Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
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Book
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ISBN 10
0814333303
ISBN 13
9780814333303
Category
NON-FICTION
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Pages
472
Subject
Judaism -- Customs and practices. ; Dance -- Social aspects -- Israel. ; Folk dancing, Israeli. ;
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Abstract
In Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance, choreographer, dancer, and dance scholar Judith Brin Ingber collects wide-ranging essays and many remarkable photographs to explore the evolution of Jewish dance through two thousand years of Diaspora, in communities of amazing variety and amid changing traditions. Ingber and other eminent scholars consider dancers individually and in community, defining Jewish dance broadly to encompass religious ritual, community folk dance, and choreographed performance. Taken together, this wide range of expression illustrates the vitality, necessity, and continuity of dance in Judaism. This volume combines dancers' own views of their art with scholarly examinations of Jewish dance conducted in Europe, Israel, other Middle East areas, Africa, and the Americas.
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