Dance
Yiddish Dance is the folk dance tradition that developed in tandem with klezmer music.
While there are set circle, line and square dance forms, the heart of Yiddish dance is in individual improvisation, where people interact with each other and with the music through expressive styling. In the videos below, you'll see (1, 2, 3) leading Yiddish social dance with live music, (4) performing improvised couple dancing, (5) a promenade going into social dancing, and (6, 7) newly choreographed performances, incorporating folk motifs.
Leading Yiddish Social Dancing
New York Klezmer Series at the Funky Joe's, NY, 2018
Leading Yiddish Social Dancing
New York Klezmer Series at the Funky Joe's, NY, 2018
Improvised Yiddish couple dancing
Krakow Jewish Music Festival, Poland, 2015
Promenade and Yiddish social dancing
Yiddish Summer Weimar, Germany, 2016
Leading Yiddish Social Dancing
New York Klezmer Series at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, NY, 2015
Performing in a Yiddish Dance Flashmob
Yiddish Summer Weimar, Germany, 2014
Performing contemporary Yiddish Dance of Death
Klezkanada, Quebec, Canada, 2014
Leading the Israeli dance Kuma Echa at the Yiddish Summer Weimar Dance Ball, 2018