Klezmer Dance Workshop with Walter Zev Feldman in NH

[Beverly Woods <tradmusic...>]

We are very happy to announce that Walter Zev Feldman will be coming to 
scenic Franconia, NH on Columbus Day weekend of 2002 to teach dance. Here is
a description of what will be taught:

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       East European Jewish Dance Workshop with Walter Zev Feldman


   Dancing to klezmer music is a pleasure that becomes increasingly rare as
fewer and fewer people remain who know East European Jewish dance. Walter
Zev Feldman, one of the founders of the klezmer revival in the 1970s, grew
up in an East European family who still danced Jewish dances, and is one of
the few teachers of this dance form. East European Jewish dance is deeply
expressive, characterized by subtle hand movements and precise weight
shifts. Mirroring the history of the Jews in Europe it combines dance
figures from 17th-18th century Western Europe (such as the sher), indigenous
Jewish movements (in the freylakhs and khosidl) and certain Moldavian dances
to which the Jews composed klezmer tunes (such as bulgar, honga, hora and
volokhl).

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  The workshop will be held at Neskaya (a wonderful space built for dance)
on Rt. 18 in Franconia, October 11-13, 2002. Portions of the workshop will
be accompanied by live music from Mooseltov (Seth Austen, Beverly Woods, Jim
Dalton, Sam Moffatt.)

  Because there is limited space, and accommodations are often booked long
in advance during foliage season in the White Mountains, we recommend you
register and begin making arrangements now, if you are interested in
attending.

   The Neskaya site is <http://www.neskaya.com> and details on this workshop
can be found at <http://www.neskaya.com/klezmer.html>. You can also write to
jenny (at) neskaya(dot)com for more information, or call Neskaya at 
603-823-5828.

  We're really looking forward to this workshop, and hope to see some of you
there!

Beverly

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Beverly Woods & Seth Austen
http://www.sethausten.com/

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