ENTERTAINMENT

Yemenite Left

Besides their last names,
Sunny Segal and Uri Segal
have something else
to share - a love
for Israeli dancing

JUDY MARX

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here is no pure Israeli
folk dance in the true
sense. It is in part the
child of its European ancestors,
their intense desire to celebrate
life amid frustration and persecu-
tion. Likewise, it is also the offspr-
ing of its Middle Eastern
forebears, drawing spirit from the
very land from which it takes its
name. What we call modern Is-
raeli dance, the Sabra of dance, is
very international in flavor.
Sunny Segal and Uri Segal
come to Israeli dancing through
their individual heritages, one a

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child of the Holocaust and the other a
Sabra born to the land which celeb-
rates its existence through song and
dance. Both leaders and teachers in
the small but devoted Detroit Israeli
dance community, their styles and
methods of instruction reflect their
individual backgrounds.
"People often think we're mar-
ried," Sunny points out. Not only are
they not even related, because of
their different schedules, the pair
rarely dances or teaches together.
Sunny's class meets on Tuesday eve-
nings at the Jewish Community Cen-
ter in Oak Park; Uri directs a class on

Wednesday evenings at the Jewish
Center in West Bloomfield.
"We once worked together at a
Chassidic wedding," Sunny recalls.
On opposite sides of the room Sunny
taught the women; Uri led the men.
Sunny says her desire to dance
was born in Bergen-Belsen more
than 40 years ago. "When we weren't
standing at attention in the freezing
cold, my brother and I sat on our cots
for hours and shokkled back and forth
to relieve the intense boredom. The
three-year-old toddler "saved the
family," Sunny explains.

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ICE CAPADES: Joe Louis
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MUSIC

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF
ARTS: 5200 Woodward Ave.,
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DETROIT SYMPHONY OR-
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INSTITUTE OF MUSIC AND
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MUSICAL
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concert, 7:30 Sunday, admis-
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CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
OF DETROIT: Orchestra Hall,
Los Angeles Piano Quartet,
8 p.m. Saturday, admission,
833-3700.

THEATER

DOWNTOWN DINNER THEA-
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cocktails 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7,
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HILBERRY THEATRE:Wayne
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BONSTELLE THEATRE: 3424
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can Dream, today and Satur-
day 8 p.m., 2 p.m. Sunday,
admission, 577-2690.
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