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Monday December 23, 2024 2:30pm - 3:45pm EST
In this talk, Alixe will be remembering jewels from Edith Segal's repertoire of dances choreographed to Yiddish folk songs, labor songs, and songs that reflected the lives of Ashkenazim in the old country and the new. Edith Segal began dancing at the time that modern dance and progressive politics were growing together.  She shared her vision with the hundreds of children and adults in Camps, especially Kinderland, and the Shules.
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Alixe Dancer

Alixe Dancer (aka Renee Rapaport) began dancing at her aunt's wedding in 1944 and met Edith a year later. A dance professional all of her life she lives and gardens on a collective in Oregon where she still teaches International Folk Dance, English Country Dance, and Aging Gracefully... Read More →
Monday December 23, 2024 2:30pm - 3:45pm EST
506 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

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