A group of musicians in colorful attire, some playing instruments like a saxophone and accordion, pose in the foreground with a poster advertising a "Klezmer Jam & Yiddish Dance" event in the background.

Rad Yiddish (Can)

LXCL:Please pay what you can. $20 Suggested. Additional donations welcome!

Please pay what you can. $20 Suggested

Rad Yiddish and Marching Disorder Present:KLEZMER JAM &amp; YIDDISH DANCE with Martin van de Ven, Cassie Norton, &amp; Emily Glass! 📅Saturday, September 26 @ 2:00-4:30PM&nbsp;📍TACO TACO - Back Room -&nbsp;319 August Ave., Kensington Market⌚2:00PM&nbsp;- Set up your instruments | 2:30-4:30PM&nbsp;- Jamming &amp; Dancing 🌮Ordering food or drinks? Tell them you&#39;re with the Klezmer Jam and our non-profit gets a reduction on the venue cost!&nbsp;😷This event requires masks when not eating, drinking, or playing a wind instrument ***** 🎻MUSICIANS:Grab your instrument and join us at TacoTaco for Rad Yiddish &amp; Marching Disorder&#39;s Klezmer Jam &amp; Yiddish Dance!&nbsp; --Every month we&#39;ll share the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/195vQD7xh81MOpDmkMx6uvM-6LTNsJyy6?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">charts &amp; set list</a> ahead of time:&nbsp;--We&#39;ll play through all or some of these tunes, and change up the order depending on jam attendee requests--Bring your own stand &amp; sheet music!&nbsp; 💃DANCERS / AUDIENCE:Not a musician? Emily Glass will lead Yiddish dance. NO experience necessary! --Come learn the dance steps that go with klezmer music! Yiddish dance is a social folk dance danced in circles, squares, and lines.--Emily will lead us in various dances such as freylekhs, zhoks, bulgars, and turkishers.&nbsp;--Yiddish dance can be modified for those using mobility devices or need to dance seated, by learning the arm movements. ACCESSIBILITYTacoTaco has :-- ♿a step-free entrance through the side alley&nbsp;to the left of the main entrance directly to their back room where the event takes place. It does not have a power door. Please let us know on the registration form if you require assistance to open the side-alley door. You can also inform restaurant staff upon arrival (there is 1 large step up to the front door from the patio). -- 🚾TacoTaco has two large single-stall non-gendered washrooms that can fit a mobility device. The washrooms do not have a power door. 😷This event requires masks when not eating, drinking, or playing a wind instrument to keep our community safe. -- Please wear a K95 or equivalent respirator. -- We may have some at the door if you forget to bring yours. -- Please note that the rest of the venue outside the event (which takes place in a separate back room) will likely have unmasked individuals and there may be unmasked individuals at this event who have talked to us about not being able to mask or who are unmasked to play their instruments. -- We operate under the understanding that when the vast majority of people in a space are masked, this reduces risk of transmission many-fold and makes it possible for more folks in our community to safely attend our events. -- No one turned away for not masking but we ask those who are able to mask to do so. DIRECTIONS&nbsp;🚌PUBLIC TRANSIT: The closest TTC routes are the College (506), Spadina (510), or Dundas (505) streetcars or the Bathurst (7) bus. 🚗DRIVING: There is limited street parking in Kensington Market. The closest parking garages are Impark at 297 College St. or Kensington Parking Garage at 20 St. Andrew St. BY DONATION / PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN This jam is by-donation / pay-what-you-can, suggested $20. Funds are split evenly between the people leading this event, including the three band leaders Martin, Cassie, and a rotating guest lead, the dance leader Emily, and Rad Yiddish. WORKSHOP LEADER BIOS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;A mainstay of the Canadian klezmer scene, Martin van de Ven (he/him) performs with Canada&rsquo;s hottest klezmer band, Beyond the Pale. A unique stylist, he brings fire, elegance, and humour to his performances with the award-winning group. He has composed, arranged, and directed performances for Toronto production companies including Jumblies Theatre, Theatre Columbus, Queen of Pudding Theatre, and the Ashkenaz Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Over the past decade, he has written a number of choral works in collaboration with Jumblies Theatre director Ruth Howard. He has also collaborated as composer and arranger with Beth Anne Cole on her recent album, Perhaps the Gods of Love. Martin recently retired from his work as a music teacher with the Toronto District School Board and is now an active freelance musician. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Emily Glass (she/her) is a professional language teacher and community dancer who grew up near Vancouver. Since falling in love with Yiddish at her first beginner class at the University of Ottawa in 2015, she has been active in the Yiddish cultural world, participating in the Steiner Summer Program at the Yiddish Book Centre, KlezKanada, Yiddish Summer Paris, and Yiddish New York. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;In 2024, Emily took a break from teaching high school to do a masters in Yiddish Studies at the University of Toronto. During her graduate studies, and under the mentorship of KlezKanada&#39;s Avia Moore, she researched how Ashkenazi ways of being have been expressed in dance cultures. Subsequently, she has led Yiddish dance workshops and events in Toronto and Vancouver. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Cassie Norton (she/her) is a Toronto-based violinist/singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and improvisor. Currently she is hosting the Song Experiment Series at the Tranzac (a performance based song lab for collaboration and creative exploration in a variety of styles), playing in the Feel Good Family Band (jazz, experimental, folk), Marching Disorder (New Orleans, Klezmer, resistance music), and Life To Liberation. On top of her performance experience, Cassie teaches violin, string ensemble, ukulele, and songwriting with Community Music Schools of Toronto.&nbsp; &nbsp; Cassie brings her passion for music to her climate/social justice activism through performance, musical workshops and song leading. Cassie has been a musician and dancer with social folk dance communities for the past 10 years. She is currently on the Balfolk Toronto board, and plays regularly for Toronto English Country Dance. She is newer to klezmer music and excited to be supporting the Rad Yiddish x Marching Disorder monthly dance jam series.&nbsp;

