CREATING THE DANCE
Tzel Midbar

by Bonny Piha

Tzel Midbar by Bonny Piha
Dance details

 

I am a music lover and I spend hours searching for music. As well, I love ethnic dances of all kinds. Growing up I was inspired by the dances of Moshiko.

I am interested in research on ethnic dance such as Kurdish, Persian, Armenian.

I found the music to Tzel Midbar on a CD by Balkanika, a group which performs throughout the world.

The name of the original song was Anathema. I was completely taken by the magic of this music. The image I had immediately with me was a desert landscape. It also very subjectively completely fitted to sounds and images about Israel.

So I took the music and before I created any movement I had the music restructured to fit my vision.

From the moment I began to search the steps it flowed automatically, it was like having a journey in the desert.

Tzel Midbar means "Shadow of the Desert." I named it thus because in the desert, where there is a shadow is the only place you have real life.

 
Regards to all Israeli dances.com readers from Bonny Piha
 
Special thanks to Machol Israeli Dance Club in Melbourne Australia for allocating time for Bonny Piha to tell his stories to Israeli dances.com after his 2007 camp.
 
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