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The Karmiel Dance Festival has been a yearly event since 1987. The festival is usually held for 3 days and nights in July, and includes dance performances, workshops, and open dance sessions. The festival began as a celebration of israeli folk dance, but today it features many different dance troupes, attracting thousands of dancers and hundreds of thousands of spectators from Israel and overseas. During the festival there are two major competitions: a choreography competition and a folk dance competition.
The festival lasts three days, during which a crowd of people gather, viewers can observe a wide variety of shows. Israeli dancers participate in this festival, as dancers from other countries abroad. With several performances of various dance groups, there are events that are open to the public and to all participants. There are dance teachers from abroad. In addition to the events in the festival, there are several competitions: a choreography competition, a folk dance contest, and a group dance contest to select the best team of the year.
The dance festival is held in various sports facilities in the city of Karmiel, among them: the amphitheatre, the stage, the park and the pavilion. Many events in the past were dedicated in honor of the israeli composers; Sasha Argov, Naomi Shemer and Avihu Medina. In the year 2006 the festival was canceled because of the war with Lebanon.