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Members of the premiere dance group in Palestine, El-Funoun Dance Troupe, will offer a special performance and presentation about dabke as a form of cultural preservation and resistance.
 
Dabke, the traditional Palestinian dance form performed at weddings and other celebrations, is the foundation of El-Funoun’s innovative dance style. The dancers will discuss the history of El-Funoun as a vital Palestinian cultural institution and the challenges the troupe and its members face in sustaining cultural production and performance amidst a military occupation aimed at silencing, suppressing, and erasing Palestinian society and culture.
 
After the presentation, audience members will be invited to learn dabke dance steps, participate in a traditional dabke circle, and meet with the dancers. The performance and workshop will be followed by a reception with food and drinks. 
 
About El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe:
For 45 years, El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe has been preserving, promoting, and reimagining Palestinian culture. Established in 1979 by a small group of artists, the Troupe today comprises close to 300 volunteer members. The Troupe is committed to dance education, running its own dance school and youth troupe, Barem El-Funoun, in Palestine and conducting dabke training in Palestine and around the world. Through its work, El-Funoun aims to challenge oppression and resist Israel’s attempts at cultural erasure. The Troupe is currently working on their seventeenth major production, Zaff, about life in a refugee camp.

El-Funoun refuses conditional funding from international aid agencies and aid from organizations that have failed to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, which has had significant material consequences.