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Red, black, and white still of El-Funoun dancers in motion, right arm raised in a fist. US Dabke Workshop Presentaiton Tour – Sept 2026. NYC, Minneapolis, San Francisco, LA, San Diego

All donations will go to cover travel and accommodations for El-Funoun members and production expenses for their Tawasol workshops and presentations.

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About El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe

For over 45 years, El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe has been preserving, promoting, and reimagining Palestinian culture. Established in 1979 by a small group of artists, the Troupe today comprises close to 300 volunteer members. El-Funoun is committed to dance education, running its own dance school and youth troupe, Barem El-Funoun, in Palestine and conducting dabke training in Palestine and around the world. Through its work, El-Funoun aims to challenge oppression and resist Israel’s attempts at cultural erasure.

Recognizing culture as a tool of and for resistance, El-Funoun challenges the complicity of international aid agencies in the oppression of Palestinians by refusing politically conditioned funding from agencies that have failed to call for a ceasefire.

A dancer on a stage leaps high into the air, one leg extended in front, the other behind; a line of dabke dancers behind him, dance in a line, clasping hands. Photo credit: Nida' Qatamish

Against a dark stage, a spotlight falls on a dancer in all black, a black and white kaffiya tied around his head. He is in the midst of a deep lunge, swinging a Palestinian flag, which flies out behind him. Photo credit: Nida' Qatamish

Against an electric-blue lit background, a loose group of dancers, all facing in different ways, are high in the air in the midst of a jump. Photo credit: Nida' Qatamish

A group of dancers, all smiling, in a wide stance, one arm raised and slightly bent, the other arm extended but lowered. Photo credit: Nida' Qatamish

About Tawasol

Dabke is the traditional Palestinian dance form, performed at weddings and other celebrations, in which El-Funoun’s innovative dance style is rooted. El-Funoun’s Tawasol merges dynamic dance, storytelling, and audience participation. It is a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke as both resistance and celebration.

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