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A Dance'full Summer on the Horizon

  Its a dance'full time of year with upcoming Summer events/dance performances and festivals on the horizon. At the Abbey Studio weekly classes are wrapping up and dancers are preparing for performances at the Abbey Stuido Hafla on Fri. June 16th. Also, my group Arcana Dea Dance and Farima's Simorgh Dance Collective are getting ready for upcoming performances at the following events. Arcana Dea Dance, Atmospher 2016 Friday, June 9th-Vancouver Island Herb Gathering, Royston B.C. Friday June 16th-Abbey Studio Hafla, Cumberland Fri. and Sat. June 23-Tree of Life Project, Denman Island Sat. June 24th- Vancouver Island Belly Dance Bazaar, Nanaimo Friday June 30th- Multicultural Festival, Simms Park, Courtenay Sat. July 1st- Canada Day Celebration, Courtenay Sat. July 22nd- Huma Wing of Light, sacred dance show featuring Farima Berenji and Simorgh Collective, at the United Church, Cumberland Sunday, August 20th, Atmosphere Gathering, Cumberland photos from past work
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Dancing through 2020

 It's been a long time since my last update. A lot has changed in the last year. Here's a little recap of 2020 and current projects and plans. Pre pandemic, January 2020 I had the amazing good fortune and good timing to participate in the Puppet and Mask Intensive at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta. At times I felt challenged and out of my depths as most of the participants came from theatre and puppet backgrounds but I brought my experience as a dancer, choreographer, costume and mask maker to the Intensive. It was inspiring to connect and collaborate with so many creative and talented people. I left feeling refuelled and inspired to incorporate new insights, games and exercises into my classes and, to incorporate more elements of puppetry into my dance creations. Precious memories and the potent energy of the mountains will stay with me. Banff Puppet Intensive video clip Baba Yaga puppet in progress back stage at Banff Centre The last live group performance of 2020 w
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Dances of Greater Khorasan with Farima Berenji

International touring dance artist, scholar and dear friend Farima Berenji returned to Cumberland in the Fall 2018 to teach Sacred and Traditional Dances of Greater Khorasan. Here's a description of the workshops in Farima's words and some of what she shared with us that weekend. "Greater Khorasan is a historic region which the majority of it lays in modern day Iran, as well as minor parts of Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. Historically, Khorasan was named “Parthia” which was changed to Khorasan in the late Sassanid Dynasty. Khorasan is an area of eastern Iran known as the place “Where the Sun Arrives from.” The dances of this region include elements of the famous Soghdian (Whirling Dance), Warrior Dance, Scarf Dance, Khorasan Sema and more. Khorasani dances are lively, festive and full of meaning. Men and women, old and young, all participate and their dances narrate their nomadic life, struggle, unity and their love for life, and remembering their glorious ancesto
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