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Raynlender (LKT)
… that among our large masses, for a long time now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the polka did people improvise and sing …
Regn (LKT)
… the crowd accompanied them. At the same time, the old women danced a Reigen dance in front of the couple...” [Brest-Litovsk, Poland, …
Retande (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “‘ A retande.’ bris dance.” [Orgajev, Bessarabia, c. 1930s-40s]. Bik 1964 . …
Sarvers-tants (LKT)
… of each citation, you get the full reference. “Waiters’ Dance.” Stutschewsky 1959, p.176 . (Musical notation …
Shemonah-esreh tants (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “‘ Shemonah-esreh ’ Dance”.“Tzvi Fridhaber, scholar of Jewish dance, Haifa, writes to us:... I was approached by Ms. Chava Verbah and she told me of two wedding dances that she recalled from her childhood in the area of …
Sher
… you get the full reference. “Sher: One of the most common dance forms in the Jewish repertoire, similar to a square dance or a Russian quadrille.” Alpert 1996b, p. 59 . … they invited Jewish musicians. The Ukrainian youth there danced the šer as well.” Beregovski 1935 [= …
Sheyne-minke (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, next [came]: a semele, a tsigayner-tants , a …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… ( example 5 ). It is possible that Beregovsky heard this dance tune played by a klezmer instrumental ensemble. The …
Shrayer
… is interesting to establish whether non-Jews adopted Jewish dances. We know of cases in which Ukrainian peasants took up … [= Beregovski/Slobin 1982, p. 540] . “We used to dance all kinds of dances:... shrayer ...” Slobin 1982, p. 28 . See Sher . … …
Shtoktants (LKT)
… old man is the expert in the ‘shtoktants,’ the ‘stick dance’... he turns to Avrem’l the klezmer , calling for ‘a … circle. The old man is an expert in the ‘ Shtocktants ’ (‘Dance of the Stick’). Immediately, a circle of young … wide enough for the old man to freely swing the stick as he dances. The old man commandingly turns to Abramele the …