RE: origin of the Sher

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

Thanks, Helen.   You should know that this whole dance thread on this 
mailing list has resulted in my approaching my husband with the idea of 
making a film about this topic and, lo and behold, he is indeed interested. 
  What a shock to me.   He has rejected the other 999 ones.    Two other 
film projects to finish first and then there will be room for this one.  I 
hope it will do for Jewish dance what his work on "In the Fiddler's House" 
did for klezmer music.   Let's hope.


Gmar tov,


Reyzl




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From:  Helen Winkler [SMTP:winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com]
Sent:  Thursday, September 16, 1999 11:24 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  RE: origin of the Sher

Dear Reyzl,

The Lapson reference is:

Lapson, Dvora. Dances of the Jewish People. New York: Board of Jewish
Education, 1954.
A time honoured reference book with dance instructions for choreographed
versions of many of the dances
eg., Patch Tanz, Sher, Broiges Dance.

I have several other references on my web page
www.angelfire.com/ns/helenwinkler

Lapson, Gurit Kadman and Rivka Sturman along with Fred Berk are some of the 
the pioneers of the Israeli folk dance movement.  They often included
Eastern European influenced dances in their choreographies.  Interestingly, 
many Israeli dance groups are going back to these old dances which are more 
rooted in Jewish culture and tradition than some of the current
disco/fusion/aerobics/jazz/Greek/Spanish/and anything else you want
influenced dances.

Helen


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>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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