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Gallopade (LKT)
… came and we were happy and danced a lot... Soon thereafter the tempo grew faster and they danced the Galoppade in a line... in this dance there were two in the middle of the room...and all the others …
Lanse (LKT)
… 1890s]. Cahan 1957, p. 225 (#218-19), 490 (#218-19) . “There are also ‘cosmopolitan repertoire’ couple dances of …
Kaboles-Ponem (LKT)
… then set out for next door to greet the groom, playing there a special groom’s melody [ khasn-motiv ].” [Kremenits, … groom took place to the sound of music and song... Soon thereafter the badkhn introduced himself with the klezmorim , …
Kozatshok (LKT)
… to play frequently at non-Jewish weddings and festivities where they undoubtedly played Jewish tunes in addition to the … is widespread among Ukrainian Jews and also in Poland. There can be no doubt about the Ukrainian origin of this …
Kozatske (LKT)
… kazatska was originally performed by the Russian Cossacks, where the Lubavitcher Chasidim may have picked it up... In … was popular both among Jewish Ukraine and Jewish Poland. There is nothing to distinguish it from the Ukrainian dance. But even here the klezmorim gave it their own musical imprint. (In …
Kozak (LKT)
… to play frequently at non-Jewish weddings and festivities where they undoubtedly played Jewish tunes in addition to the … is widespread among Ukrainian Jews and also in Poland. There can be no doubt about the Ukrainian origin of this …
Patsh Tants (LKT)
… hand clapping.” Nulman 1975, p. 194 . “R. Unger brings there as well the ‘silent dance’ ( shtiler- tants ), which … Rivkind 1960, p. 33 . “During the evening there were other dances such as the ‘Dance of Initiation,’ …
Koyletsh-tants (LKT)
… to wish them abundance.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1265-66 . “And there Reb Yosif let the groom stand with the bride. With a …
La Gallarda matadora
… peoples that surrounded the Jews in the various countries where they settled. In their diasporic communities Sephardim … The romances, for example, were sung as lullabies and were therefore transferred by mother to child. Yet, coplas were … a few decades before the Jews were expelled in 1492. It therefore seems unlikely that Sephardic Jews could have …
Quadrille (LKT)
… pre-World War II]. Cahan 1957, p. 490 (#230) . “ Sher, Sherele, Quadrille , dances based on square and longways … dances performed with partners.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1266 . “There are also ‘cosmopolitan repertoire’ couple dances of … 1992, p. 396 . “‘And the klezmers thunder through the ‘sherele’ and ‘kadril’ tunes,’”[Gedara, Palestine, c. 1910s]. …