Klezmerquerque is coming with fine dancing
Stephen M. Sachs
KlezmerQuerque 2020
Friday February 14, Saturday February 15, and Sunday February 15
Temple Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd, NE Albuquerque
FREE der Freylekher Shabes opening MEGA-event Feb. 14, 6:00 pm-9:30 pm
6:00pm- Jewish dance & movement for children & families with Special Guest Dance Artist: Bruce Bierman;
6:30pm- der Freylekher Shabes old-country heimishe (homey) danced service with Cantor Beth Cohen, Alavados Ensemble & Rikud dancers;
7:15pm- Potluck vegetarian dinner;
7:50pm- Batya Podos Magiddah (storyteller)
8:00pm-The Rebbe's Orkestra-Klezmer & Judaic Band;
8:15pm-8:30/35’ish- Special Guest Musicians: Dan Blacksberg-trombone & Nick Millevoi-guitar;
8:45-9:30pm- MUSIC by The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band and Dancing with Special Guest Artist Bruce Bierman & Rikud dancers.
Saturday February 15:
Shabbos Koydesh Service, 10:00 am - Noon, led by Cantor Beth Cohen & Alavados Ensemble: Includes Torah Service, Guided Meditation & Kiddush Oneg.
Concert & Dance Party 7:00 pm 9:00 pm. doors open 6:30 pm.
Guest Artists: Dan Blacksberg & Nick Millevoi; Dance led by Bruce Bierman
Sunday February 16 Workshops:
10:00 am – 11:30 am: Workshop 1: Hasidic Dance---'A Mitzvah to be Joyful'
2:45 pm - 4:15 pm: Workshop 3: The Klezmer Dance Repertory: Freylekhs, Shers and the Broiges Tanz
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Workshop 4: Jewish Movement: The Dance Of The Hebrew Letters
Hands-on Music workshop intensive with trombonist Dan Blacksberg and guitarist Nick Millevoi.
10:00 am – 11:30 am
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Hands-on music workshop with presentation: "The Levitt Legacy" --About clarinetist Dave Levitt and his mid-century klezmer repertoire. Taught by clarinetist and klezmer scholar/ ethnomusicologist Clara Byom of The Klezmer Institute.
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Storytelling with Maggidah (storyteller) Batya Podos
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Purchase Tickets:
All Events Tickets on line at: https://www.nahalatshalom.org/klezmerquerque-tickets before 11:59 pm Feb. 6: $95, Seniors and Students: $85
Saturday Concert and Dance: Early Bird on line: $18, Students and Seniors $ $15; At door ? may be $20 and $18?
For more information go to: https://www.nahalatshalom.org/klezmerquerque2020 and click further pages.
Details of Klezmerquerque Dance Workhops:
Bruce’s dance
workshop descriptions- AWESOME!!
Workshop #1 with
Dance master Bruce Bierman (10:00am-11:30am):
Hasidic Dance---'A Mitzvah to be Joyful'
: Once, the Baal Shem Tov was asked why his Hasidim dance and sing
at every occasion with so much joyful abandon. Indeed, Hasidic
melodies and dance were created to open the heart quick and connect one friend
to another friend in a supportive circle of trance-like joy. Basic
Hasidic step patterns, line formations, partnering and meaningful hand gestures
will be articulated with great care and context. Soulful nigunim
(wordless melodies) will be taught and sung during the dancing as well.
Then, we'll explore the Hasidic influence in Klezmer dance with the slow
soulful Yiddish 'hora' and the rhythmical walk of the 'Chosidl'. Finally,
we'll see the influence of Hassidic dance on Israeli Folk dance in a dance
called 'Hora Hadera'. The class begins with a gentle warm-up inspired by
the shapes and deeper meanings of the Hebrew letters.
Workshop #3 with Dance master Bruce Bierman (2:45pm-4:15pm):
The Klezmer Dance Repertory:
Freylekhs, Shers and the Broiges Tanz. Along with the Klezmer music
renaissance in the 70's, Yiddish folklorists began to ask what happened to the
dances that Klezmer music was made for? What they finally pieced
back together from surviving testimonies, archival film documents, and
descriptions in literature---is indeed a treasure restored. These
are the dances of the Ashkenazi Jews which were and are still danced regularly
at weddings and simchas of all kinds. This workshop will unravel
the joyful Freylekhs, Shers and the dance of reconciliation---The Broiges
Tanz. Step patterns, gestures, and line formations articulated with
care. The emphasis in on connecting with community, with one another, and
with oneself in a dance of 'shayning'---a solo improvisational dance before the
community. No dance experience needed. All are welcome.
