 It hosts contemporary dance companies from all over Israel and has become an annual event.The first festival commemorated 100 years of Israeli settlement in the Jezreel Valley.Choreographers Shlomo Haziz, Dganit Rom, and Ze'ev Keren put together the dance "Standing Guard", performed by Hora Rishonim Jerusalem, Misgav Contemporary Dance Company, and Alon Jezreel Contemporary Dance Company.