Hi friends,
At our project intro weekend we choose a really interesting repertoire for this year's ANAR DANA training project. We still have room for more dancers so please consider working with me and telling your friends and students about this opportunity.  If you would love to join us but feel you can't afford it, please contact me to ask about work study opportunities.  I would like to make this opportunity accessible to everybody!

 

Our repertoire for the coming year is:

 

* Guedra Trance Dance from
   the West Sahara

* Lebanese Coffee House Dance
   (Old Style Raqs es-Sharqi)

* Bulgarian Ručenica in 7/8

* Turkish Çayda Çıra in 10/8

* Georgian Mountain Dance

* Lyazgi from the Region of
   Khoresem, Uzbekistan

* Bandari from the Persian Gulf

There are still places available for the group...so if you couldn't make it to the intro weekend but would like to join the project, please don't hesitate to contact me!
This year we are at a lovely new studio: m'illumino on Roosevelt and 70th.

You can see the Seattle Channel's documentary about the project group from three years ago here.

To the right are photos from the last project's recital in June.

 

The project weekends are:

 

15-16, October, 2011
12-13, November, 2011
17-18, December, 2011
21-22, January, 2012
18-19, February, 2012
3-4, March, 2012
21-22 April, 2012
19-20, May, 2012
2-3, June, 2012

Dress rehearsal: June 14, 2012
Recitals: 15 & 16, June, 2012  (Dress rehearsal and recital weekend is free of charge)

 

AND most probably performances at NW Folklife and the Seattle Iranian Festival.  Also, next year we have been invited to participate in an international festival in Jordan in June!!!

The project itself will then be a series of 9 intensive weekends of 12 hours each. The repertoire of 7 dances was decided upon in the introductory weekend. To participate after the October weekend one must decide to  commit to the whole project by contract.

 

We will learn the techniques of each of the dance styles decided upon, do dance technique training and yoga, learn about the cultural and historical backgrounds for the different dance styles, learn about choreography, staging, stage make-up and costumes. We learn 7 different group choreographies...each student will be in 4 choreographies, but is expected to be able to stand in for the other 3 if necessary.  

 

There is a certificate of participation for all who complete the program. If you would like to chat about anything you are welcome to call! 843/599-1089

Best regards!
Helene
www.helene-eriksen.de