Meliss Bachar has been
dancing with her Israeli Folk Dance group in Atlanta
since she was 7 years old
and has been teaching the adult harkada, dance session, since
the summer
of 2000. In order to keep up-to-date with the new dance material,
Meliss
travels to as many dance camps a year as she can.
So far she has been to:
Hilula 2007,
Hora Aviv 2006,
Hilula 2006,
Machol Miami 2005,
Hilulim 2005,
Karmiel
Dance Festival 2005,
Hilula 2005,
Tamaron 2005,
Machol Miami 2004,
Chagigat-Hilulim 2004,
Karmiel USA 2004,
Karmiel Dance Festival 2004,
Rikud 2004,
Machol Miami 2003,
Hilulim 2003,
Chagigah 2003,
Camp Coleman 2003,
Mountain Playshop 2003,
Mekhol
Hashalom 2003,
Karmiel Dance Festival 2003,
Rikud 2003,
Machol Miami 2002,
Hilulim 2002,
Chagigah 2002,
Camp Coleman 2002,
Rikud 2002,
Chagigah 2001,
Camp
Coleman 2001,
Machol Miami 2000,
Camp Coleman 2000,
Camp Coleman 1999,
and Camp
Coleman 1998 .
The next camps she would like to attend are Hilulim 2007 and Machol Miami 2007. For more information on upcoming camps click here.
Dance class picture from 1989-
(Meliss is in the front with the red headband)
Many of these same dancers are in our session still today.
Meliss Bachar, formerly Meliss Jakubovic, is married to Moshe Bachar and has a son named Shai who was born on December 8, 2006. She resides in Atlanta, GA and dreams to live in Israel. She began Israeli Folk Dancing when her parents got divorced and her mother took her to the session to spend extra time with her. Meliss' sister was also taken to the class but she did not take to the Hebrew music and folk moves. Currently, Meliss dances almost everyday at Jewish day schools, the Jewish Community Center (MJCCA), community events and festivals, and Bar/Bat Mitzvah parties. She also leads an Israeli Folk Dance Performing Group called Nitzanim.