… 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 : …

… 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 [= …

… 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 …

… the full reference.   “Today’s girls... go to weddings and dance polkas ; polke-mazur is their life. [Warsaw, Poland, … p. 235 (#245) .  “After the wedding-feast they began to dance. The dances were varied according to generation. The young people …

… 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’ …

… 31 … … 6 … 1960 … Tzvi Fridhaber [Friedhaber] … Six Wedding Dances …

… … 149-64 … … 3 … 1947 … Avraham Levinson … On Jewish Folk Dances …

… 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’ …

… wedding music … Klezmer … Emil Sekulitz … Jewish Folk Dance Melody ‘Sher Kadril’ …

… 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 …