Dances Under the Crescent Moon – A Dance Recital/Showcase
May 25th, 2009 by jalenedance
Title: Dances Under the Crescent Moon
Location: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle
Description: Helene Eriksen’s Traditional Dance Theatre is a year-long intensive dance training project. This year, nine dancers have worked diligently in learning the dances and creating the costumes for choreographies from a diverse cross-section of traditions: Berber dances of Tunisia, the urban dance Baladi from Egypt, Dabke from Lebanon, Dances of the Turkish Roma, a dreamy canopy dance from Azerbaijan, the rice harvest dance of the northern Iranian province of Gilan and the dance of the Kabeliya tribe of snake charmers from Rajasthan. I will be dancing in Baladi, Dabke, Turkish Roman, and Azeri. Helene will also be performing various solo dances.
TWO NIGHTS TO CHOOSE FROM: Friday, June 5 or Saturday, June 6 – both start at 8pm
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