Re: sherele

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

someone just sent me a set of notes and music for "sherele" written by Gert 
Kaufman in 1946 for the Zionist organisation Youth Department, Tel-Aviv.  It 
is different than the other sher versions I've seen.  It does not thread the 
needle.  Also has some different figures like ladies' star, men's star, 
grand chain and no shining.  It seems very structured compared to the 
versions taught more recently.  This is the Israeli take on the sher.

Another version of sherele can be found in Nathan Vizonsky's Jewish Folk 
Dances 1942 American-Hebrew Theatrical League, Chicago, Illinois.  This 
version is very simple compared to others I've seen.  Also omits shining and 
threading the needle.

Helen

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The sher and the sherele are the same dance? My understanding was that the
sherele, though stemming from the sher, had entered the American folk dance
repertoire decades ago in a very specific form. I don't know its history in
Eastern Europe. The older sher,the one described by Joshua, on the other
hand, as taught at Klezkamp, in any case, is based on field research of the
1980s of Michael Alpert, Lee Ellen Friedland, and  others. There are/were
many regional variants which have yet to be documented. Dance experts? -
Itzik



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