Israeli dance with Erica
Every year, Erica teaches Israeli dances at events and workshops for audiences young and old, both in the Jewish world and beyond. In addition to Israeli dance leader, Erica has been an engineering linguist, a high school English teacher, and a nonprofit Chief Program Officer. Erica was the Director of Dance at Camp Alonim, the Jewish sleepaway camp where Israeli dancing is a shared obsession, for twelve summers, and has been an Educator for the Cornerstone Fellowship, a program of the Foundation for Jewish Camp, for over a decade.
After earning her MBA and an MA in Jewish Professional Leadership from the Hornstein Program at Brandeis University, Erica launched Ma’agal, an initiative to improve Israeli dance education at schools and camps across the nation. She is a grateful Wexner Fellow/Davidson Scholar and a proud alumna of the Ruskay Institute for Jewish Professional Leadership, a program of UJA-Federation of New York that she now directs (when she’s not dancing). In 2023, she taught Israeli dance on her fifth continent (so far!).
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Category Archives: Mondays
February Celebrations!
So much celebrating in February!! See you tomorrow at a great night of dancing with a few special guests from out of town, and then next week, 2/24, come to our big FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY PARTY!! My birthday is on Friday … Continue reading
Review Night!
Thanks for a great night of dancing! I’ll let you know the results of our “voting” when I get a chance to collate your responses. Tonight we reviewed Tirtzi Bi by Ohad Atia and Levi Bar-Gil, and we did walk-throughs … Continue reading
What a great night!
My dear dancers, this week was terrific! Thanks for braving the “cold” (hee hee) and coming to warm up on the dance floor. We reviewed Bocher Mechadash – here’s the post with video from the first time we learned it. … Continue reading
Chappy Chanukah! (and Yafa Kelevana)
LET’S HAVE A PARTY, WE’LL ALL DANCE THE HORA!! I know you’ve been eating all kinds of fried foods – come dance it all off at Mostly Couples! We’ll have a Chanukah party – I’ll bring treats, you bring your … Continue reading
Rikud Chushani – ריקוד חושני
Hooray for Danny Uziel! What a fun night having him visit us. Danny has been dancing all over the world this year, celebrating his 80th birthday. In addition to his own dances, like At V’ani and Hanokdim, he has made … Continue reading
Zman Lechayech – זמן לחייך
What a time to smile! Last week was awesome – your energy was so great! – and we learned Rafi’s dance (that I worked on with him when I was in Israel!) “Zman Lechayech”. (You can see the full video … Continue reading
Hagavia and Happy Birthday!
What a fun night! Thanks for coming and celebrating all the birthdays – it was a great party. And I know all the 70s dances tested some of our memories… but it sure was fun to dig back a little … Continue reading
Celebrate the “Seventies”!
Hi dancers, I hope to see you tonight!! I announced last week that we’ll be having a big party, next Monday August 19th, to celebrate the “Seventies”! What does that mean? Well… a few of our dancers are turning or … Continue reading
Dance With Erica 