HORA BIK’AH (or Hora Habikah)

Israeli Circle Dance

 

Translation:

Hora of the Valley

Dance:

Ya'akov Levi

Record:

 

Basic Steps:

Two-step, step-hop, grapevine and scissor kicks

Formation:

Circle in a simple hold

Meter:

4/4

 

Measure

Counts

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Part A

 

 

 

1

1-4

2 two-steps sideways:  R, L, R and L, R, L

2

1-2

Jump on both feet, land on L

 

3-4

Repeat cts. 1-2, meas. 2, Part A

3-8

 

Repeat meas. 1-2, Part A, 3 more times

 

 

 

 

 

Part B

 

 

 

1

1-2

Step-hop R

 

3-4

Two-step L:  L, R, L in LOD

2-4

 

Repeat meas. 1, Part B, 3 more times

 

 

 

 

 

Part C

 

 

 

1

1-4

Grapevine in LOD, (R to R, L crosses over R, R to R, L crosses behind R)

2-4

 

Repeat meas. 1, Part C, 3 more times

5

1-4

4 Scissor kicks back, L, R, L, R

 

Presented by Ya'akov Eden

Kentucky Dance Institute, 1975, p 146