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Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… the full reference. “These two khusidlekh [Hasidic-style dance tunes, singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a mitsve-tentsl [ mitsve dance], alluding to their frequent use at Jewish weddings to …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… Avraham Rekhtman derives that the kosher-tants is ‘the dance of the groom with the bride after the wedding-meal to … when the time for the couple to be alone comes, people dance a kosher-tants to show that the wedding is a ‘kosher … and in other places... In some places people used to dance the kosher-tants in this way: if the bride was a …
Mekhutenim-tants
… 1266 . “The scholar Gabriel Grod published... ‘ mekhutonim dances’ [done] during the arrangement of the ‘tenoim’ ... … particularly as a family feast accompanied by modest [dance] turns... yet with no mention of ‘klezmorim’ in … accompaniment of the ‘klezmorim’ and the performance of dances. Fridhaber 1972, pp. 15-16 . “The ‘beroyges’ and …
Wedding Dances
… … 2 … The Chasidic Dance … The Chasidic Dance … 34023 … 13-15 … New York … … 1975 … Marsha Seid … Fred Berk … Wedding Dances …
Beroyges-tants
… citation, you get the full reference. “The [ beroyges ] dance ended, the song was stopped. The groom approached and … that among our large masses, for a long time now the folkdance has been accompanied by singing; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the polka did people improvise and sing …
Hopak (LKT)
… the full reference. “The principal forms [of Russian folk dance] are the korovod and the trepak, the former danced by young girls holding hands,...The popular Russian dances are, properly speaking, of Cossack origin: there is …
World History of the Dance
… … Curt Sachs … Bessie Schönberg … World History of the Dance …
Bessie Schonberg
… University there. Finally she had an opportunity to study dance, in which her father had never approved of her … that Schönberg became truly inspired by her studies in dance. In 1929 Schönberg decided to leave Oregon with Hill and go to New York to study dance. Hill helped Schönberg in numerous ways, including …
Hopke (LKT)
… pre-World War I]. Cahan 1957, p. 491 (#255) . “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities … were:... Redl, Frailachs, Karahod, Hopke , vigorous circle dances done by men.” EncyJud 1971, pp. 1265-66 . “Alongside … find purely Jewish pieces.” Goldin 1989, p. 15 . “ Hopke . dance.” Harkavi 1928, p. 185 . “ The Redl, Karahod, Hopke : …
Tants nign (LKT)
… Yiddish terms tants nign or a tenzl . Other terms for dance tunes are hopke , dreidl , or redele (all used by … freilakhs and kadachke (used in various dynasties). Dance tunes have defined musical characteristics: duple … trisectional (ABC), and the ABCB form (Mazor-Hadju 1974). Dance tunes are performed mainly at weddings and rejoicing …