Vera Chierico

The year was 1973. Backstage in a Rome theatre, a dancer made a painful decision. Having trained with the Royal Academy of Dance for 12 years and performed professionally for another 10 years in over twenty countries, Vera Chierico felt her present lifestyle could not glorify Yeshua (Jesus). So, she gave up her dancing career.
However, 12 years later in New York, married with three children, Vera was invited to join a Messianic group “Dancers of the New Jerusalem” and performed with them all over the USA for 4 years.  The Chierico family then moved to England where Vera visited an osteopath, to get treatment. His wife, also a Jewish believer, was seeking for a way to use her dancing for the Lord. Together they rehearsed to build a repertoire. Word got round and other people joined the group; the New Jerusalem Dancers ‘NJD’.  NJD are a non-profit-making group seeking to teach Davidic Dance as the Biblical way to worship through dance. Vera currently co-leads the ICDF Messianic Dance Network and lives in Felixstowe, England, U.K.

 

WORKSHOP: Messianic Israeli Dance and Tambourine

After a brief ‘dance etiquette’ introduction (linked exclusively to circle dancing) I will introduce the very effective ‘interchangeable’ circle dance system then begin with a couple of simple warm up dances. 

After this I will teach mostly my, and maybe a couple of Israeli dances in which a tambourine can be introduced.  Scriptures will be read/given before each dance since most of my music includes pure Scripture, mostly from the Psalms. 

 

COMMUNITY DANCE LEADER: Messianic Circle Dancing

 

WEBSITE: https://www.newjerusalemdancers.co.uk/ 

 

VIDEO: You Tube link: https://youtu.be/2LIlXlt1HQw