Re: klezmer dance

[Bloom <bloom...>]

I wonder if Living Traditions might be interested in reprinting Jewish Folk
Dances.  If the instructions are clear enough to teach the dances to
someone who wasn't already familiar with them, it would help revive the
tradition.

I'd certainly be interested in seeing the book!

Jacob Bloom

>There is an out-of-print book called JEWISH FOLK DANCES by Nathan Vizonsky
>with detailed dance steps (Yiddish intro translated by my Uncle Ben Aronin,
>music arranged by Max Janowski, nice dance illustrations) put out in 1942 by
>the American-Hebrew Theatrical League, Chicago.
>Included are detailed steps for "Kosher Dance," "Broiges Dance," "Sherele,"
>"Paatch Dance," "Koilitch Dance" and others, including the context in which
>they would be danced.  If anyone knows a company that would like to re-issue
>this, it's probably one-of-a-kind....
>
>Lori Lippitz