Klarinet Archive - Posting 000094.txt from 2003/12

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] 2 NYC Concerts within the next week!
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:21:15 -0500

Jeremy A Schiffer wrote:

>>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

Now I understand. Those are all Israeli dances. The only dances I was
familiar with as a child were Russian and Polish folk dances.

Have a nice concert.

--
Dan Leeson
leeson0@-----.net

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