Rad Yiddish and UJPO Present:
KLEZMER INSTRUMENTAL: PLAYING for YIDDISH DANCE with Martin van de Ven
📅 Saturday, January 31 @ 2:00-4:30PM
📍Trinity St. Paul’s Church – 427 Bloor St. W. – Chapel Room
ABOUT
Come learn the dance steps that go with klezmer music! Yiddish dance is a social folk dance danced in circles, squares, and lines. In this workshop, Emily will teach us to dance freylekhs, zhoks, bulgars, turkishers, and a sher.
NO dance experience necessary! Yiddish dance can be modified for those using mobility devices or need to dance seated, by learning the arm movements.
Live music for the workshop provided by Emilyn Stam and the following members of Marching Disorder: Gabriel Levine. Cassie Norton, Yoshi Wall, and Jonas Spring.
WORKSHOP LEADER BIO
Emily Glass (she/her) is a professional language teacher and community dancer who grew up near Vancouver. Since falling in love with Yiddish at her first beginner class at the University of Ottawa in 2015, she has been active in the Yiddish cultural world, participating in the Steiner Summer Program at the Yiddish Book Centre, KlezKanada, Yiddish Summer Paris, and Yiddish New York.
In 2024, Emily took a break from teaching high school to do a masters in Yiddish Studies at the University of Toronto. During her graduate studies, and under the mentorship of KlezKanada’s Avia Moore, she researched how Ashkenazi ways of being have been expressed in dance cultures. Subsequently, she has led Yiddish dance workshops and events in Toronto and Vancouver.
ACCESS
TSP is located at the southwest corner of Bloor Street and Robert Street. For accessible entry use the main entrance on Bloor Street on the north side of the building.
— Trinity-St. Paul’s is fully accessible on the main floor, including access to the main door, Sanctuary, Gymnasium, Circle Room, Memorial Room, Chapel, Studio and washrooms.
— Trinity-St. Paul’s owns a wheelchair for use within the building.
— Staff are available to assist you when needed; please just inform them and they are happy to help.
— Service animals are welcome in all parts of the premises that are open to the public.– TSP provides training to all staff as well as volunteers, including an overview of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the requirements of the customer service standard’s plan.
😷Masks required whenever possible
— Please wear a K95 or equivalent respirator (Some musicians of course won’t be able to be masked, but the more masked participants, the more we keep each other safe.)
— We will have some at the door if you forget to bring yours.
— Please note that the rest of the building outside the workshop will likely have unmasked individuals and there may be unmasked individuals at this event who have talked to us ahead of time about not being able to mask. The workshop facilitator may be unmasked.
— We operate under the understanding that when the vast majority of people in a space are masked, this reduces risk of transmission many-fold and makes it possible for more vulnerable folks in our community to attend our events.-
DIRECTIONS
Public Transit
— The nearest TTC station is Spadina Station, located just north of the intersection of Spadina and Bloor.
— For a fully accessible exit from the subway station, use the Spadina Street exit. Head south to Bloor street, then turn right and head west to the next intersection at Robert Street.
Parking
– Paid parking, including accessible parking, is available across the street on Robert Street at the Green P lot on the south side of the Metro grocery store.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Klezmer and Yiddish Dance Workshop Series is presented with generous support from the Ontario Arts Council.
