| Alternative Names |
'כתםר צדיק' is the original spelling. 'Tsadik Katamar' is an English transcription. 'Tzadik Katamar' is an alternative English transcription & the Dutch transcription. |
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| Formation | Circle. V-hold |
| Dance Structure | (A x 2 + B x 2) repeated to the end of the music. |
| Music Structure | 4 counts/bar, 2 bar phrases. |
| Music Speed | 120 counts/min. |
| Choreographer | Jonathan Gabay |
| Source | Sally Fletcher in Ipswich. |
Disclaimer: Mistakes are quite likely in the notes and no guarantees are made as to accuracy. There may be other versions of the same dance or other dances with the same name. Music may differ, particularly in speed, introduction and duration, between performers. The division into parts, bars & counts might not be standard. These notes of the dance are freely distributable (under GPL or CC-by-sa) in so much as the note's author's contribution but the choreography and/or collection were by other people and so their copyright might apply to the dance itself. Better than using notes, go to a dance class where it is taught.
A very easy & popular traditional Israeli dance that is frequently used as a first beginner's dance. There are probably hundreds of set of notes for dance & thousands of videos of it being danced on the web!)
Sometimes this is called, especially by Sacred/Circle Dancers, 'The Wise Man & the Fool' but I did not include that in my list of alternative as it was from a mistranslation of the song which is actually about praising the righteous man (the title being 'The righteous man as palm tree').
Style: The style intended by the choreographer is very plain, simple and unornamented. However, the style most commonly used in Britain comes via the Sacred/Circle repertoire and has big exaggerated floaty sways etc..
Two phrases.
Summary: Starting R foot, walk 4 steps R. 4 sways facing centre.
| Start | Facing cw around the circle. V-hold. |
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| 1 | Walk 4 steps forwards starting R foot (R, L, R, L). |
| 2 | Face the centre of the circle raising arms to Lambda-hold and sway onto R foot then L then R again the L again. |
Summary: Walk R in R L forwards & R L backwards. Turn cw 360 deg in 4 steps ending L across infront. R in place, L close, R across infront, L close. 4 sways.
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| 2 | Turn 270 deg cw in place (ending facing the centre of the circle) in 4 steps (R, L, R, L) ending with the L foot across infront of the right (this happens naturally at the end of the turn). | ||||||||
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| 4 | Repeat Part A bar 2 (4 sways). |
(Bar 3 together with the final step of the turn and the first step of the sways form a L Cherkessia followed by a R Cherkessia but it fits so naturally that it is not unless on analyses it does one think "I'm sure that fitted in fours throughout so how did those two three-count Cherkessias fit in?".)