About Firelech

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FIRELECH WAS BORN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2000 WHEN

CHOREOGRAPHER ANNA KRAVETS SUGGESTED AN IDEA OF

A JEWISH MUSICAL THEATRE TO A GROUP OF

ENTHUSIASTIC FANS OF YIDDISH FOLK MUSIC.

A "FIRELECH" IS A "SPARK" WHICH DESCRIBES THE

FIRELECH GROUP AND IT'S ENTRANCE ONTO THE

ENTERTAINMENT SCENE OF JEWISH CULTURE IN BOSTON.

"FIRELECH" ROOTS COME FROM ANOTHER JEWISH GROUP

WITH THE SAME NAME. IN VILNIUS (LITHUANIA).

IN 1971 A GROUP OF PEOPLE ORGANIZED A JEWISH

ENSEMBLE OF MUSIC AND DANCE, WHICH WAS CALLED

"FIRELECH". THAT ENSEMBLE BECAME WELL KNOWN IN

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND AROUND THE WORLD. IN

1989 ANNA KRAVETS BECAME THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

AND CHOREOGRAPHER OF THAT GROUP.