Hi all!
Just an update that there will be no class this week,
Thanksgiving week. Next week, in December and from here
on we will be switching back to the 730-930 schedule, 2
classes beginning with Turkish Gypsy, ending with
Bellydance…. same location, same everything else:)
Happy Thanksgiving and hope to see you all!
Amelia
ELLEN’s HIP HOP BELLY BURN class was well attended and enjoyed
by everyone, so we are squeezing another one into the schedule
for THURSDAY Dec 6th.
7:30-8:40
You just need a working vocabulary of either Belly Dance
OR Hip Hop.
Class is fun and sweaty!
Ellen is a gem of a teacher!
Techno POWER BELLY with Laura Rose
Friday at 6PM
Hello …Holidays are almost here, and we hope you are well.
In recognition of the financially tough times, Ottoman Traders
have decided to run the after-Christmas sale NOW…as a way to
help you make your Holiday budgetstretch a bit further.
Palace textiles are drastically reduced, as areKilim handbags,
shoes, Turkish Carpets, ceramics, backgammon boards, and other
classic handicrafts; and our last few men’s leather coats are
now just $99. Tough bargaining in the Bazaar, and with Afghan
and Turkish suppliers, resulted in some great pricing on
other Holiday gift basics.
Country Village is sponsoring some classic Holiday events,
starting with our Open House, Sat November 22, from 10-6. All
the shops will offer free snacks, demos, etc. Ottoman will
serve Turkish apple tea, and sample our olive oil which is
from Israel-Palestine….plus have door prizes. December
6, at 7PM, we have our Annual Tree Lighting, and Santa will fly
in over the Duck Pond… (yes…he really flies) Other events
are planned around the Village throughout the Holiday season.
See www.countryvillagbothell <http://www.countryvillagbothell/>
for more info. Our new play structure…a pirate ship…is now open
…and the ducks and chickens are always happy to see you,
especially if you bring grain.
Dance classes are ongoing through much of December…but we
have changed some times, and have some new teachers…Please
check out the schedule on our website
www.ottomantradingco.com <http://www.ottomantradingco.com/>
but more importantly, CALL BEFORE YOU COME OUT if you are a new,
or returning student. Join now…or start with us again in
January to shake off those Holiday pounds.
Our teachers, and other dancers we have listed in the shop, are
happy to come to your venues to entertain, or teach a class at
your Holiday events…or you may book the Studio, and we will
clean up for you afterwards. Call for info and bookings.
DANCE SCHOOL HOLIDAY PARTY.Sunday December 7, 5-7 pm Students
past and present, daughters, friends and family are invited.
Sorry fellows…ladies only. We will potluck, and enjoy a pasta
salad from Les, of Papas Place. Everyone attending: Please bring
a wrapped ornament ($5-10) to exchange, a nonperishable food to
donate to a local foodbank, and your favorite potluck dish. Come
in costume or holiday or casual… All our instructors will perform
for you…and we may have student troupes as well. Dena will supply
doorprizes and other goodies. Please RSVP as we will have to limit
to the first 50…call Dena 425 368 0369.
NEW YEARS EVE BASH WITH TAMALYN DALLAL.December 31, 8PM-???
Country Village Banquet Hall This year we will host a dinner-
cabaret style show…starring Tamalyn Dallal and other Seattle
area dancers. Hall will open 8 pm, dinner by Les of Papas Place
starts at 8:30…Dance show 9-10:30, From 10:30-Midnight—Open
Dance, Snacks, Henna, Psychics, Door Prizes, More Food, Wine Bar,
etc At Midnight Tamalyn will bring in the New Year and we will
serve champagne and baklava. Tickets for this event will go on
sale Dec 1 at Brown Paper Tickets, and at Ottoman. $45. Due to
the roomier seating format we will be releasing fewer tickets…
so don’t wait…Book early. Young adults, 12 and older welcome.
