RE: origin of the Sher

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

Helen,

What book are you taking this info out of?  Is Dvora Lapson still alive? 
  She once called me asking for something, but I can't remember what it was 
about.  The only book I know of is her "The Bible in Dance" because she 
included "The Song of Deborah", a dance my husband, Josh Waletzky, composed 
when he was 12 years old (his first musical publishing).   That dance book 
has been used in all Jewish schools and synagogues for 30 years.  Reading 
your post about Dvora made me realize that Dvora must be a good resource on 
the history of Jewish dancing.   She worked for the Board of Jewish 
Education of New York (for whom she prepared this book) and I guess she 
must have been their dance specialist.  The book included dances that I 
suppose are recreations of what people in the 1960's thought Jewish dancing 
in the Bible was like or modern dance interpretations inspired by the 
Biblical stories.   Whatever, her writings and works are probably a good 
source of info on Jewish dancing.   I never thought of her as a source for 
dance researching, so thank you very much.


Reyzl




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From:  Helen Winkler [SMTP:winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com]
Sent:  Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:03 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  re:origin of the Sher

Lapson's hand position is partners facing with hands  on partner's
shoulders.  Another book has hands on partner's upper arms.  I guess it
varied depending on the shtetl.
Helen

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