a poignant dance memory

[Margolit]

Helena, Flaglady,



Have you ever done anything to Marty Goetz's music? So many of his songs lend themselves to dance.....both interpretative and regular choreography.



Two years ago I fell in love with "The Theme from Exodus" (This Land is Mine) on Marty's Songs of Israel CD. To hear a Messianic singer, trained as a cantor, sing that song, gave me heightened awareness and yearning. It made/makes me think of Yeshua. I get goosebumps every time I hear it!



Anyway, each year our dance ministry performs one or two pieces as part of the congregation's community seder. Every year it's a challenge. That year I just KNEW we had to use this song. The choreography included mime and sign language, dance and flagging. It was a huge undertaking for our small group, using 12 performers (including 5 from one family, 3 from another), and included adults, teens and children, as well as dancers and non-dancers. The theme was "Passing on the Heritage", in this case, from father to son (an actual father and son!)....one generation to another.

The four younger girls and one adult had blue and/or white scarves draped around their necks, and at the end of the song, used them to form a Star of David. As they did, the father and son each came forward on one side of the semi-circle, and knelt before the finished star, arms outstretched.



And to top that off, when the rabbi's wife was talking with the co-ordinator of that year's Tikkun Family Advance a few weeks later, she mentioned the dance ministry's performance, only to find out the conference's theme was "Passing on the Traditions", and we were asked to perform it at the Sat. evening service! :twirl:



We were so happy to be able to share it with others, to touch them and bless them as we had been touched and blessed! The L-rd's timing was so perfect, as it always is!