DEBKA KAFRIT

Israeli Line Dance

 

Translation:

Village Debka

Dance:

Ya'akov Levi

Record:

Dancecraft LP 123301 Dance Israel

Basic Steps:

Stamp, walk, bounce

Formation:

Line in a Debka hold

Meter:

2/4

 

Measure

Counts

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Part A Chorus

1-2

 

Stamp L and hold

2-4

 

Repeat meas. 1, 3 more times

5

1-2

Stamp L diagonally forward and hold

6

3-4

Step R to R and close L to R

7-14

 

Repeat meas. 5-6, 4 more times

15

1-2

Stamp L diagonally forward and hold

16

1-2

Step R to R and hold

 

 

 

 

 

Part B

1

1-2

Step L to L and hold while body bounces

2

1-2

Close R to L while body bounces

3-6

 

Repeat meas. 1-2, 2 more times

7

1-2

2 hops with L to R

8

1-2

Jump on both feet and hold

9-16

 

Repeat meas. 1-8, Part B

 

 

 

 

 

Repeat Part A Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

Part C

1

1-2

Step L to L and hold (L knee bent and R extended slightly in front of L)

2

1-2

Close R to L and hold

3-6

 

Repeat meas. 1-2, Part C, 2 more times

7-8

 

Repeat meas. 7-8, Part B

9-16

 

Repeat meas. 1-8, Part C

 

 

 

 

 

Repeat Part A Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

Part D

1

1-2

Step L to L and hold (R turns in with R heel off the floor)

2

1-2

Close R to L and hold

3-6

 

Repeat meas. 1-2 Part D, 2 more times

7-8

 

Repeat meas. 7-8, Part B

9-16

 

Repeat meas. 1-8, Part D

 

Dance repeated from beginning.

Complete sequence is ABACAD ABACAD.

Presented by Ya'akov Eden