Klezmer has enjoyed a significant revival in the past few decades, but for a variety of reasons, the Yiddish dance tradition has been largely ignored. An upcoming symposium, Defining Yiddish Dance: ...
Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson Credit ...
Mayim, mayim, mayim, mayim. Brazil is not usually considered to be one of the worldwide centers of cultural Jewish life. But the country recently hosted what is believed to be the largest Jewish dance ...
Jewish-themed dance performances are featured during shows from May 12-14 in South Florida. For Program III of its season, Dance NOW! Miami has joined forces with the New York-based Limón Dance ...
The Ariel Rivka Dance Company’s spring season draws upon the experiences of its all-female dancers. (New York Jewish Week) — In June 2021, at the end of last year’s dance season, choreographer Ariel ...
The dance workshop was in full swing, but catastrophe was afoot: Nobody understood how to make a four-pointed star. I’m referring to a folk dance pattern that, as one of the less competent dancers in ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tanowitz and the composer David Lang talk about how their new work is informed by biblical poetry, Israeli folk dance and their Jewish heritage. By ...
The seventh annual Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival will take place next weekend (May 16 and 17) at Temple Beth El, 3233 T St., Eureka. This year’s event features the Gaskin-Boden Duo with ...