Welcome to Nirkoda Israeli Folk Dancing Club, Melbourne.

Australia Day party was held at Birch St Scout Hall. A packed hall with many Thursday dancers and others enjoyed dancing to celebrate Australia day. Plates of Aussie food were shared and the spirit of the day was joyful. Thanks to all who attended. See the Photo Gallery link at left to see pictures of the day.

Nirkoda is pleased to announce a unique beginners program to get you up to speed in Israeli dancing as quickly as possible so you too can enjoy this wonderful pastime. Learn quickly, stimulate brain activity, meet people, and get exercise at the same time. You may choose to do circles, lines and/or partners for the same price.

Beginners who enrol for the classes will be offered a special deal of 8 weeks for $40.

We are offering FIVE beginners sessions per week allowing you to spend as little as $1 per session and dance up to 5 times per week for 8 weeks.

Receive a free CD with the music of the dances you are learning.

The term will commence the week of 5th Feb 2012 and expire Sun 1st April 2012. You can take your lessons at any or all of the beginner classes and the beginner partner class.

All our classes are open to Men and Women and all are welcome! We are a friendly club, where our members run events via a committee.

Check the classes page to the left for full details and locations including maps. Beginners have TWO days classes & THREE evening classes per week.

Registration/First Classes:

Sunday 5th Feb 6.30pm @ St Aloysius Primary School Hall, Corner Catherine & Cromwell Streets, Caulfield North. (Partners)

Monday 6th Feb 7.30pm @ Scout Hall, Birch St, Caulfield South.

Thursday 9th Feb 9am @ Scout Hall, Birch St, Caulfield South.

Thursday 9th Feb 7:30pm @ Scout Hall, Birch St, Caulfield South.

Saturday 11th Feb 1.30pm @ St Aloysius Primary School Hall, Corner Catherine & Cromwell Streets, Caulfield North.

Need Information? Contact: Judi on 0407 517 865, Denise 0450 926 303, Margaret 9570 6637

Special offer for current members: For every person you bring to the beginners class who buys a gold pass, you will receive a free raffle ticket which will be drawn at Purim.

Nirkoda is excited to announce that our 2012 camp will have two wonderful choreographers – Avi Peretz and Sagi Azran!!

Avi Peretz is one of the top talented and most popular choreographers Israel has seen. Avi is well respected and liked by his peers and his dancers. As a prolific choreographer, Avi has produced over 70 dances since 1984! Some of the dances we love to regularly play are Eretz Esh V'Eretz Yam, Eshet Chayil, Zman Layla, Keivan She'ein Ladaat . Within the last few weeks we taught his new melodic partner dance - Tagidi Lo Od Pa'am. He is an excellent teacher with a warm and friendly personality. Avi was Nirkoda’s guest in 1998 for our 10th anniversary and we welcome him back.

Sagi Azran has become a favorite at Nirkoda camps, as he brings excellent choreography skills and a fun outlook to all aspects of the weekend. We enjoy dancing his lines “Lala” and “Siasamba” and partners “Rov HaShaot” and “Libi Yotze Elayich”. This year we have fun with his new circle Ma’ayan. He entertains, teaches and mixes with the group engendering great “ruach”. He has energy and a great sense of humour. We have had two wonderful camps with Sagi as the focus, and we look forward to seeing and learning more from him next year.

The camp will be in the Mornington/Mt Eliza area and the dates of the camp will be Friday 12th October till Sunday 14th October 2012 with post camp workshops in Melbourne.

Please mark in your diaries and anticipate a great weekend to remember. More details will follow.