MacharמחרIsrael
These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. Originally choreographed in 1964 by Rivka Sturman. The title translates as "Tomorrow". Not to be confused with the Gadi Bitton circle dance of the same name.
Music:
- Hed Artzi 7
- Hed Ariz MN529
- https://youtu.be/akLQ0U8gORE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bHnkcZfNx8
- https://youtu.be/jZnJwgjk4Fs
Lyrics &Music: Naomi Shemer
Singer: Lahakat Hanachal
Meter: 4/4
Formation: Trios facing CCW, holding nearer hands
Israelidances.com entry: http://israelidances.com/dance_details.asp?DanceID=440
Introduction: 4 bars, no action
Part 1: Run forward
Bar 1: Run forward in LOD with 4 running steps: R (1), L (2), R (3), L (4)Bar 2: Step forward on R, crossing R across L (1), hop on R (2), Step forward on L, crossing L over R (3), hop on L (4)
Bars 3-8: repeat bars 1-2, three more times
Part 2: Turns and Progress
Bar 1: drop hands, center person turn to face R-hand person (the outside person). Sway on R to R (1), clap hands towards the R (2), Sway on L to L (3), Clap hands to the L (4)Bar 2: center person and R-hand person link R elbows and turn each other CW all the way around with 4 running steps
Bars 3-4: center person turn L-hand person with L elbow hold CCW all the way around with 8 steps
Bar 5: repeat bar 1, with center person facing L-hand person (inside person).
Bar 6: Repeat bar 2, turning L hand person, with R hand
Bars 7-8 Turn outside person with L hand, on last 4 counts the center person dances forward to the next group.
Other instructions on the web
- http://www.folkdance.com/LDNotations/Machar1969LD.pdf
- Kernerman PDF syllabus collection
- Page 131 of 1965 Stockton Folk Dance Camp
- Page 185 of 1968 Stockton Folk Dance Camp
Videos on the web
Lyrics
from the comments in https://youtu.be/0bHnkcZfNx8מחר אולי נפליגה בספינות
מחוף אילת אל חוף שנהב,
ועל המשחתות הישנות
יטעינו תפוחי זהב.
כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום,
זה נכון כאור בצהריים,
כל זה יבוא מחר אם לא היום
ואם לא מחר אז מחרתיים.
מחר אולי בכל המשעולים
ארי בעדר צאן ינהג.
מחר אולי באלף ענבלים
יכו פעמונים של חג.
כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום...
מחר יקומו אלף שיכונים
ושיר יעוף במרפסות
ושלל כלניות וצבעונים
יעלו מתוך ההריסות.
כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום...
מחר כשהצבא יפשוט מדיו
ליבנו יעבור לדום -
מחר כל איש יבנה בשתי ידיו
את מה שהוא חלם היום
כל זה אינו משל ולא חלום...
עריכה: אתי ירוחמי
Taken from: https://evansvillefolkdancers.com/resources/Lyrics/Machar.pdf
Machar ulai nafliga basfinot
Mechof Eilat ad chof Shenhav
V'al hamashchatot hay'shanot
Yatinu tapuchei zaha
Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
V'im lo machar az mochrotayim
Machar yakuma elef shikunim
V'shir ya'uf bamirpasot
Ushlal kalaniyot v'tsivonim
Ya'alu mitoch haharisot
Machar ulai b'chol hamisholim
Ari b'eder tson yinhag
Machar yaku b'elef inbalim
Hamon pa'amonim shel chag
Machar k'shehatsave yifshot madav
Libeinu ya'avor l'dom -
Achar kol is yivneh bishtei yadav
Et ma shehu chalam hayom
Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
V'im lo machar
V'im od lo machar
V'im od lo machar
AzMochrotayim.
Mechof Eilat ad chof Shenhav
V'al hamashchatot hay'shanot
Yatinu tapuchei zaha
Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
V'im lo machar az mochrotayim
Machar yakuma elef shikunim
V'shir ya'uf bamirpasot
Ushlal kalaniyot v'tsivonim
Ya'alu mitoch haharisot
Machar ulai b'chol hamisholim
Ari b'eder tson yinhag
Machar yaku b'elef inbalim
Hamon pa'amonim shel chag
Machar k'shehatsave yifshot madav
Libeinu ya'avor l'dom -
Achar kol is yivneh bishtei yadav
Et ma shehu chalam hayom
Kol ze eino mashal v'lo chalom
Ze nachon ka'or batsohorayim
Kol ze yavo machar im lo hayom
V'im lo machar
V'im od lo machar
V'im od lo machar
AzMochrotayim.
Tomorrow perhaps we will set sail
From the shores of Eilat to the Ivory Coast
And on the old destroyers
Oranges will be loaded.
All this is not a yarn and not a dream
It is true as the light of noon
All this will come tomorrow, if not today
And if not tomorrow, then the day after.
Tomorrow a thousand buildings will rise
And a song will hover on the terraces
And a blaze of anemones and tulips
Will burst from amongst the ruins.
Tomorrow perhaps in all the paths
A lion will lead a flock of sheep
Tomorrow a thousand clappers will bleat
In the many bells of holiday.
Tomorrow when soldiers put off uniforms
Alerted to other things
Then each man will use his own two hands
To build that of which he dreamed today.
See also:
From the shores of Eilat to the Ivory Coast
And on the old destroyers
Oranges will be loaded.
All this is not a yarn and not a dream
It is true as the light of noon
All this will come tomorrow, if not today
And if not tomorrow, then the day after.
Tomorrow a thousand buildings will rise
And a song will hover on the terraces
And a blaze of anemones and tulips
Will burst from amongst the ruins.
Tomorrow perhaps in all the paths
A lion will lead a flock of sheep
Tomorrow a thousand clappers will bleat
In the many bells of holiday.
Tomorrow when soldiers put off uniforms
Alerted to other things
Then each man will use his own two hands
To build that of which he dreamed today.
See also:
- http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/songs/songs_israel.htm
- Gessel, Ira (1995) MIT Song Book. ms.
Other sources
- Berk, Fred (1978) 100 Israeli Folk Dances. edited by Barbara Taylor and Susie Hofstatter. Israel Folk Dance Department of the American Zionist Youth Foundation
- Byrom, Franklin (2009) The Complete Folk dance Notebook. Self published.
- Donaghey, Robert (1969) Thesaurus of Israeli Dance. Copen Press.
- Pasternak, Velvel and Allan King (1990) The Best of Israeli Folk Dances. Tara Publications
- Weikert, Phyllis (1997) Teaching Folk Dance. Highscope Foundation.
- Weikert, Phyllis (2003) Teaching Movement and Dance, 5th edition. High Scope Educational Foundation.
