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dybbuk

In Jewish folklore, the soul of a dead sinner which has entered the body of a living person.



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Last month she lit Big Dance Theater's new work, The Other Here, at the Japan Society and remounted Robbins' Dybbuk for New York City Ballet.
In an author's note, Rogasky discusses the role of the dybbuk in Jewish folklore and underscores her desire to write a version of a "strange love story" that "defies custom, reason, religion, perhaps even the divine.
 
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