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2022, 2024, 2026
The Klezmer Kitchen Party (Montreal, Canada)
The Klezmer Kitchen Party is an iconic tradition of the Canadian folk scene. Conceived and created as a virtual program, and later reformatted as a live concert, this project brings klezmer music, Yiddish dance, and Yiddish song to the table.

2020-2023
Compass Roses
An invitational contemporary Morris dance ensemble assembled to perform all original dances as international guests at the Sidmouth Folk Festival.

2022
Yiddishland Pavilion, Venice Bienale (Venice, Italy)
Yiddish dance as part of the Yiddishland Pavilion, the first independent transnational pavilion bringing together artists and scholars who activate Yiddish and the diasporic Jewish discourse in contemporary artistic practice. Curated by Yevgeniy Fiks and Maria Veitz.

2012
Bluer than Blue: An Illustrated Song Cycle (Krakow/Berlin/Montreal)
A journey of Yiddish songs, this cycle is accompanied by a visual flurry of light, paper, and the written word, and reveals the hope and perseverance of creativity and art through the worst conditions.

2011
I Do, Podolia!
A love letter to Canada’s largest annual festival of Yiddish culture, this music video celebrates music, community, and culture.

2011
The Dybbuk (Montreal, Canada)
Wealth, virtue, and destiny collide in An-ski’s portrayal of haunted love, featuring an all-female cast with new musical settings.

2021-present
Artistic Director
KlezKanada
KlezKanada fosters Yiddish cultural and artistic creativity worldwide as a living tradition and a constantly evolving contemporary culture and identity.

Previous roles with KlezKanada:
Scholarship Coordinator (2007-2011, 2015-2022)
Artistic Coordinator, Summer Retreat (2009-2010)
Administrative Director (2007-2009)

2018-204
Member at Large, Governing Board
Country Dance and Song Society
Founded in 1915, CDSS supports people in building and sustaining vibrant communities through participatory dance, music, and song traditions.

2018
Founding/Organizing Committee
Form the Ocean
The first of its kind in the contra dance community, Form the Ocean was a contra dance and creative retreat for women+.

2014-2017
Founding Board of Directors
Brooklyn Contra/Traditions Unlimited
Brooklyn Contra supports the dynamic cultural evolution of traditional music and dance by hosting a season of dances and special events, as well as educational programs for dancers, musicians, and callers.

Unpacking a Production of the Dybbuk: An Artist’s Reflection
Moore, Avia. “Unpacking a Production of the Dybbuk: An Artist’s Reflection.” The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play that Possessed the World, Edited by Debra Caplan and Rachel Moss, University of Michigan Press, Forthcoming (2023).

Take My Hand: Reflections on Cultivating Dancing Communities Through Yiddish Dance
Moore, Avia. “Take My Hand: Reflections on Cultivating Dancing Communities Through Yiddish Dance.” Oxford Handbook on Jewishness and Dance in Contemporary Perspective, Edited by Naomi Jackson et al, Oxford University Press, 2021.

Dartington as a Continuing Praxis
2018 Hart, Sarah and Avia Moore. “Dartington as a Continuing Praxis.” Theatre, Dance, and Performance Training, vol. 9, no.3, 2018.

Dramaturg For Hire: Contextual Dramaturgy for a Global (St)Age
Moore, Avia and Jessica Kaplow Applebaum. "Dramaturg For Hire: Contextual Dramaturgy for a Global (St)Age." In K. Amine & G.F. Robertson, Eds., Alternative Dramaturgies (pp. 79–90). Collaborative Media International, 2015.

Yiddish Dance Conference (Canada)
I Dance to My Own Rhythm: Teaching the Heterogestic in Embodied contexts

International Federation of Theatre Research Conference (Iceland)
Shabbes Of The Year: Re-Centering Community Through Collective Performance At Klezkanada

Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Conference (Virtual)
Featured Event: “The Backwards March”: an Interactive Evening with KlezKanada

Western Jewish Studies Association Conference (Virtual)
Embodying Jewish Spaces: Collective Movement at KlezKanada and Yiddish New York

Jews and Jewishness in the Dance World (Arizona State University)
Performing the Archive: Considering Re/Embodiment Through Yiddish Dance

Alternative Dramaturgies for the New Millenium (Morocco)
Dramaturg for Hire: Contextual Dramaturgy for a Global (St)age