Re: Patsh Tants

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

I have never done the silent kolo but it sounds like fun.  According to 
Rivkind, the person who wrote about the Shtiler Tants was a person named 
Unger--he must have been a folklorist.  He wrote "The ideas of the quiet 
dance is to teach the Jews to worship G-d quietly without any noise, music 
or words."  As you say though, clapping and stamping are not exactly quiet 
activities.
Helen


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Can't answer you about Patsh Tants, but it calls to mind an
interesting parallel.  Your description reminds me of a dance from
Dalmatia which was known as the silent kolo.  It was originally done,
so I was taught, during the period of Turkish rule, when indigenous
culture was supressed.  It was done without instrumental
accompaniment, to the sound of the dancers' stamping feet.
Interesting, though, that the stamping, as well as the unaccompanied
song that precedes the dance, was anything but silent.  (Shtiler
tants means quiet dance.)  Patsh tants (with accompaniment) is one of
the few Yiddish dances that were popular among international folk
dance groups where the silent kolo was also popular.


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
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At 2:48 PM -0600 8/17/00, Helen Winkler wrote:
>Was wondering about the history of the music used for Patsh Tants.
>Is it considered to be part of the core klezmer repertoire from
>Europe or does it fall into one of the other categories?  Rivkind
>says the steps were created by Rebbe Zusya of Annapol, originally
>without music, just clapping and stamping, and was called the
>Shtiler Dance.  Does anyone have any other bits of information about
>this dance?
>Helen
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