It has played horas, polkas and Irish jigs.
One could hear mariachi ballads, polkas, horas and Gypsy tunes played on accordion, bouzouki, violins.
The correct quotation is, of course, "Horas non numero nisi serenas".
Many of the survivors were still vigorous enough to dance horas in a tent village behind the museum.
However, a shift had occurred by the 1870s, with the emergence of the teatro por horas ("one-hour theatre").
The teatro por horas pieces appealed particularly to the urban working class, who could see in most pieces their own experiences and the life of their city onstage.
It's Klezmer and Ska "We've had gigs where Rastafarians do horas with elderly Jewish ladies," said Nick Balaban, a composer, keyboardist and member of Klezska.
But its structures borrow from the shtetl's non-Jewish neighbors: many of klezmer's classic forms -- doinas, horas, freylekhs and bulgars -- have Romanian and Ukrainian folk roots.
Ms. Rodríguez and Ms. Felipe returned to New York last year, staging an off-Broadway production of their play "Las Horas de Belén," which received an Obie award.
In addition, the teatro por horas proved to be economically advantageous for entrepreneurial impresarios because its short duration permitted the presentation of several performances in a single day.
The pace on Pirate's Choice picks up after Utru Horas with the sensuous, lilting Coumba, which is set to a rumba rhythm.
