Leah Bergstein was an Israeli choreographer, born in 1902 in Bilshivtsi, who died in 1989.
Biography
Leah Bergstein (Hebrew: לאה ברגשטיין; October 23, 1902 - 1989) of Galician Jews origin was among the first choreographers in Mandatory Palestine who created festival dances at kibbutzim. Bergstein is considered one of the "mothers" of early Israeli folk dance, inventing a new style of movement and laying the foundation of folk dance emerging as an Israeli cultural tradition. She was the only professional dancer to work in the original folk dance movement at the time.
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Contemporaries
Baruch Agadati
Israeli artist (1895-1976)
Sara Levi-Tanai
Israeli choreographer and song writer (1911–2005)
Mia Arbatova
Israeli ballerina, ballet dancer and teacher (1911–1990)
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