Fwd: Yiddish Folk Arts Workshops in Toronto

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>Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:18:41 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Bruce Rosensweet <brosen (at) echo-on(dot)net>
>Subject: Yiddish Folk Arts Workshops in Toronto
>
>ASHKENAZ: Roots & Raw Material
>A Day of Workshops in the Yiddish Folk Arts
>
>Sunday June 21, 1998
>Royal Conservatory of Music
>273 Bloor Street West, TORONTO
>
>Musicians, Vocalists, Writers, Dancers, Performers, Textile & Graphic Artists
>For skilled amateurs, student & professional artists
>
>The Ashkenaz Foundation is pleased to present ASHKENAZ Roots & Raw
>Material, A Day of Workshops in the Yiddish Folk Arts.  Seven workshops for
>musicians, vocalists, writers, dancers, performers, textile and graphic
>artists will be offered on Sunday June 21st at the Royal Conservatory of
>Music, 273 Bloor Street West, 10:00 am to 4pm.  The fees are $55 for the
>full day, vegetarian lunch included, and $30 for the morning only.  Study
>materials will be provided.  Pre-registration only.
>
>Since 1995 Toronto has experienced the amazing renaissance of Yiddish-based
>music, art, theatre, dance, film and literature, brought together in the
>world's largest event of its kind: ASHKENAZ: A Festival of New Yiddish
>Culture.  In the two festivals to date, almost three hundred artists have
>presented a mind-boggling array of performances to a combined audience of
>over 100,000.
>
>Now ASHKENAZ has created the opportunity for developing and professional
>artists to learn first hand what the creative fuss is all about.
>Participants will discover the source and forms of traditional Yiddish
>culture and what gives so much power to the work of the ASHKENAZ artists
>and performers.  This will contribute a rich vein of raw material for
>artists to use for their own creative visions.
>
>The folk forms of Eastern European Jews, as with any culture, provide an
>opportunity to connect with hundreds of years of communally based creation
>and celebration, and - you certainly don't have to be Jewish!  Workshop
>leaders are all recognized artists in their fields, who can effectively
>share their skills.
>
>* KLEZMER Music Fundamentals
>  Martin van de Ven, clarinetist with Chutzpah!,
>  composer, musical director
>
>* KLEZMER: New Directions & Improvisation
>  David Buchbinder , trumpet-player, band leader of the Flying Bulgar
>Klezmer Band, and Artistic Director of ASHKENAZ
>
>
>* NESHOME! Adventures in Yiddish Song
>  Dave Wall, lead vocalist with the Flying Bulgar Klezmer band
>
>* YIDDISH TEXTILE ARTS
>  Sylvia Ptak, textile and visual artist
>
>* PAPERCUTTING: From Paper Dolls to Art
>  Ruth Stern Warzecha, artist & instuctor in this graphically powerful art
>
>* DANCE THE YIDDISH HEARTBEAT
>  Sharon Wise, award-winning folk dancer and instructor
>
>* DOING YIDDISH IN ENGLISH
>  Michael Wex, writer, performer and Yiddishist
>
>call ASHKENAZ for brochures, information & registration
>416-703-6892
>642 King Street West, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 1M7
>fax: (416) 703-5489 * www.ashkenaz.org * brosen (at) echo-on(dot)net
>
>....and don't forget:
>ASHKENAZ 99, A FESTIVAL OF NEW YIDDISH CULTURE
>AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 6, 1999
>HARBOURFRONT CENTRE, TORONTO, CANADA
>