Workshop Instructor:: Dance master Bruce Bierman
The Klezmer Dance Repertory: Freylekhs, Shers and the Broiges Tanz. Along with the Klezmer music renaissance in the 70's, Yiddish folklorists began to ask what happened to the dances that Klezmer music was made for? What they finally pieced back together from surviving testimonies, archival film documents, and descriptions in literature---is indeed a treasure restored. These are the dances of the Ashkenazi Jews which were and are still danced regularly at weddings and simchas of all kinds. This workshop will unravel the joyful Freylekhs, Shers and the dance of reconciliation---The Broiges Tanz. Step patterns, gestures, and line formations articulated with care. The emphasis in on connecting with community, with one another, and with oneself in a dance of 'shayning'---a solo improvisational dance before the community. No dance experience needed. All are welcome.