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From Russia With Love

Klezmer musicians from the former
Soviet Union join staples of New York's Yiddish
theater for an outdoor concert.

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expect," says Cooper, who plans
Yiddish cultural and educational activ-
ities as director of the Center for
wo stars of New York's
Cultural Jewish Life at the Workmen's
Yiddish theater and almost
Circle in New York.
a dozen Russian klezmer
"This is directed toward an inter-
musicians will be featured
generational audience that doesn't
in this year's Yiddish Concert in the
have to know Yiddish. We take audi-
Park staged by Workmen's
ences on a big ride with joyous dance
Circle/Arbeter Ring, Michigan
music through songs that are emotion-
District.
ally contemporary, unlike the tradi-
Adrienne Cooper, a founding mem-
tionally sentimental performances that
ber of Joseph Papp's
build on anxiety about
Yiddish Theater, and
being at a distance from
Adrienne C .00per
Zalman Mlotek, co-artistic and Zalma n Mlotek:
the culture of grandpar-
director of the Folksbiene
Audiences will hear
ents and Europe."
Yiddish in a "way
Yiddish Theater, will lead
Cooper and Mlotek
the concert, which begins 7 they might not expect." met the klezmer artists,
p.m. Monday, July 10, in
who also will do shows in
Charlotte Rothstein Park in Oak Park.
New York and Cleveland, through
Mlotek and Cooper are meeting
summer workshops they conducted in
with the instrumentalists in Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia.
shortly before their Oak Park appear-
"We've taught a group of Jewish
ance to plan the program; most of the
musicians, cultural activists and educa-
musicians will be visiting the United
tors who made personal choices to con-
States for the first time. The Russian
tinue to live in Russia," says Cooper,
performers take part in festivals and
whose voice has been featured on 20
music competitions in the former
recordings, including The Partisans of
Soviet Union and Europe.
Vilna, the only Yiddish release ever
"Our audiences are going to hear
Yiddish in a way they might not
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE on page 75

SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News

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