TURKISH GYPSY ROMANI WORKSHOP with GIGI GULHAN….Gigi Gulhan
will be here Jan 11…1-3 PM… She will teach us Gypsy moves
and meanings; and how to work the moves to music… so you will
have some new sequences for your Romani dance. This will be a
great workshop for Novices as well as the more Experienced
dancer.$35 We are accepting bookings now. Mail a check for
$35 and a note saying you want to register to Ottoman Trading
Company. See address at end of newsletter. Deadline for
enrollment January 5…but don’t wait too long as space is
limited.
In January Ottoman Trading Company will travel and vend at the
Amy Sigal Workshops and Show in Tacoma, and vend at the SCA
Ursulmas in Monroe. More details to follow.
Ottoman Trading Company wishes you the best Holiday Season…and
as always…thanks you for your continued support.
Warmest Regards…..Dena
Ottoman Trading Company
826 237th Street SE, Suites C-D (Bothell-Everett Hwy)
Bothell, WA 98021
425-368-0369
info@ottomantradingco.com www.ottomantradingco.com
<http://www.ottomantradingco.com/>
Take a break from turkey and football!
Zulaika’s’ School of Middle Eastern Dance presents Layali Banat (Girls’
Night) - a women’s party!
Friday, November 28, 2008, 8-10PM (short show at 8:30)
Dance Academy of Bellevue, 626 120th Ave. NE, Bellevue
Layali Banat (Arabic for Girls’ Night) is an evening of
hospitality, entertainment, and festivity reminiscent of a
Middle Eastern woman’s party. Bring a snack to share, a beverage
of your choice, and a pillow for sitting on the floor. The
evening will start with a short performance featuring Zulaika
and guests followed by open dancing to CDs of popular Arabic
tunes. Zulaika will provide a short dance lesson for women new
to the dance to join in the fun (last month she taught Debke to
get the dancing started). Having just returned from 2.5 weeks
in Morocco, Zulaika will also share a few of the treasures and
surprises she has brought back.
Layali Banat: Experience the dance in the setting of its roots
- women celebrating with each other!
Zulaika
425-652-6994
Experience a unique evening of Music, Poetry and Sacred Dance:
Wednesday, December 17, 2008, the Mevlevi Order of America will
present the Whirling Dervish Sema Ceremony in Seattle,
accompanied by Turkish musicians, honoring the great Sufi
Mystic Teacher and Poet, Mevlana Jelaluddin RUMI.
The Ceremony, created to offer a direct experience of
the transformative path exemplified by Rumi, dissolves the
separation between performer and observer. With the flowing
white garments of the semazens (whirling prayer dancers) and
classical Sufi music, the Sema ceremony has stirred the hearts
of humanity with sacred beauty for centuries.
Beloved worldwide, the 13th century poet and mystic Rumi was the
original whirling dervish. With his message of inclusion,
equality and love, Rumi’s great poetic masterworks have been
translated all over the world, and people everywhere claim him
as their own. Today, Rumi is the most widely published poet
in North America.
Directed by Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras from Konya, Turkey,
founder of the Mevlevi Order of America, the special Shebi-arus
(Wedding Night) Sema Ceremony is presented as it has been for
over 700 years on the anniversary of Rumi’s final mystical Union.
In addition to Sema, special guest musicians from Turkey will
play a concert of classical and devotional Turkish music,
including master musicians Necati Celik, oud (fretless lute),
vocalist Timucin Cevikoglu, and Celalettin Bicer, ney (reed
flute), together with U.S.-based musicians Jemaluddin Henke,
ney, Nureddin Crammatte, kudum (small kettle drums), Andrea
Walls, violin, and Dennis Godfrey, gudulka (small fiddle).
Time: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 7:30pm
Location: Great Hall, South Lake Union Park, 860 Terry Ave.
N., Seattle WA, 98109
Tickets are available in advance from
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/43693 or by calling
1-800-838-3006. $15 General, $25 first two rows. Tickets
will also be available at the door: $18/$28 (cash only).
