Re: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 1242

[Bloom <bloom...>]

I once suggested to Klezkamp that they should have a session on teaching
dancing at Klezkamp, in addition to the sessions on dancing.  Most people
who have learned dancing at Klezkamp are able to do it again if they again
find themselves somewhere where there is a knowledgeable leader, but they
have no idea how to lead it themselves.  If Klezkamp had a small group
session of people interested in learning how to teach the dancing, like
they have small group sessions for people interested in learning how to
play klezmer on particular instruments, we could start making dancing part
of our "Living Tradition."

Henry Sapoznik: if you're listening, I still think this is a good idea!

Jacob Bloom

>From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl (at) flash(dot)net>
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: Jewish dancing
>Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:15:25 -0400
>
>Well, I say we do a campaign to bring back the old dances.  Michael Alpert
>did a few lesson session in New York in the past.   We really got to do
>more of them.
>
>Just read Ernie's post and sent it to Michael and a videomaker to suggest
>making a new video.
>
>
>Reyzl
>
>
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>From:  Helen Winkler[SMTP:winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com]
>Sent:  Friday, July 09, 1999 12:27 AM
>To:  World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:  Jewish dancing
>
>Since I first posted to this discussion group re:  resources about Jewish
>klezmer style dancing, I have learned about a world of Jewish dance that I
>didn't know anything about (despite being involved with Israeli and
>international folk dance for over 20 years).  I have been to many Jewish
>weddings/bar, bat mitzvah parties, where the hora comes on and everyone
>tries to dance but ends up tripping over each other, not knowing exactly
>what they're supposed to do.  Israeli dancing is not easy to pick up on the
>fly;you need to go to classes and practise every week and even then the
>dances change every week!  The traditional community dances like the
>freilach, got lost and it's wonderful to see that they are being found
>again.



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