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Contre-danse (LKT)
… quibbled with the girls, [and] there a konter-tants was danced for [the women’s] approval, one which only the Modnitzers knew. This [dance] was already part of the high hand-dances.” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1890s]. Matskevits 1893 . 'All …
Czardas (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “The young people danced until daybreak... The klezmorim played all kinds of melodies for the dances. The dancers requested ‘tents’ (dances)... for one a ‘tsardas’ …
Debka (LKT)
… no Meron melody that accompanies a simple group circle dance. Only the debka ... is danced by a group -- nevertheless this dance, by its tempo, its steps and its choreography -- is …
Doyne (LKT)
… transitional or ‘Orientalized’ repertoire consisted of the dance genres named volekh , hora , sirba , ange , and bulgarish . In the non-dance cateogry the most important genre was the doyne ( … have any distinctive structural features.’ A variant of the dance following the ‘taksim’ was recorded by Dave Tarras in …
Taksim (LKT)
… structural features’ (Goldin 1987:27). A variant of the dance following the ‘taksim’ (Braun 1987: 136) was recorded … taksim and doyne were always ended with a freylekhs -type dance.” Rubin 1997, pp. 21-22 . … Taksim (LKT) …
Volekh (LKT)
… “Vulekhl: Literally, ‘a Wallachian one,’ i.e., a dance or tune in Romanian-Jewish style.” Alpert 1996b, p. 59 … transitional or ‘Orientalized’ repertoire consisted of the dance genres named volekh , hora , sirba , ange , and bulgarish . In the non-dance cateogry the most important genre was the doyne ( …
Pastukhel (LKT)
… then it becomes more dramatic...The concluding part is a dance melody. ‘Dos pastekhl’ is one of the richest and most …
Karahod (LKT)
… like ‘yonkiper.’ At the end the nign turns merry and people dance a karahod [circle dance]. Bernstein 1927, p. 96 . ( Musical notation included). “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities …
Dreydl (LKT)
… 1937 [=Beregovski/Slobin 1982, p. 546] . “A little dance for men only at a wedding and on Simkhes-Torah with …
Fatsheylke-tants (LKT)
… closely an old tradition. Honored guests had a special dance with the bride [with a handkerchief in between]. The …