Re: klezmer dance

[maurice altman <maurice...>]

I would also be interested in obtaining the material on behalf of some
teachers who want to run some dance workshops in Leeds, England.
At 23:10 06/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>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.
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>I'd certainly be interested in seeing the book!
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>Jacob Bloom
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>>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....
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>>Lori Lippitz
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