‘Hip-hop rules here’: Inside the vibrant world of Israel’s Haredi women dance scene

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“Don’t get the wrong idea – I’m a killer dossit,” asserts Ahinoam Mekaiten, using the slangy, slightly self-deprecating term for an Orthodox person, “but I don’t hide anything. On the first date, I right away tell the guy that I’m a dancer,” She’s thin and tall with delicate features and lustrous hair that’s pulled up in a bun, one leg is raised and the other bends and unfolds, plié-relevé, plié-relevé.

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