Yiddish New York 2024

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9:30am EST

Dance Movement Warm-Up: Embodied Resilience

Tuesday December 24, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST

CL1 - Hebrew Union College

Get moving in the morning! Judy Sweet, Richie Barshay, and Tracy Einstein will guide you through movement and awareness practices to start your day off right. Dancers and movers of all skill levels are welcome!

Sunday - Klezmer Mirroring w/ Judy Sweet

Monday - Alexander Technique w/ Richie Barshay

Tuesday - Embodied Resilience w/ Tracy Einstein

Wednesday - Klezmer Mirroring w/ Judy Sweet

Speakers

Tracy Einstein

Tracy Einstein wants you to feel better in your body so you can do what you love. She’s a 1600-hour certified Alexander Technique teacher, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, and lifelong performing artist dedicated to fostering embodied resilience and creative expression.Since... Read More →

Tuesday December 24, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
CL1 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

Dance (On-Site)

11:15am EST

Advanced Style Dance Class

Tuesday December 24, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST

CL1 - Hebrew Union College

Dancing with style and grace is one thing, but dancing with Yiddishkeit is another! Learn from two generations of dance leaders about the details of dancing with a particularly Jewish style in a variety of dance genres.

Sunday - Deborah Strauss
Monday - Michael Alpert
Tuesday - Walter Zev Feldman
And don't miss Wednesday's session on communicating & dancing with live musicians led by Sarah Myerson and Ilya Shneyveys!

Speakers

Walter Zev Feldman

Walter Zev Feldman (musicology) is a leading researcher in both Ottoman Turkish and Jewish music. During the mid-1970s he and clarinetist Andy Statman studied with the legendary Dave Tarras and were two of the creators of the klezmer revitalization. Under an NEH grant (1984-86) he... Read More →

Tuesday December 24, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
CL1 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

Dance (On-Site)

2:30pm EST

Dance Repertoire Class

Tuesday December 24, 2024 2:30pm - 3:45pm EST

CL1 - Hebrew Union College

Calling all dancers! With a rotating faculty, you’ll dive into dance genres of all sorts. Whether you’re an advanced dancer or brand new, this class is not to be missed!

Sunday - Asya Vaisman Schulman
Monday - Judy Sweet
Tuesday - Jill Gellerman
Wednesday - Walter Zev Feldman

Speakers

Jill Gellerman

Tuesday December 24, 2024 2:30pm - 3:45pm EST
CL1 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

Dance (On-Site)

4:15pm EST

Newly Choreographed Yiddish Dances

Tuesday December 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST

CL1 - Hebrew Union College

Shared choreography: In this class, we'll choreograph a brand new Sher! Each class session, we'll learn shers already danced in the community (including the Workers Circle Sher and the Shining Sher). We'll shear them up to figure out what elements make up a sher, and then using those elements and our own creativity, stitch together a unique Sher for YNY 2024. This class is taught in person by Asya Vaisman Shulman and Sarah Myerson, and is open to anyone with any dance or choreography experience (including no experience at all). Please do come to all four sessions Sunday through Wednesday if possible, as the class will build day by day.

Speakers

Sarah Myerson

Sarah Myerson is an ordained cantor (Master of Sacred Music & Diploma of Hazzan, Jewish Theological Seminary) actively working to connect Jewish egalitarian-religious with Yiddish secular/cultural communities. She serves as the Kol Bo Spiritual Leader of Roosevelt Island Jewish Congregation... Read More →

Asya Vaisman Schulman

Asya Vaisman Schulman, Ph.D. (language, dance) is the director of the Yiddish Language Institute and the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. Asya received her PhD in Yiddish Language and Culture from Harvard University, where she wrote her dissertation... Read More →

Tuesday December 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
CL1 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

Dance (On-Site)

Yiddish New York 2024

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