Join dance leader Maia Brown for an exploration of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish dance tradition, also known as “Yiddish” dance, with live klezmer music accompaniment!
Yiddish dance is a living, embodied cultural practice long marginalized and often misunderstood. In this workshop, we’ll explore the dynamic exchange between klezmer music and dance, foundational movement vocabulary, the expressive use of rhythm and tension, and cultivating safety and consent in communal dance spaces. This workshop will prepare you to dance even harder at your next klezmer night out, with your ancestors at your back.
No dance experience needed! Dancers of all kinds, dance-curious non-dancers, musicians, and simkhe celebrants (those celebrating joyous life cycle events) will enjoy and benefit from this workshop.
This event is part of Temple Beth Hatfiloh's “Weekend of Yiddish Music and Dance” and is presented with support from the Yiddish Book Center's Yiddish Arts and Culture Initiative for Jewish Communities.
