Re: Har Nof women's conservatory

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

But aren't those questions better answered by those for whom
the issues matter, rather than by those of us outside that
community?

ari "I'd rather focus 100% on community, and enjoy the music that
fits the given time and place" davidow


>It's a shame that there can't be a 100% focus on the
>music without the distractions of worrying about these
>other non-musical issues.
>
>It says in the article:
>
>At the conservatory, religious restrictions are not
>seen as obstacles to artistic expression. Ballet
>teacher Minah Nahmani, who also teaches at the Rubin
>Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, said that the
>girls' modesty brings a new dimension of grace to
>their dancing: "Their high level of awareness of their
>bodies allows them to know what to express outwardly
>and what to keep inside. It is expression through
>hiding."
>
>Is one supposed to infer that covering up one's body
>or resticting what one listens to (kol isha) enhances
>awareness?  I find that to be hard to believe.  The
>reverse is probably true.
>
>--- Judith R Cohen <judithc (at) YorkU(dot)CA> wrote:
>> hi, check this out in Ha-aretz:
>>
>> http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng/htmls/kat28_2.htm
>>
>> Interesting write-up of an Orthodox women's music
>> conservatory -
>> comments by the ballet teacher about how the women
>> and girl's "natural
>> modesty"gives them more grace, "expression through
>> hiding".... and how
>> hard it is to design a ballet costume which allows
>> for both modesty and
>> freedom of movement. Judith
>>
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