Karmiel Dance Festival
Karmiel dance festival will be held between July 27th till July 29th, 2010. More than 5,000 dancers from all countries will participate in this festival. Karmiel is located at #85, in Beit Hakerem Valley. It’s 35 km from Tiberius and 45km from Haifa.

Karmiel Dance Festival

Most of the people think that Israeli dance refers to Israeli folk dance but Karmiel festival includes contemporary, jazz, and ballroom and israeli folk dance.

Shlomo Maman is the artistic director who gave an idea to include various dance styles in this festival. Last year artists from Kibbutz, Ido Tadmor, Rina Schenfeld and Vertigo’s second company participated in this festival. Last years festival included 5,000 dancers and 80 events which were composed of concerts, competitions, and dance classes.

The opening of last years festival was dedicated to Tel Aviv in honor of the city’s centennial. More than 1,500 dancers from various groups participated in that ceremony. In the closing ceremony each folk dance group presented its best piece of choreography and more than 2000 dancers were involved in it.