproduction of the program of every past Festival.