Celebrating Jewishness and Dance
March 6, 2022
4-6 p.m. MST | via Zoom
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Celebrate the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance. This groundbreaking new book from Oxford University Press documents and celebrates the significant impact of Jewish identity on the dance world. Focusing on North America, Europe, and Israel in the 20th and 21st centuries, this handbook highlights the sometimes surprising, often hidden and overlooked Jewish resonances within a range of styles from modern and postmodern dance to folk dance and flamenco. During this session you will hear from the editors and several contributors to the Handbook as they explore the powerful convergence of dance with Jewish culture and identity from diverse perspectives.
program Introduction Hava Tirosh-Samuelson | Director, ASU Jewish Studies Naomi Jackson | Arizona State University Reflections on the Publication of The Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance Liz Lerman | Arizona State University HaMapah/The Map: Navigating Intersections Adam McKinney | Texas Christian University (Not Just) Az der rebbe tantst: Toward an Inclusive History of Hasidic Dance Jill Gellerman | Dance ethnographer Editorial Reflections Toni Shapiro-Phim | Brandeis University Raising Cain: Dancing the Ethics and Poetics of Diaspora Flamenco K. Meira Goldberg | Fashion Institute of Technology Facilitated Movement Session Rebecca Pappas | Trinity College Reclaiming my Jewish Yemenite Heritage Ze’eva Cohen | Professor Emerita, Princeton University I, You, We: Dancing Interconnections and Jewish Betweens Hannah Schwadron | Florida State University Victoria Marks | UCLA Q&A
volume contributors
event sponsors ASU Jewish Studies jewishstudies.asu.edu The Jewish Studies Program at Trinity College trincoll.edu/jewish-studies
Philip Szporer Jill Gellerman Naomi M. Jackson Joel Gereboff Steven Weintraub Jesse Zaritt Gdalit Neuman Nina S. Spiegel Dege Feder Talia Perlshtein Reuven Tabull Rachel Sagee Efrat Nehama Joshua Schmidt Adam W. McKinney Hannah Schwadron Victoria Marks Marion Kant Liora Bing-Heidecker Judith Chazin-Bennahum K. Meira Goldberg Christi Jay Wells Ze'eva Cohen Douglas Rosenberg Ninotchka Bennahum Anna Halprin Miriam Roskin Berger Marsha Perlmutter Kalina Johanna Climenko Joanna Gewertz Harris Laure Guilbert Rebecca Pappas Alexx Shilling Yehuda Hyman Suzanne Miller Rebecca Rossen Melissa Melpignano Meghan Quinlan Dana Shalev Dina Roginsky Eileen Levinson Avia Moore Hadar Ahuvia Hannah Kosstrin