Dance in the Expanse

The vision for an album titled Dance in the Expanse has been a dream of mine for years. The title comes from my two favorite verses of the Bible. Psalm 118:5- Min hameitzar karati Yah, anani bamerchav Yah- I call out to G-d from a place of narrowness and G-d answers me in Expansiveness; and Psalm 30:12- Hafacta mispedi l’machol li- G-d transforms my mourning into dancing. I loved the ideas of dancing and expansiveness and knew there was a song there. All of the music on both albums has come to me in G-d’s time. I have never sat down with the intention to “write a song”- so I shouldn’t be surprised that my several attempts to do so with this concept of dance and expanse over several years failed miserably. Then, one night after returning home from my first week at the Davennen Leadership Training Institute, I felt something magical happening. I began to sing a new melody to myself and within a few minutes “Dance in the Expanse” had found its home.