You are welcome to visit our website for additional information
and to view a video excerpt of the Sema ceremony:
www.hayatidede.org
http://seattle.backpage.com/Events/whirling_dervishes_sema_of
_hayati/classifieds/ViewAd?oid=1303215
Please forward this email to your own network to help us inform
your friends and other lovers of Rumi.
Thank you!
On-line Registration Now Open For Cues & Tattoos 2009!
April 3-5 in Seattle, WA.
Troupe Hipnotica is proud to host our 2nd annual workshop event
focusing entirely on the use of improv choreography within
Tribal Belly Dance. This year is bigger and better than ever,
with more workshops, more instructors and more shows! Don’t miss
this amazing opportunity to learn from those who pioneered this
style as well as up and coming troupes.
To register visit www.troupehipnotica.com/store/
Workshops April 3-5, 2009
We have kept the same great price! All 2 hour workshops are just
$30 each. (one time registration of $5 does apply regardless of
number of workshops taken.)
In addition to a variety of Tribal Improv subjects, this year we
have expanded our offerings to include Tribal Hair and Theater
Makeup!
Festival Instructors include:
Carolena Nericcio of FatChanceBellyDance from San Francisco, CA.
Unmata from Sacramento, CA.
Megha Gavin of Devyani Dance Company from Birmingham, AL.
Frederique from San Francisco, CA.
Troupe Hipnotica from Seattle, WA.
Gypsy Fire from Bend, OR.
inFusion Tribal Belly Dance from Seattle, WA.
Janice Solimeno from San Francisco, CA
Sabine of Tribalation! from Eugene, OR.
Read My Hips from Chicago IL.
Keli Helzerman aka Dreadful Jonquil from Seattle, WA.
Illusions By Melanie from Seattle, WA
All workshops will be held in the TPS studios on the 4th floor of
the Center House at The Seattle Center, 305 Harrison Street,
Seattle, WA.
www.seattlecenter.com.
To register visit www.troupehipnotica.com/store/
2-Great Shows!
We listened to your feedback from last years show and have come
up with a format that is sure to please.
Friday April 3- Serpents Muse-Seattle Center House Stage (Time
TBA) 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA. www.seattlecenter.com
Join us for our opening party and show on the main stage at the
Center House in the Seattle Center. Perform along side troupes
from all over the county or just enjoy the show. Admission is
free and all ages are welcome. Vending will be featured in the
conference rooms one level up. The Center House Bistro has
promised to create a few concoctions just for us!
Want to perform? E-mail Hipnotica@comcast.net.
Satuday April 4- Instructor Showcase- McEachern Auditorium at
the Mohai Museum of History and Industry, in McCurdy Park at
2700 42th Ave E, Seattle, WA. www.seattlehistory.org.
$18 Admission, Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7pm.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see the pioneers of Tribal Improv
on one stage!
To purchase tickets visit www.troupehipnotica.com/store/.
Vending April 3-5, 2009
Center House Conference Rooms in the Seattle Center
You asked for it! Shopping will be available through out the
festival starting Friday afternoon going through Sunday.
For more information on vending opportunities visit
www.troupehipnotica.com/store/
Program Advertisements
E-mail Hipnotica@comcast.net if you would like to receive
information on program advertising.
Accommodations
The Inn At Queen Anne has offered the amazing rate of $79 a night
for festival participants. Just ask for the Belly Dance Festival
rate and reserve your rooms by February 2nd to receive the
discount.
www.innatqueenanne.com.
2 Way to Receive Updates:
Check out our blog at http://cuestattoos.blogspot.com/ up to
date information or join our yahoo group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cuesandtattoos/.
Please e-mail Hipnotica@comcast.net with any questions regarding
Cues & Tattoos 2009.
www.troupehipnotica.com
*The First Monday of every month*
Raqs Serpentine presents:
The Pyramid Lounge*
*-Seattle’s monthly bellydance gathering celebrating music &
dance-
*
*Monday, Dec 1st, 2008
Featuring
Aaminah
We don’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice! Come get your
early holiday gifts at the last Pyramid Lounge dance showcase
of 2008! Jessica and Kate, Rachel Fay, Dakmar, Daniella, and
Ellen of Raqs Serpentine are gonna give it to YOU!
