AC/E is collaborating with the National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene in New York, by supporting the participation of the company Aire Distribución de Espectáculos at this edition of Kulturfest, the Festival of Jewish Peforming Art, which will present its show Circus Klezmer, directed by Adrián Schvarzstein.
Klezmer music emerged in villages of Eastern Europe, where Jewish life was intense before the Second World War. It is a music for weddings and celebrations with great depth and exuberant in its forms, joyful yet melancholic – a very circus-like, romantic and dreamy music that develops in folk settings. The characteristic humour of Yiddish culture is the inspiration for this contemporary circus show in which the acts accompany well-defined characters and the story is set in a village in Eastern Europe that is neither near nor far, where preparations are being made for a grand feast, in a period that is neither now nor then. In a photograph of the sort we sometimes see in our memories, the amusing wedding of the Circus Klezmer takes place among laughter and tricks.
Klezmer music emerged in villages of Eastern Europe, where Jewish life was intense before the Second World War. It is a music for weddings and celebrations with great depth and exuberant in its forms, joyful yet melancholic – a very circus-like, romantic and dreamy music that develops in folk settings. The characteristic humour of Yiddish culture is the inspiration for this contemporary circus show in which the acts accompany well-defined characters and the story is set in a village in Eastern Europe that is neither near nor far, where preparations are being made for a grand feast, in a period that is neither now nor then. In a photograph of the sort we sometimes see in our memories, the amusing wedding of the Circus Klezmer takes place among laughter and tricks.