Re: Har Nof women's conservatory

[glenn tamir <klezska...>]

My point was that the quote that, "Their high level of
awareness of their bodies allows them to know what to
express outwardly" implies that those who do not
choose that way have less awareness.  Does awareness
of one's own body necessitate one to keep the body
covered? Or, does one have to wear a long skirt to
know that one has legs?

How can a person be "aware" of the the potential
beauty and spirituality of the many talented musicians
in the world when 50% of them are "off limits?"

How can that not "limit" one's awareness?

  
--- Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com> wrote:
> 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
> >>
> >> ---------------------- jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >> ---------------------+
> >>