Dear friends,
I spent almost all of August recovering from my accident offline in Montana with my son Souren.  Now I'm back in Seattle and ready for a Fall full of virtual classes and lectures with you.
 
Because of the ongoing pandemic we have had to postpone the recitals of all the ANAR DANA projects and the projects have all been extended.  As a result we are opening all of the ANAR DANA projects to daily visitors if you are a current or former member of ANAR DANA. This way you can dance with your dance sisters anywhere in the world and brush up on some topic you may have done yourself, or learn something you always wanted to.  To that end, in the calendar below I have listed which dances we will be working on on each day in September & October (I will add November & December themes later). Drop-ins are $55 for one unit (ie one day including the Awaken Your Dancing Body! class of that day.)  We hope to see a lot of old faces and also give the current dancers the chance to meet their fellow dancers in other locales.
 
This Sunday September 13th I  continue my series of ANAR DANA Cultural Talks with a presentation on the Arab States of the Persian Gulf "Khaleegi". Then a week later on Sunday September 20th you can sign up for an in-depth discussion group on the Khaleegi region.  I am starting these new study groups to let you delve deeper and discuss issues that the Cultural Talks bring up.  Contact me to regisster for the study group: 
 
Another new workshop series is on Music Mapping.  How to understand the structure of different types of music and map it out as a dancer...understanding the rhythm, the musical phrases and envision the composition as a whole.  How to "see" the music in order to choreograph or improvise better.  This will be a small group of minimum 5 and maximum 10 participants.  If you are interested in joining write to me as we will find the dates to best fit the participants who are interested, taking in to account time zones, jobs and availability.
 
Other lectures coming up include and ANAR DANA talk on Turkish Spoon dances (in German) Sept 18th and on the Bandari Region of Iran Oct. 3, a Pomegranate Garden Dance talk on Gilan in Northern Iran October 10th and an ANAR DANA talk on Azerbaijani Yalli dances Oct. 25th.
 
We continue  the ANAR DANA Community classes Awaken Your Dancing Body! every Saturday and Sunday am 10 am PDT  Anyone is welcome to join us for this hour of meditative body awareness and movement training. 
 
On the Pomegranate Garden Dance platform I continue my series on Uzbek dance from the Ferghana Valley on Thursday afternoons in September and in October will do a Cultural Talk and short workshop on the regional dance from Gilan in Northern Iran.  It's not too late to write to Natalie and put in your vote for what my Thursday classes in October should be (Armenian? Afghan? Persian? Something else?
contact@pomegranategardendance.com 
 
And lastly I am so excited and grateful about our new community tools on the ANAR DANA Patreon Page.  We already have uploaded many performance videos of ANAR DANA and of me as well as several videos of Cultural Talks you may have missed or want to review. This month we will be starting our monthly chats for our ANAR DANA family members.  If you would like to take part in this you can join Patreon or if you are already a member you can upgrade to family member to join us.
 
I look forward to dancing and exploring with you!
Helene
 
Time zones for your reference:
10 am PDT (UTC-7) West Coast USA =
14:00 ART (UTC-3) in Argentina =
19:00 CEST/MESZ (UTC+2) in Western Europe
 
CALENDAR
 
Every Saturday & Sunday ongoing in 2020
10-11 PDT (UTC-7)
Join the international ANAR DANA community class
Awaken Your Dancing Body!
Suggested minimum donation is 5 Euros or dollars, but we know it's difficult times so donate what you can and I will send you the link to join us! Please let me know which date/s you would like to join us. Men & children are welcome too!!! 
DONATE on my website to register
 
SEPTEMBER 2020
 
Sat, Sept. 12, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 3.d
Azerbaijani Yalli & Bokhara Uzbekistan
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sun, Sept. 13, 2020
11:30am-1:30pm PDT (UST-7)
Cultural Talk on the Arab States of the Persian Gulf
Suggested donation is $15 but donate what you can.
DONATE on my website to register 
 
Thursday, Sept.17, 2020
5-6pm PDT (UST-7)
Uzbek Dance from the Ferghana Valley
Pomegranate Garden Dance 
You can visit the Face book page HERE to read about the whole project and see the incredible line-up of teachers. You can see the whole schedule and register for my Uzbek classes here: 
 
