Klarinet Archive - Posting 000093.txt from 2003/12

From: Jeremy A Schiffer <schiffer@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] 2 NYC Concerts within the next week!
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:11:18 -0500

> Jeremy A Schiffer wrote:
> > It'll be held in Rennert Hall of the Kraft Center (608 W 115th between
> > B'way and RSD). Debra Strauss will be leading traditional Yiddish dancing
> > and a very large audience is expected. If you plan to attend, please let
> > me know by Monday morning, as they are asking for RSVPs (it's free, but
> > seats are reportedly limited). If you have any interest in klezmer music,
> > this is not a concert to be missed.
> >
>
> Jeremy, I am fluent in Yiddish. It's almost my mother tongue, and I've
> never heard of "traditional Yiddish dancing." Can you give me an
> example of one?
>
> --
> Dan Leeson
> leeson0@-----.net

Dan,

I suppose Yiddish _folk_ dancing would be more accurate. It's not the
language which is dancing, after all.

I do not know most of the dances, but I know that the 'sher' is a lot like
a square dance, and we learned a line dance (stand in a line with your
right hand on the right shoulder of the person in front of you) in our
last rehearsal to master the rhythmic feel of the piece. There is also, of
course, the 'horas' of hava nagila fame, though in klezmer, a hora is
actually in 3 with a limp. At a celebration, when they request the 'hora'
you really just play a freilach (bulgar) medley...

-jeremy

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