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see featured dancer
Aaminah<http://www.raqsaaminah.com>performing SOLO. She
promises a three ring circus of goodies to thrill and
chill as she steps out without her troupe Anwaar. A diverse
and powerful dancer you don’t know what’s coming next but you
know that she’s gonna bring it full force with a glint of
mischief in her eye!
High Dive
513 N 36th
Seattle, WA 98103
206.632.0212
Doors open at 7:30pm
Dance Show @ 8:30pm
No cover 21+ w/ID
Come early if you want a seat!
The High Dive opens at 5pm and has happy hour specials.
www.RaqsSerpentine.com
www.PyramidLounge.com
*Upcoming events*:
Always wanted to add fire to you life?! Now you can! New
instructional DVD by Leslie “Bellydancing with Fire”
<http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3042> was just released in June.
Read the first review
<http://www.gildedserpent.com/art45/rebfirefire.htm>
!
*Wednesdays* // Leslie’s bellydance technique and workout classes
are*in-session
*now. New Session begins* Wed Jan 7th*, 2009! Wednesday nights at
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center <http://www.youngstownarts.org/>
Check out her website for all the details:
www.LeslieRosen.com <http://www.leslierosen.com/>
*Fridays // *10:30-11:30pm* *Leslie in rotation with the other
members of Pyrosutra at their weekly event at The Chapel Bar on
Capital Hill 1600 Melrose, Seattle WA*
*
*Through Christmas*//Basic Bellydance with Ellen on Monday
nights 6:30 -7:30 pm
Enroll now: www.seattle.gov/park <http://www.seattle.gov/parks>
or just show up
Loyal Heights Community Center
2101 NW 77th St
Seattle, WA 98117
(206) 684-4052
*Nov 20* // Part two of Ellen’s new Mini -series of Hip Hop
BellyBurn 7:30-8:30pm
Visionary Dance Studio <http://www.visionarydance.com/>
4128 N Fremont Ave North
206-632-1906
30$ for the 2 class series
*Dec 20 + 21* // Leslie takes the stage at Seattle Center
Winterfest<http://www.seattlecenter.com/winterfest>with Pyrosutra
*New Years Eve* -Come see Leslie and the whole Pyrosutra Gang
at First Night - Tacoma <http://www.firstnighttacoma.org/>
*Mar 2* // Fire in the Belly
<http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/47909>
- Passion in the Dance -The 5th Anniversary Show and Party for
the Pyramid Lounge!
Anniversary Show Workshops *Sat Feb 28*, 2009, Topics near our
hearts:
12:15 to 1:45 *Interpreting Arabic Music *- Kaori
2:00 to 3:30 *Poi Basics* - Leslie
3:45 to 5:15pm *Hip-Hop Bellydance Fusion* - Ellen
*All workshops will be held in the movement studio at Youngstown
Cultural Arts Center <http://www.youngstownarts.org/>*
*Mar 21 *// Moisture Festival <http://www.moisturefestival.com/>
Leslie hoops it up at the matinee show with The School of
Acrobatics and New Circus Arts
*Mar 28 - May 3* // Leslie will be a featured dancer in the
World Heritage Dance Festival Show Feet of Fire
<http://www.irelandsfeetoffire.com/>Branson, MO with her partner
Kim Brown of Pyrosutra
Butoh for Belly Dancers
A Workshop with Venessa Skantze
http://www.visionarydance.com/butoh_fall08.html
This workshop is at 7:30-9:30 on Tuesday NOV 25th
at VDP Studio
4128 Fremont Ave North
Seattle Wa 98109
206 632-2353
206 632-1906
NOTE
The regular scheduled Neighborhood Temple Preistess Class will
be included in this course.
