Wednesday, Feb 06, 2008

Interview with dancer/choreographer Felix Fibich by Rachel Birtha Eitches- KK 2005

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Felix Fibich is KlezKamp's most senior faculty member. His first memories of Jewish dance came from his early experiences at synagogue with his father, who was from the chasidic Modzitcher rebbe's court. At 22, Felix escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto into Russian territory. In Bialystok, he met up with his own dance teacher from Warsaw, Judith Berg, whom he married. After moving to the US, together they brought the world of traditional Yiddish dance gestures to a new audience. Felix is an accomplished actor and choreographer with many Broadway, movie and television credits.

This interview, conducted at KlezKamp 2005 by radio journalist Rachel Birtha Eitches, traces Felix's remarkable life and career. Felix, a nonagenarian, continues to teach dance and choreograph student dances at KlezKamp. Biz 120!

Rachel Birtha Eitches, who has a Ph.D. in Intercultural Communication, recently retired from an international multimedia journalism career with the Voice of America. A member of Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC, she attended KlezKamp in 2005 and 2007 with her twin daughters, Elyse, who played trumpet in the KlezKamp Youth Orchestra, and Naomi, who joined her mother in the class that performed Felix Fibich's latest Jewish dance choreography in the KlezKamp student show.

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