Yiddish Bottle Dance

Steve Weintraub demonstrates Yiddish Bottle dancing in Baltimore 3/4/06

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Film & Animation

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• Steve
• Weintraub
• yiddish
• bottle
• dance
• klezmer

[Musikantos]

what is the name of this background music?

[elliethemutt]

I was, but not proud of it, in the band. all these tunes have many names. our band was better than that, but we hadn't decided on what to play while he bottle danced, then we called out a tune's name but the flutist, on melody, had trouble picking up the melody (from ALL of us) but we knew it as Heymisher Bulgar

[yehoseff]

todah rabbah!!! can sum1 tel me the title of that klezmer melody..I'v been lookin for it...

[elliethemutt]

heymisher bulgar

[yehoseff]

thanx so much...

[elliethemutt]

I think we pulled the tune off of the wonderful CD Fleytmusik by Adrianne Greenbaum

[burqabob]

You abuse the tradition of it, but well in a way that seems to enjoy people. :-)

[darkiansmith]

The music and the dance are both incredibly cool.

[zimcoin111]

sick

[Lagolop]

@LailaRaqs

This is not a Middle Eastern dance; it is European in origin and any similarity I think is coincidence. Many Eastern European cultures (not just Jewish per se) have their own versions of bottle dances that I do not think have any connection to the Middle East.

[JolieShoulamite]

moi, j'épouse le mec qui me fait çà!!! ;-)

[wordsmystrys]

When you said in your initial posting how "The dance represents a constant balance of personal ability in mind and soul. It stands for the celebration that has survived centuries, and will thereafter. It is a symbol of how we may form festivity with our spirit and dance for our better health and for the glory of a higher power.:" (very well put btw)

I highly agree; such things as this are Classics and shall endure long after we are gone.

[Taskat]

Exactly. Well said.

[LailaRaqs]

I think that's a fascinating metaphor. Balancing objects like this is a very common feature of Middle Easter dance- swords, trays, even multi-tiered lit candleabras. I love how the meaning shifts from culture to culture.