http://www.visionarydance.com/butoh_fall08.html
More information Vanessa Skantze began the practice of butoh
dance in 2002 shortly after she co-founded the improvisational
music/dance ensemble Death Posture in New Orleans. Following
many years of writing and performing spoken word, solo and
collaborative performance works and physical theater; she dove
into the pure language of the body and the power of butoh
imagery to transcend personal and human limitations (while
continuing to use them as grist and fuel). Throughout Death
Posture’s New Orleans time and subsequently in Seattle–
where she arrived in 2004 with her dance partner Alex Ruhe–
Vanessa has constantly worked with experimental musicians in
performance. Death Posture’s created works– both structured
and improvised — are intimate collaborations between bodies
and sound. Vanessa does voice and percussion improvisation
with celadon as In the Deep Museum and frequently accompanies
butoh workshops and performances as a musician. Vanessa
has been leading butoh workshops and classes since 2003.
She brings ten years of Ashtanga/Hatha yoga teaching
experience, lending her butoh classes a deep body
specificity and technique in which to ground butoh imagery.
Vanessa and Alex have trained and performed with Jinen Butoh
founder Atsushi Takenouchi since 2003. They recently
traveled to Italy for four weeks of intensive workshop and
performances. Jinen (from an ancient word meaning ALL)
dances the manifestation of the universal nervous system,
the interwoven cycle of life and death, time and space.
Death Posture has also trained and performed with Diego
Pinon and Katsura Kan. They create frequent group works,
and countless improvisations. Death Posture’s major recent
works include I miss you, a piece for eight dancers, and
FLOOD, for six dancers. Both premiered at Good Shepherd
Chapel performance space.
www.deathposture.org
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=celadonmusic&p=r
The class will nurture a deep exploration of the body as
instrument– one that receives and transmits energy. Butoh
is a dance of transformation at the cellular level. In butoh
we are danced by the water, the wind and any other image/energy
we call upon. To facilitate this openness we embark on an
intensive physical warmup incorporating elements of yoga and
Noguchi exercise as well as butoh training and releasing
energy through voice. In developing this focused surrender to
the free play of the body’s energy channels with a rigorous
exploration of the body’s physical strength and suppleness (what
we call the edge in Ashtanga Yoga practice) we prepare our
instrument to experience and manifest with deep revelation and
intensity. In the language of Vodou, a great rider (the lwa,
or spirit) demands a great horse. Butoh imagery demands a
deeply aware mind/body commitment. The rigor of the dance is in
the depth of focus and commitment rather than in virtuostic
ability. We will explore the natural movements of waves and
spirals, and work with elemental imagery from the natural
world as an introduction to butoh. We will be danced by
light, heavy, cold, violent, and curious energies. Our bodies
will metamorph as we embrace and absorb these, and from this
action the dance is born. We seek to create a non-judgmental
sacred space within which dancers may open themselves to risk,
to explore the feelings rising within and dance those impulses
without needing to perform, to look good, or to show what they
know… rather butoh leaps off from a point of not-knowing,
where awkward, limited and even ugly movements can be all the
more compelling because it comes from real feeling.
Delilah
General PS Note
For many issues, I rather talk by phone if it is long, important
and needs immediate attention.
Please include your phone number in your e mails and phone
messages.
Here are mine
206-632-2353 Home Office
206-632-1906 VDP Studio
I dance better than I type and appreciate your understanding.
E mail may have 2-3 day turn around. Swear off it on weekends.
Oxoxo Thanks.
We did it! What an amazing time to be in the US and see the
air of excitement and hope and spirit of transformation that
this last election has brought. I hope that we are all
stepping into a new era of justice, international understanding
and respect!
