Brooklyn Jewish Dance Institute

Rivka Nahari, Artistic Director

Rivka Nahari has had many years of training and performing experience in both music and dance.  She began her ballet training at the age of 3 and studied in the pre-professional program at the Academy of Nevada Dance Theater where she continued until her graduation from high school at age 17.  While at the Academy, she performed yearly in the "Nutracker" ballet and "Cinderella" with the Nevada Dance Theater professional company and danced in numerous performances with the Academy of Nevada Dance Theater Youth Company.  She then continued her dance studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV).  In addition to ballet, she has been trained in tap (under the legendary hoofer Henry LeTang), jazz, character, flamenco, and hip hop.

Musically, Rivka has been playing the harp professionally since the age of 13.  She has performed with almost every orchestra in Las Vegas and played the harp and celleste for the "Nutracker" ballet with the Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra.  She was a piano major at UNLV while on a full harp scholarship and a voice major at the Mannes College of Music in Manhattan.  She has also studied flute and has extensive experience in choir, performing in many of the hotels in Las Vegas and singing back-up for such notable artists as Barry Manilow and Michael Jackson and the Jackson Family.

Being raised in a non-religious home has afforded Rivka the opportunity of studying and performing music and dance to the fullest.  It wasn't until she was 14 years old that the Chabad-Lubavitch movement made its way to Las Vegas, and she was able to explore her Jewish roots.  It took many years until Rivka was able to find a way to combine the two passions in her life - the arts and Judaism.  Now she has finally found the path to provide performing outlets for herself and others, as well as sharing her professional knowledge with the frum world.

Our Studio

Our teachers are carefully screened and selected to ensure that they are properly trained and sufficiently experienced to uphold the level of quality we seek to provide.  They are also educated as to our ways of dress and conduct.  Every effort has been made to make this studio as compliant with halacha (Jewish Law) as possible while not compromising the quality of the training.  We are under Rabbinic Haskomah.

To read more about Rivka Nahari, click the link below.

http://www.forward.com/articles/105928/