ELECTRIC HORA - November 2026
Description
Our November ELECTRIC HORA takes us back to where it all started - The Boston Synagogue.
This month, we are featuring one of our favorite dancers: Hadar Ahuvia.
Hadar Ahuvia (she/her) is a cross-disciplinary artist, and Jewish educator and facilitator. She creates performances, workshops, and rituals that forefront the role of the body in political, social and spiritual action. Her essay “Joy Vey” on choreographing a diasporic Israeli identity beyond Zionism is featured in the Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance.
Ahuvia was named a Dance Magazine “25 to Watch in 2019”, and her work “Everything you have is yours?” earned her a 2018 Bessie nomination for Outstanding "Breakout" Choreographer, and inspired the documentary film of the same name by Tatyana Tenenbaum which had its US premiere at DOC NYC in November 2024. See EverythingYouHaveIsYoursFilm.com
Ahuvia has been an artist in residence at DTW/NYLA (2012 Fresh Tracks Artist) Movement Research (2015 AIR), the 14th St. Y (2016 LABA Fellow), Art Stations Foundation through MR’s GPS program, Mana Contemporary, Yaddo, and Baryshnikov Arts Center. Her work has received support from the Brooklyn Arts Council, New Music USA, and a New Jewish Culture Fellowship, and Mass Cultural Council, and she was twice a finalist for the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Her work has been been presented at DTW/NYLA, the 14th St Y, Art Stations Foundations (Poland), the Jewish Museum of Maryland, Tmuna Theater, The James Gallery, Danspace Project, Gibney Dance, La Mama, and ODC SF among others.
Ahuvia trained at the Orlando Ballet Theater, Lines Ballet, The San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and studied dance and religion at Sarah Lawrence College. Ahuvia is grateful to have worked with artists Sara Rudner, Jill Sigman, Donna Uchizono, Molly Poerstel, Anna Sperber, Jon Kinzel, Stuart Shugg, Kathy Westwater, Tatyana Tenenbaum, the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Lucinda Childs Dance, and Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group. Her works include collaborations with Jaffa based artists Shira Eviatar, Tatyana Tenenbaum, and Avi Amon.
Ahuvia has lectured and led workshops sharing her research at the Association of Jewish Studies, Arizona State University, Queens College, City College, Whitman College, Hofstra University, Brandeis, Northwestern and Yale. She is a Student Rabbi at Kolot Chayeinu, a rabbinic presence for the New Jewish Culture Fellowship, and organizes with Rabbis for Ceasefire.
Have you ever danced the hora at a Jewish wedding and thought, "Damn! I should do that every month!" Been lifted in a chair above a circling sea of friends and family? Clapped your hands for a patsch tanz or stomped your feet to a bulgar? Have you ever wanted to?
Now is your chance. It's time for ELECTRIC HORA, Boston's best klezmer dance series, featuring a rotating cast of the top dance leaders and klezmer musicians from across New England.
October's ELECTRIC HORA is hosted by our friends at the Boston Synagogue and features the following fabulous artists:
Hadar Ahuvia - dance leader
Nat Seelen - clarinet
Pete Fanelli - trombone
Michael McLaughlin - accordion
Jim Guttmann - bass
Grant Smith - drums
FAQ
Q: Who should come?
A: Anyone who wants to dance with family, friends, neighbors, and lovely strangers. Seriously, all of you. If you're reading this, you should come.
Q: Do you have to be Jewish/speak Yiddish/already know how to dance?
A: No! Yiddish dancing comes from a specific people and culture, but it's for everyone.
Q: Will there be cake?
A: Cake? Probably not. But the Boston Synagogue provides snacks and an open bar (donations welcome).
Q: What should I wear?
A: Comfortable clothes and shoes.
Q: Do I have to bring a partner?
A: Nope. Come by yourself, with a partner, or a group.
Q: Is Yiddish dancing gendered?
A: Historically, yes. Today, no. Dance leaders use non-gendered calling.
Q: When are the other dates?
A: ELECTRIC HORA runs the fourth Tuesday of every month.
Q: Wait, what is this Yiddish dancing thing again?
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