Yocheved Polonsky – ATARA Founding Member; Dancer – Cleveland, OH
Yocheved Polonsky is a dancer, dance educator, and founder of the Creative Learning Institute of Dance in Cleveland, OH, a Judaic dance and movement arts studio to provide a holistic Jewish environment for the study of dance. Yocheved studied classical ballet, modern dance, jazz, at the Cleveland Institute of Dance, Cleveland Ballet, Chataqua Institute. Recently she studied expressive movement based on the Hebrew Aleph Beis with Judith Rose based on Otiyot Khayot. Yocheved has taught dance and exercise aquatics for a decade, as well as performed and choreographed with local dancers for community performances as Rikud Nefesh.
Creative Learning Institute of Dance
The creation of CLI was inspired by Yocheved’s sincere desire to integrate the beauty of movement with the lofty spiritual messages and values of Torah, which was lacking in the local dance community. Her studio provides fun, dynamic classes in creative movement, ballet, Jazz, Pilates and Aleph Beis movement meditation, for women only. She travels worldwide to share her inspiration and vision through her workshops and performances: her belief that every person can utilize their natural talents and gifts to praise and connect with Hashem.
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