{"id":3759,"date":"2014-08-14T05:47:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T03:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2014-08-14T05:51:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T03:51:20","slug":"dancing-with-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=3759","title":{"rendered":"Dancing with the \u2018enemy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/\" target=\"_blanl\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/wp-content\/themes\/israel\/images\/logo-211.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/headlines\/dancing-with-the-enemy\/\" target=\"_blanl\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">Dancing with the \u2018enemy\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">By Karin Kloosterman August 13, 2014, 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pairing up Jewish and Arab children for ballroom dancing turns suspicions into friendships, and leads to an award-winning documentary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Bringing together 11-year-olds from opposite poles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60395 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/12.jpg\" alt=\"Bringing together 11-year-olds from opposite poles.\" width=\"688\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Photo by Nurit Mozes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/72655101?autoplay=0?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Whether it\u2019s the cha-cha, tango, or a simple twirl around the school gym, Arab and Jewish kids in Israel are connecting through dance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The idea to bring together fifth-graders from opposite poles came from Miri Shahaf-Levi, a former dancer, after she saw the movie Mad Hot Ballroom about dance instructor and former ballroom dancing world champion Pierre Dulaine, 70, and his work with inner-city kids in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Nine years ago, Shahaf-Levi traipsed to New York City with the mission of bringing Dulaine, now retired, to Israel. She knocked on his studio door and was met with an exclamatory \u201cAlain, wa\u2019asalam!\u201d an Arabic expression equivalent to \u201cshalom\u201d that\u2019s often heard in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It turns out that Dulaine was born in Jaffa in British Mandatory Palestine, before Israel became a state, to a Catholic Palestinian mother and a Protestant father from Ireland. When he was four, they moved to Jordan, and later to England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dulaine speaks Arabic, French and English, but knows only a few words in Hebrew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He does know of the incongruities of living in Israel firsthand and told Shahaf Levi he\u2019d go there under one condition: \u201cIf you will find me Jewish and Arab children who can dance together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Shahaf-Levi, who worked for the government\u2019s Culture Ministry and also as an adviser for the Israel Prize committee, let the idea percolate over the next several years. About four years ago, she arranged Dulaine\u2019s visit to Israel. \u201cI called him and told him that I\u2019ve opened the window. Now it\u2019s your turn to come over and open the door,\u201d Shahaf-Levi tells ISRAEL21c.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Read more about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/headlines\/dancing-with-the-enemy\/\" target=\"_blanl\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">Dancing with the \u2018enemy\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">twoje uwagi, linki, wlasne artykuly, lub wiadomosci przeslij do: <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #808080; text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dancing with the \u2018enemy\u2019 By Karin Kloosterman August 13, 2014, 1 Pairing up Jewish and Arab children for ballroom dancing turns suspicions into friendships, and leads to an award-winning documentary. 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