Workshop #4 with Dance master Bruce Bierman (4:30pm-6:00pm):
JEWISH MOVEMENT: THE DANCE OF THE HEBREW LETTERS. The Hebrew letters have always held a fascination with the mystics and sages. The Cabbalists of Medieval Spain encouraged meditating on each letter to gain better clarity. Choreographers, such as the late great Felix Fibich, used the angular oppositional shape of the letters in much of his work in the Yiddish theater and with his wife Judith Berg in the dance sequences for the 1937 film ‘The Dybbuk’. In this workshop, we’ll be exploring several Hebrew letters and how to improvise your own moves inspired by its shape and deeper meanings. Then, everyone will have a chance to ‘shayn’ (shine) to some great Klezmer grooves and give the letters some feet. No dance experience needed. All are welcome.
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Regular Folk Dance Meetings:
folkdance groups that meet regularly in ABQ, Santa Fe and Los Alamos:
Saturdays from 7:15 -10:30 p.m: http://abqfolkdance.org/
AIFD - ABQ International folkdance at Lloyd Shaw Dance Center, 5506 Coal Ave. SE, ABQ, [Two blocks southeast of Central and San Mateo]. Teaching from 7:15-8:15 pm, Open request dancing 8:15-10:30p.m. Beginning dances and mixers with quick instructions are scattered throughout the evening. Mix of line and couple dances with a few mixers.
$2 donation. Contact: Jane Diggs 505-299-0332
Thursdays from 7:30-10pm:
International Folk Dancing at the First Unitarian Church on 3701 Carlisle Blvd. NE. Albuquerque (Southwest corner of Comanche & Carlisle in the Social Hall).
Teaching 7:30–8:30 p.m., Open Dance 8:30–10:00 p.m. Cost: $1/person.
Contact: Charlene Baker 505-898-3206.
Mostly line dances.
Wednesdays: Israeli Dance at ABQ JCC, 7:45 pm, $5
Wednesdays - Irish Caily Dancing, Wed. 7:15-9:00 pm, details and location: (505)888-4833; – leader Norita Callahan, nor...@yahoo.com. $3
Tuesdays from: 7 pm until 10 pm:
International Folk Dance – SANTA FE at the Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerillos Road, Santa Fe. Line dances from the Balkans, Europe, Greece, Middle East... (teaching ~ 7 to 8 pm), AND SUNDAYS from 6:30-8 pm (mostly teaching). Dancing on holidays too! $5 donation.
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/santafefolkdance/sfifd_home
Contact: Website or call 505-501-5081 or 505-660-2347
Scottish Country Dancing, Fridays, 7:30 pm, Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting House, 1600 5 St, NW, ABQ 5984 (NE Corner of Belamah), Ken & Margaret Armstrong, (505)294-0042, karmst...@comcst.net $5.
Second Sunday Contra and English Country Dancing, Albuquerque Square Dance Center, 4909-15 Hawkins NE - One block west of I-25 and 1/2 block north of Ellison. From I-25, take the Ellison/San Antonio exit, and go west on Ellison. Turn north (right) at the first intersection past the motels. ABQ Square Dance Center will be on your right. , www.folkmads.org 7:00-9:30 pm.
Contra Dance Some Sat - 7:00-7:30p teach, dance 7:30-10"30p often 1st Sat of Mo,@Albuquerque Square Dance Centerm 4909-15 Hawkins NE - One block west of I-25 and 1/2 block north of Ellison. From I-25, take the Ellison/San Antonio exit, and go west on Ellison. Turn north (right) at the first intersection past the motels. ABQ Square Dance Center will be on your right. Often 4th Sat. Contra Dance @Heights Community Center, 823 Buena Vista S.E., ABQ S of Coal, E of University, W of Yale; by CNM.
Klezmer music/Jewish Dance 2-4pm Sun, and usually 1st Friday after services and pot luck supper, 8:00pm Nahalat Shalom, 3606 RioGrande,NW Bet:Candalaria&Comanche @Luke circ, NW. Beth Cohen (505)243-6276, cohene...@netzero.net - Excellent live music from the Nahalat Community Klezmer Band (The core of which is mostly the folks in Goddess of Arno Balkan Band. Over President’s Day Weekend mid-February is Klezmerquerque, a major national event with music top music teacher/performers and a top Klezmer dance lead/teacher - workshops plus Friday and Saturday night concerts-parties and more.
LOS ALAMOS Weekly recreational folk dancing on Tuesdays at 7:15: In the Los Alamos Performing Arts Center, 1670 Nectar St.CONTACT: Rick Wallace walla...@comcast.net 505-662-5844 or --pla...@mindspring.com.
Albuquerque Greek Community:
Annual Greek Festival at the Greek Orthodox Church 318 High St. SE, first weekend in October
(Santa Fe Greek Festival usually in June, sometimes July)
Occasional Greek Dance Workshops at the Church on High St.
Annual ABQ Folk Festival (with Dance program) in June
Annual Turkish Festival on a Saturday, possibly in May, outside the Raindrop Foundation at Pennsylvania and Mountain, NE Corner.
Goddess of Arno Balkan Band holds two regular annual Balkan Bashes - October around Thanksgiving & Early April, and other special events.
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Enjoy!