Welcome to the Jubilee Folk Dancers website.
We expect to use this site to showcase dance videos that our group has done and enjoyed
We dance on Mondays from 1-3pm at the Jubilee Senior Center in Booklyn Heights
at 55 Pierrepont St.
COME DANCE WITH US!
Here are the first 2 dances, with the video taken on October 6, 2025:
Ha’amantezet 1983, an Israeli folk line dance choreographed by, Menachem Menachem.
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Shantel (shann-TEHL) is named after Shantel, the stage name for Stefan Hantel, who composed the music. He is a descendant of Bukovina Germans from northeast Rumania and leader of the Bucovina Club Orkestar. The dance was choreographed by Maurits and Tineke Van Geel who researched their dance in Odessa. The dance is meant to be done with Klezmer styling. The song the dance is done to was originally a calypso tune from the 1930s called “Black but Sweet”, and originally sung by Wilmoth Houdini.
And here are 2 more – from our October 13 session:
Circle dance with a nod to the Irish style. Music composed by James Galway.
The choreographer is Mark Wuyts.
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Choregraphed by Avi Perez 1988 – “In a Small Tavern”
About a sea captain with a wooden leg spurned by three women.