I had an amazing week in Kalamazoo. Channon Mondoux went out
of her way to organize a full packed week…people came from
all over the midwest and they put me through my paces with
arts in the schools, a collaboration with a contemporary dance
ensemble, 3 workshops, private lessons, a community evening
highlighting the West Sahara, a solo evening performance and a
Gala show…whew! The local newspaper put me on the front page
of the local section with a large article (click here to read it:
http://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/entertainment/index.ssf/2008/
10/global_movements_event_brings.html)
and on the front page of the newspaper a few days later. We are
planning more events: an week-long retreat next summer and more
things in the year to come…perhaps a training project for
Michigan! Keep posted.
Next week I leave for Europe. I will be teaching the wonderful
floating dances from Azerbaijan in Worms, Germany and then
continue on to Slovenia, Croatia and Italy for workshops,
master classes and a performance in Ljubljana. More
information below.
Next year I will be offering two trips back to back. First
we will go to Armenia to study Armenian, Persian and Roma dance.
This trip is organized by Simona Jović
( http://www.simonajovic.com/ ) from France/Serbia and myself
and will be April 21-28th, 2009. Immediately following will be
my annual trip to Turkey. This year we will be in Istanbul for
the festival of Hırdellez on May 5/6…not to be missed…
reserve your space now! More info on my website…and you can
request a pdf brochure about Armenia from me.
There are new video clips of my dancing on my website and you
can still find a link there to the Seattle ensemble’s recital
last June. To watch a brief clip about the festival where we
performed in Nepal click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbPrTrwg2oo
Winter is coming (and the holiday season) and we have finally
uploaded photos of all my hats on my Etsy site. You can see
what I do during my long flights, train rides and waiting-room
visits: one of a kind, art-to-wear crocheted hats in vibrant
colors and made from luxurious fibers. I’ve also started making
wrist warmers. (I couldn’t survive the winter without them!)
There are lots of earrings too! If you buy a hat, do please
send me a photo! I would like to make a gallery of my hats on
the beautiful heads of their smiling owners!!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6039627
2009 is pretty full now…however I do have a few spaces for the
Spring in North America or the Fall in Europe and I still have
plenty of flexibility for 2010…so please contact me if you
would like to organize a workshop or performance!!!
To find out more about the individual dance styles listed below,
please visit the “Workshop Catalog” on my website.
Helene
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NOVEMBER 2008
Sa/So 22-23.11.2008 DEUTSCHLAND Worms
Workshop: Tänze aus Aserbaijan
mit Baldachin und Teeuntertassen (Perkussionsinstrument)
ilona@beckerweb.de
www.tanzschule-palmyra.de
Thurs. 27.11.2008 SLOVENIJA Kamnik
Workshop: Turkish Roman
bayani.natasa@gmail.com ( Mailto:bayani.natasa@gmail.com )
Fri. 28.11.2008 SLOVENIJA Ljubljana
Performance: Dances under the Crescent Moon
mirjam@bitizenska.org
www.bitizenska.org
www.zivacenter.org
Sat/Sun. 29-30.11.2008 SLOVENIJA Kamnik
2 Workshops: Khalegi and Uzbek
bayani.natasa@gmail.com
DECEMBER 2008
Mon 1.12.2008 CROATIA Zagreb
Workshop: Armeninan Dances
orijent@yahoo.com
Wed. 3.12.2008 ITALY Castel Franco
Workshop: theme tba
info@sandradebarbieri.com
Thurs 4.12.2008 ITALY Roma
Workshop: Guedra, trance dance of the West Sahara
auropuc@hotmail.com
Fri. 5.12.2008 ITALY Roma
Workshop: TBA
auropuc@hotmail.com
Sat/Sun 6-7.12.2008 ITALY Roma
2 workshops: Algerian Nailiyat and Tunisian
auropuc@hotmail.com
Sat/Sun 13-14.12.2008 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women’s Dances of the Orient III
