Dear Friends,
Last weekend I worked with the new season of ANAR DANA in Seattle...
what a wonderful group of dedicated and enthusiastic women! We have women from Seattle, Bellingham and Portland working on an exciting new repertoire.
This weekend I head to San Jose to work with the Bay Area ANAR DANA women. It's not too late to join us there if you like. We will be working on dances from Tunisia, Egypt (Baladi), Bulgaria, Elazığ in Turkey, Georgia, Iran (Classical Persian) and Ferghana Uzbekistan.
Then I head to Tübingen in southern Germany where I will be teaching workshops on Turkish Roman and folkdances of the Middle East.
And then, at the end of the month, we have the intro weekend for the Bavarian ANAR DANA project. In Berlin I have women coming from all over Germany as well as Poland, Sweden and South America. For the project in Bavaria we already have participants from Finland and England...so just
because you are a little further away doesn't mean
you can't join us for this amazing dance journey.
Come to the intro weekend in Geisenhausen and help us choose our new repertoire!
After Bavaria I will head to Nijmegen in the Netherlands for the monthly tango chained salon...I'm really looking forward to seeing friends there! Then to Berlin for the the ANAR DANA women there and then back to Seattle to celebrate Shaba Yalda and to work with the Seattle ANAR DANA women. On Christmas day I fly to Buenos Aires and look forward to a month of tango and teaching my students down there (as well as some well needed sunshine!) Keep posted as to workshops in Argentina!
This holiday season please support local artisans and small businesses! You can support ANAR DANA by purchasing one of our DVDs. Currently we have the Seattle performances from 2008, 2011 & 2012 available on DVD. My Iranian program Under Persian Skies is also available. And check out my art-to-wear hats on my Facebook Textile Arts Page or in my Etsy Shop.
If you are interested in joining an ANAR DANA
project near you, you still have two opportunities this Fall:
ANAR DANA San Francisco weekend Nr. 1 Nov 16-17, 2013
Contact Amanda for more details
ANAR DANA Bavaria Intro Weekend Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2013
Contact Anne for more details
You can follow ANAR DANA groups on Facebook:
To find out more about the individual dance styles listed below, please visit the "Workshop Catalog" on my website.
Wishing you peace, happiness and lots of dancing!
Helene