Rad Yiddish and Marching Disorder Present:KLEZMER JAM &amp; YIDDISH DANCE with Martin van de Ven, Cassie Norton, &amp; Emily Glass! 📅Saturday, September 26 @ 2:00-4:30PM 📍TACO TACO - Back Room - 319 August Ave., Kensington Market⌚2:00PM - Set up your instruments | 2:30-4:30PM - Jamming &amp; Dancing 🌮Ordering food or drinks? Tell them you're with the Klezmer Jam and our non-profit gets a reduction on the venue cost! 😷This event requires masks when not eating, drinking, or playing a wind instrument ***** 🎻MUSICIANS:Grab your instrument and join us at TacoTaco for Rad Yiddish &amp; Marching Disorder's Klezmer Jam &amp; Yiddish Dance!  --Every month we'll share the <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/195vQD7xh81MOpDmkMx6uvM-6LTNsJyy6?usp=sharing" target="_blank">charts &amp; set list</a> ahead of time: --We'll play through all or some of these tunes, and change up the order depending on jam attendee requests--Bring your own stand &amp; sheet music!  💃DANCERS / AUDIENCE:Not a musician? Emily Glass will lead Yiddish dance. NO experience necessary! --Come learn the dance steps that go with klezmer music! Yiddish dance is a social folk dance danced in circles, squares, and lines.--Emily will lead us in various dances such as freylekhs, zhoks, bulgars, and turkishers. --Yiddish dance can be modified for those using mobility devices or need to dance seated, by learning the arm movements. ACCESSIBILITYTacoTaco has :-- ♿a step-free entrance through the side alley to the left of the main entrance directly to their back room where the event takes place. It does not have a power door. Please let us know on the registration form if you require assistance to open the side-alley door. You can also inform restaurant staff upon arrival (there is 1 large step up to the front door from the patio). -- 🚾TacoTaco has two large single-stall non-gendered washrooms that can fit a mobility device. The washrooms do not have a power door. 😷This event requires masks when not eating, drinking, or playing a wind instrument to keep our community safe. -- Please wear a K95 or equivalent respirator. -- We may have some at the door if you forget to bring yours. -- Please note that the rest of the venue outside the event (which takes place in a separate back room) will likely have unmasked individuals and there may be unmasked individuals at this event who have talked to us about not being able to mask or who are unmasked to play their instruments. -- We operate under the understanding that when the vast majority of people in a space are masked, this reduces risk of transmission many-fold and makes it possible for more folks in our community to safely attend our events. -- No one turned away for not masking but we ask those who are able to mask to do so. DIRECTIONS 🚌PUBLIC TRANSIT: The closest TTC routes are the College (506), Spadina (510), or Dundas (505) streetcars or the Bathurst (7) bus. 🚗DRIVING: There is limited street parking in Kensington Market. The closest parking garages are Impark at 297 College St. or Kensington Parking Garage at 20 St. Andrew St. BY DONATION / PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN This jam is by-donation / pay-what-you-can, suggested $20. Funds are split evenly between the people leading this event, including the three band leaders Martin, Cassie, and a rotating guest lead, the dance leader Emily, and Rad Yiddish. WORKSHOP LEADER BIOS     A mainstay of the Canadian klezmer scene, Martin van de Ven (he/him) performs with Canada’s hottest klezmer band, Beyond the Pale. A unique stylist, he brings fire, elegance, and humour to his performances with the award-winning group. He has composed, arranged, and directed performances for Toronto production companies including Jumblies Theatre, Theatre Columbus, Queen of Pudding Theatre, and the Ashkenaz Foundation.      Over the past decade, he has written a number of choral works in collaboration with Jumblies Theatre director Ruth Howard. He has also collaborated as composer and arranger with Beth Anne Cole on her recent album, Perhaps the Gods of Love. Martin recently retired from his work as a music teacher with the Toronto District School Board and is now an active freelance musician.      Emily Glass (she/her) is a professional language teacher and community dancer who grew up near Vancouver. Since falling in love with Yiddish at her first beginner class at the University of Ottawa in 2015, she has been active in the Yiddish cultural world, participating in the Steiner Summer Program at the Yiddish Book Centre, KlezKanada, Yiddish Summer Paris, and Yiddish New York.      In 2024, Emily took a break from teaching high school to do a masters in Yiddish Studies at the University of Toronto. During her graduate studies, and under the mentorship of KlezKanada's Avia Moore, she researched how Ashkenazi ways of being have been expressed in dance cultures. Subsequently, she has led Yiddish dance workshops and events in Toronto and Vancouver.          Cassie Norton (she/her) is a Toronto-based violinist/singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and improvisor. Currently she is hosting the Song Experiment Series at the Tranzac (a performance based song lab for collaboration and creative exploration in a variety of styles), playing in the Feel Good Family Band (jazz, experimental, folk), Marching Disorder (New Orleans, Klezmer, resistance music), and Life To Liberation. On top of her performance experience, Cassie teaches violin, string ensemble, ukulele, and songwriting with Community Music Schools of Toronto.    Cassie brings her passion for music to her climate/social justice activism through performance, musical workshops and song leading. Cassie has been a musician and dancer with social folk dance communities for the past 10 years. She is currently on the Balfolk Toronto board, and plays regularly for Toronto English Country Dance. She is newer to klezmer music and excited to be supporting the Rad Yiddish x Marching Disorder monthly dance jam series.

Rad Yiddish (Can)

Klezmer Jam & Yiddish Dance - September 26!

319 Augusta Ave

Please pay what you can. $20 Suggested

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