mail@helene-eriksen.de
2009
JANUARY 2009
Sat/Sun 10-11.1.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women’s Dances of the Orient IV
mail@helene-eriksen.de
Sa/So 17-18.1.2009 DEUTSCHLAND Worms
Workshop: Bandari, Tanz aus dem Südiran
ilona@beckerweb.de
Sa/So. 24-25.1.2009 DEUTSCHLAND Wiesbaden
Workshop: Persischer Tanz
info@malu-tanz.de
www.malu-tanz.de/index.html
Sa/So 31.1-1.2.2009 DEUTSCHLAND Worms
Workshop: Persischer Tanz
ilona@beckerweb.de
FEBRUARY 2009
Sat/Sun 7-8.2.2009 CROATIA Zagreb
Workshop: tba
orijent@yahoo.com
Sat/Sun 21-22.2.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women’s Dances of the Orient V
mail@helene-eriksen.de
MARCH 2009
Sat/Sun 7-8.3.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women’s Dances of the Orient VI
mail@helene-eriksen.de
Fri-Sun 13-15.3.2009 USA/Florida Miami
Miami Beach International Bellydance Festival: The Global Woman
Habibti Productions
tmhanan@yahoo.com
Fr. 20.3.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Performance: The Road of the Roma: from Rajasthan to Romania
with Helene Eriksen & Kálmàn Dreisziger
Don@nwdance.net
www.seedseattle.org/seedarts/rvcc/rvcc_index.html
Sat/Sun 21-22.3.2009 USA/Washington Seatle
Workshop: Couple Dances from Transylvania
with Helene Eriksen & Kálmàn Dreisziger
Sat evening the workshop will be followed by a dance with live
music!
Don@nwdance.net
www.nwdance.net
APRIL 2009
Sat/Sun 4-5.4.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women’s Dances of the Orient VII
mail@helene-eriksen.de
Mon-Sun 6-12.4.2009 MEXICO Mexico City
Workshops and Performance
niranyana@gmail.com
Sat/Sun. 21-22.4.2009 SLOVENIJA Kamnik
2 Workshops: tba
bayani.natasa@gmail.com
21-28.4.2009 ARMENIA Yerevan
8-day Music, Dance and Culture Tour to Armenia.
Helene Eriksen, Simona Jović join Armenian and Roma artists
in an exploration of Armenian, Roma and Persian music and dance.
Please contact me if you are interested. The tour is limited to
a small group.
More information to come on my website…stay posted!
mail@helene-eriksen.de
www.simonajovic.com
30.4-8.5.2009 TURKEY Istanbul
10-day Music, Dance and Culture Tour to Istanbul.
Dance lessons, sightseeing, Mevlevi whirling dervish Sema, music
and dance concerts, Roma music and dance……special highlight
is the Roma festival of Hırdelez!!!
Please contact me if you are interested. The tour is limited to
a small group.
Registration is now open!
More information on my website under “Tour to Turkey”.
mail@helene-eriksen.de
MAY 2009
Sat/Sun 16-17.5.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women’s Dances of the Orient VIII
mail@helene-eriksen.de
22-25.5.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Northwest Folklife Festival
www.nwfolklife.org
Sat/Sun 30-31.5.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women’s Dances of the Orient IX
mail@helene-eriksen.de
JUNE 2009
Fri-Sat 6&7.6.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Final Recitals of Intensive Training Project:
Dances Under the Crescent Moon
mail@helene-eriksen.de
JULY 2009
7.2009 (exact dates tba) USA/Michigan Kalamazoo
Intensive week dance retreat
channonmondoux@yahoo.com
SEPTEMBER 2009
Sat/Sun 19-20.9.2009 USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project Introductory Weekend Workshop:
Learn Technique, Choreography, Dance Notation, Yoga, Music
Analysis, Staging, Costuming, Stage Make-up, Historical and
Cultural backgrounds for 7 different styles of women’s dance
from the Orient. On this weekend we will pick our repertoire
together and you can become acquainted with my work before
deciding to take part in the whole 9 weekend project and show.
The project will then start in October. Please write for a
detailed description and registration form
mail@helene-eriksen.de
NOVEMBER 2009
Sa/So 21-22.11.2009 DEUTSCHLAND Emmelshausen
Workshop: tba
angelika-theresa-maria@web.de