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\ MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1935 \
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Progran1.
I. Dance of Greeting Arr. from Folk Tune
REKUD AMI
II . Three Dances
1. Prelude
2. Sarabande
3 . Dance Romantique
CORINNE CHOCHEM
II I. Trilogy of Exile
1. Spain , 1492- Submission
2 . Germany, 1933- Defiance
3 . Persecution
No curtain between dances
REKUD AMI
IV. White Doves
CORINNE CHOCHEM
V. Three Poems ......... .. .... .. ... ... .. ..
1. Release
2 . Quivering Echoes
3. Revolt
No curtain between dances
CORINNE CHOCHEM
VI . Wedding Dances
1. Shear
2 . Handkerchief Dance
REKUD AMI
INTERMISSION
Shostakovitch
Henry Brant
John Chagy
David Grunes
David Grunes
. John Chagy
Golub
Lutsky
Folk
VII . Prayer .. .... ... .. .. .. . Ernest Bloch
Supplication
From " Jewish Life"
BERNARD GREENhOUSE
VIII . Hebraic Dance Rachmaninoff
BERNARD GREENHOUSE
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IX. City of the Dead ...... John Chagy
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XI.
XII .
Based upon the poems, "Eyr Ho-harega" and "AI Ha-shechi -
ta", by Chaim Nachman Bialik, written following the Kish-enev
program in 1905. The Poet calls upon the Dead for a
reckoning; demanding why they died in submission, without
resistance. In despair he turns to the heavens and informs
them that he has lost his way to God.
CORINNE CHOCHEM AND REKUD AMI
Shelter Me Beneath Thy Pinion
Bialik in a poem interprets the yearnings
ivah Bochur' ' (Talmudical student) .
............ ... Bialik
of a young "Yesh-
CORINNE CHOCHEM
Awakening of the Earth
The arid, untilled soil of Palestine comes
persistent toil of the Jewish Pioneers.
REKUD AMI
... Mannie Kaplan
to I ife through the
Yemenite on a Donkey ............. . .. ... .... .. ...... . I bert
CORINNE CHOCHEM
XIII. Beautiful Are the Nights in Cannan
CORINNE CHOCHEM
Folk Tune
XIV. Hora .. . .... ... .... ..... .... ... ........ .. .... .. ......... .... Zeira
Jew1sh youth , groping for fulfillment, realizes itself in the
rebuilding of the Homeland.
REKUD AMI
The last two numbers are repeated this season by special request.
PIANO ACCOMPANIST
ASSISTANT ACCOMPANIST
VOCAL RENDITIONS
. ........ .. John Chagy
Belle Turkenitch
Colman Zwitman
Costumes for dances II., No. 2; IV., IX. and X were designed
by Nathan Lichtman, and all costumes executed by Mrs. Rose
Moskow.
Lighting and Stage Management by Nathan Lichtman,
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REKUD AMI
(Dance of My People)
Directed by Corinne Chochem
Members of the Croup: Pearl Agriss, Estelle Argand, May
Blumenfeld, Rose Bornstein , Eve Chippin , Mathilda Dai tch,
Ruth Ellis, Judith G ro~s . Babbette Jameson, Henrietta Puro,
Belle Ricn , Rose Segal , Malvina Sachs, Mabel Shaw, Mildred
Sussman and Anita Cohen Volow.