Fri, Sept. 18, 2020
10am-12pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Kulturaben:
Türkische Löffel-Tänze aus Eskişehir (IN GERMAN)
Suggested donation is $15 but donate what you can.
DONATE on my website to register 
 
Sat, Sept. 19, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 8.a
Eskişehir Turkish Spoon Dances & Assyrian
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
Sun, Sept. 20, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 8.b
Algerian Chaoui & Romanian Crihalma
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020
5-6pm PDT (UST-7)
Uzbek Dance from the Ferghana Valley
Pomegranate Garden Dance 
You can visit the Face book page HERE to read about the whole project and see the incredible line-up of teachers. You can see the whole schedule and register for my Uzbek classes here: 
 
Fri, Sept. 25, 2020
10am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 8.c
Armenian Uzundara & Uzbek Ferghana
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
Sat, Sept. 26, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 8.a
Armenian Fresno Diaspora & Azerbaijani Yalli 
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de   
 
Sun, Sept. 27, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 8.d
Persian Qajar Attarbashi
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
Sun, Sept. 27, 2020
4-6pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 8.b
Bosnian songs & dances
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
OCTOBER 2020
 
Sat, Oct. 3, 2020
11:30am-1:30pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Cultural Talk:
Iranian Bandari Region of the Persian Gulf
(With student presentation by Kia Valkonen)
Suggested donation is $15 but donate what you can.
DONATE on my website to register 
 
Sat, Oct. 3, 2020
4-6pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 8.c
Bandari & Sindhi Balochi
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sun, Oct. 4, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 8.d
Arab Andalusian Maluf & Khaleegi
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Oct. 10, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 4.a
Azerbaijani Yalli & Armenian Fresno Diaspora
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Oct. 10, 2020
3-5 pm PDT (UST-7)
Cultural Talk on Gilan, Northern Iran 
Pomegranate Garden Dance 
You can visit the Face book page HERE to read about the whole project and see the incredible line-up of teachers. You can see the whole schedule and register for my Gilaki Cultural Talk here:
 
Sun, Oct. 11, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 4.b
Bokhara Uzbekistan
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Oct. 17, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 4.c
Russian Khorovod  & Macedonian Romani Čoček
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Oct. 17, 2020
3-5 pm PDT (UST-7)
Mini-Workshoop Gilan, Northern Iran 
Pomegranate Garden Dance 
You can visit the Face book page HERE to read about the whole project and see the incredible line-up of teachers. You can see the whole schedule and register for my Gilaki Workshop here:
 
Sun, Oct. 18, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 4.d
Sahraoui (West Sahara) & Khaleegi
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Oct. 24, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 9.a
Armenian Fresno Diaspora & Bosnian songs and dances
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sun, Oct. 25, 2020
11:30am-1:30 pm PDT (UST-7)
Cultural Talk on Yalli Dances of Azerbaijan
(With student presentation by BreAnn Walter Berry)
Suggested donation is $15 but donate what you can.
DONATE on my website to register 
 
Sun, Oct. 25 2020
4-6 pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 9.b
Azerbaijani Yalli
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Oct. 31, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 9.c
Bandari & Khaleegi
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
NOVEMBER 2020
 
Sun, Nov. 1, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 9.d
Arab Andalusian Maluf & Sindhi Balochi
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Nov 7, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 5.a
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sun, Nov. 8, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 5.b
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Nov 14, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 5.c
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Nov. 14, 2020
4-6pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 10.a
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sun, Nov. 15, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA SF Virtual 5.d
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sun, Nov. 15, 2020
4-6pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 10.b
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Nov. 21, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 10.c
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sun, Nov. 22, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Seattle 10.d
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de 
 
Sat, Nov. 28 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 9a
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
Sun, Nov. 29, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 9.b
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
DECEMBER 2020
 
Sat, Dec. 5, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 9c
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de  
 
Sun, Dec. 6, 2020
11am-1pm PDT (UST-7)
ANAR DANA Germany 9.d
write to me to register: mail@helene-eriksen.de