NWBD: Helene Eriksen Newsletter November 2008
Monday, November 17th, 2008We 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