Weimar Yiddish Summer, Weimar, Germany, Jul 9 - Aug 9
The Weimar Yiddish Summer, runs this year from July 9 through August 9 in Weimar, Germany.
- Jul 9–15: Concert Project DIASPORA REDUX
- Jul 14–15: Symposium: Klezmer and other "other" musics
- Jul 18–25: Instrumental Workshop: Tradition & New Impulses
- Jul 27–31: Yiddish Dance Music for Musicians Workshop
July 28–31Yiddish Dance Workshop
Yiddish dance and dance music reflects centuries of both tradition and interaction with surrounding cultures. In this workshop you can learn or deepen your knowledge of traditional Yiddish dance genres such as freylekhs and sher, European cross-over genres such as terkisher and korobushka, and for the first time in Germany, the modern orthodox "simkhe" repertoire that grew in America in the last 50 years. Dance teachers Erik Bendix (North Carolina), Jill Gellerman (New York), Helene Domergue (Nimes), and Andreas Schmitges (Kn) are joined by dance band leaders Binyomin Ginsberg (New York) and Christian Dawid (Berlin) in daily dance classes, coached music ensembles, and evening dance parties. The dance workshop is for beginning through advanced dancers. The dance music workshop is for experienced musicians wanting to go deeper into Yiddish dance music. - Aug 2–Aug 9: Beginning and Intermediate Yiddish Language Course
- Aug 2–Aug 9: Yiddish Song Workshop
For further information and application and application, www.yiddish-summer-weimar.de