Limmud NY 2016

80s Klezmer Aerobics is an interactive dance/storytelling workout where "the 1880s meets the 1980s." As Daniel leads the workout, he tells the original story "Levi and the Old Badchen", a story about a dancer and his apprentice. The audience learns the dances of the Old Badchen and of Levi, and the dances that Levi learns when he runs off to Warsaw. Framing this experience, Daniel speaks of the 1980s klezmer revival and parallels the technological shifts and cultural evolutions of the Jewish people.