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Re: Old World vs. New World klez
- From: Jonathan Schorsch <jonjack...>
- Subject: Re: Old World vs. New World klez
- Date: Tue 26 Oct 1999 17.06 (GMT)
Thanks to all on the VERY enlightening discussion of bulghers and the
sociology of the development of American Jewish musics! THIS is an example
of what I subscribed to this list for.
Jonathan Schorsch
At 09:27 AM 10/26/99 -0600, you wrote:
>All this talk about the bulgar has made me think of another question re:
>dance style. From the descriptions and old Yiddish movies, it appears to me
>that the freilach and sher were danced with very humble movements, shuffling
>little steps, nothing broad or expansive. Since the bulgar was adopted from
>the non-Jewish society and came into its own on American soil in the Jewish
>population, was it danced with more bravado than the older Jewish dances? I
>know in Bulgarian dance, the pravo which is similar to the bulgar is always
>danced proudly, nothing humble about it.
>Helen
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