Beit Midrash in Motion
Beit Midrash in Motion
Beit Midrash in Motion is inspired by a phrase from the Friday evening liturgy: “rav lach shevet.” Literally meaning “you have been sitting for too long,” the phrase serves as an invitation—and a motivation—to reimagine the experience of Jewish study.
Beit Midrash in Motion is a Jewish study hall experience that weaves movement and meditation into traditional text study. Set in an environment that feels more like a yoga studio than a conventional beit midrash, participants engage with powerful and thought-provoking Talmudic tales, liturgical texts, and biblical narratives.
Through movement, meditation, and close textual analysis, communities of learners explore ancient passages in ways that are deeply personal, meaningful, and fully embodied.
Mishpacha in Motion
Mishpacha (Family) in Motion is a dance class for families of all ages and configurations who want to learn, move, groove, and celebrate together. Parents and grandparents, tots and pre-teens—all are welcome to join in this alternative, fully embodied Jewish learning experience.
This lively class blends creative movement with Jewish learning, inviting families to explore Torah themes through dance, storytelling, and imaginative interpretation. Through movement and play, participants discover new ways to connect with Jewish tradition—and with one another.
Choreo
My choreographic work lives at the intersection of text, memory, and movement. Drawing from Jewish sources, lived experience, and the stories of Jewish women across generations, I create dances that seek to make visible what is often carried quietly: inheritance, resilience, longing, heartbreak, joy, spirituality, and communal connections.
My movement language is a synthesis of Israeli folk dance and modern dance. The communal pulse and grounded vitality of Israeli dance meet the expansive possibilities of the freedom of modern dance, creating a vocabulary that honors both the ancient and the contemporary.
Through dance, I seek to uncover and amplify moments where the personal and the collective converge, where movement becomes a form of interpretation, and where stories carried across generations find renewed voice. My works bring the voices of Jewish women to the stage and allow audience members the opportunity to listen, witness, and emotionally connect with them through movement.
of Choreographic works
In the wake of the atrocities of October 7th, so many of us have searched for ways to make sense of our surroundings. תחזור, named after the music created by Idan Raichel,was choreographed by Dalia Davis, in an attempt to connect with those whose pain is too great to express. תחזור speaks to the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters, the love of parents and children, the comradery among friends and neighbors and the ache of those seeking, hoping, praying, for the people they care about to “Come Back” and come home. Tachzor was performed by the dance ensemble גדלנו יחד – Gadalnu Yachad on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at the 47th Annual Israel Folkdance Festival as a tribute to the hostages, to their families, and to those our community has lost.
Lechyot Od Pa’am, To Live Again depicts a three year journey from utter devastation to the embrace of new life. This piece is a retrospective, including elements from pieces from the past two years reflecting the journey we have experienced since October, 2023. The piece begins with “Tachzor” (Return), choreographed and performed in the months following October 7th. It was created to amplify the voices of the mothers of the hostages and serve as a performance prayer for the return of their loved ones. It is followed by the piece from last year’s festival, “BaShanah HaBa’ah” (Next Year) as color reemerges and flowers begin to bloom once more. The piece then shifts to “Lechyot Od Pa’am” (To Live Again) created this year as the hostages returned and Israeli society and Jews worldwide reawakened to embrace life again. The piece concludes with two versions of “Chai” (Life). The first expresses the struggle to live with the burden of so much loss and the reality of life forever changed. The second “Chai” celebrates the triumph of resilience, our unbreakable spirit and the hope for a better future.