RE: "Yiddish Dance"?

[glenn tamir <klezska...>]

Right On NZ.  

--- David & Susan Esterman <estermans (at) paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
wrote:
> Best example of 'Yiddish" dancing I ever saw was at
> a wedding, when the
> rabbi poured lighter fluid on his hat and set it
> aflame, all the while
> leaping around in a circle with the other young men.
> Alas, he was
> over-enthusiastic with the lighter fluid and had to
> stamp out the flames -
> rather diminished the effect! And also ruined the
> hat!
> 
> However, not to demean the discussion, I think we
> can get too hung up on
> how, and maybe we should just, as we say in NZ, "go
> for it!"
> 
> Sue
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of
> George Robinson
> Sent: Tuesday, 1 January 2002 8:20 a.m.
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: Re: "Yiddish Dance"?
> 
> I think the key thing is to differentiate it from
> Israeli Folk Dance, nu?
> 
> George (I won't dance, don't ask me) Robinson
> 
> 
> Robert Cohen wrote:
> 
> > I'm afraid that, lexicographically, Lorele's
> obdurate programming person
> may
> > have a point.  In English usage, "Yiddish" refers
> to the language and has
> > not really generalized.  (Whereas in the
> expression "Yiddishe kop,"
> > "Yiddishe" means *Jewish*--but in American
> English, it doesn't.)
> >
> > Needless to say, I don't mean to suggest that
> Klezcamp is wrong in calling
> > its sessions "Yiddish Dance"--of course it isn't. 
> Not, that is, within
> its
> > community (or ours).
> >
> > "Klezmer Dance" is probably the right tarm,
> marketing-wise, since it
> > piggybacks on "klezmer," which is presumably still
> a hot term.
> >
> > Or how about "Traditional Jewish Dancing"?  I
> think it's more apt, but I'm
> > no PR maven, and I suspect it's less
> marketing-savvy.
> >
> > Or how about appropriating Leonard Cohen's song
> (now rendered on CD by the
> > KCB):  "Dance me to the end of love"?  That way
> you get to piggyback on
> > love/romance/sex/whatever--marketing heaven?
> >
> > --Robert Cohen
> >
> >
>
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