Using improvisational techniques within the niggunim, people find a way to express themselves through their own musical language
Niggunim are the age old Jewish songs without words. Using improvisational techniques within the niggunim, people find a way to express themselves through their own musical language. Niggunim form a part of Jewish worship that enables the singer (either solo or in groups) to bring about a change in consciousness. This change in consciousness is known as «Dveykes», or «union with (cleaving to) God». This state of ecstasy is attained by singing the melody for anything up to one hour, when a state of trance and bliss is reached. The workshops also shows how a group (or community) is more than equal to the sum of its parts. No previous experience of improvised singing required.