Kids & Adults: Persian Dance Classes
Special Summer Session of Persian Dance Classes
with Sonja and Heather of Delshodeh Dance Ensemble:
Sundays – June 27th, July 11th, July 18th, and July 25th
2:00-3:00 pm: Children’s class, $10 per class
3:00-4:30 pm: Adult’s class, $15 per class
Kirkland Dance Center, 835 7th Avenue Kirkland, WA 98033
More information: (206) 334-9988 or (360) 224-5345
Children’s classes include a variety of dance styles from Iran and are great fun for both boys and girls. Adult classes are focused on a contemporary classical style of women’s dance. All levels of dance experience are welcome in both classes.
Sonja Hinz received her Master’s degree in dance ethnology, which included six months of fieldwork and dance study in Tajikistan. She has performed locally as a soloist and as a member/co-founder of Banat Sahar, Shourangeez, and Delshodeh since 1997. She currently resides in Bellingham, WA where she owns and operates La Vida Dance Studio.
Heather Rastovac has been performing and teaching Persian dances in the Pacific Northwest for the past nine years. Together with Sonja Hinz, she performed in Shourangiz Persian music and dance ensemble from 2001 – 2004 and then co-founded Delshodeh dance ensemble in 2007. Heather is currently a PhD student at UC Berkeley in the department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies where she is researching contemporary Iranian performance, as well as developing new multi-media performance pieces.
Cornish College: Classical Persian Music Workshop
Dates: June 23 – June 26
Meeting Times: W – S, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Instructor(s): Ostad Hossein Omoumi, Jessika Kenney, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D.
Meeting Times: 6:00pm – 9:00pm, June 23 – June 26
The Classical Persian Music workshop offers the Seattle community an opportunity to learn about the art of Classical Persian music and poetry from the world-renowned master of the ney (reed flute) and vocal repertoire, Ostad Hossein Omoumi, along with scholar and writer Dr. Fatemeh Keshavarz, and Jessika Kenney, vocalist. This four-day intensive will offer insight into the history and origins of this tradition, an introduction to classical Persian poetry, and the experience of singing the music. Topics of interest in the workshop include an introduction to the Dastgahs (the Persian melodic systems), issues of singing and translation, special vocal techniques, innovations on the form of the ney and tombak, and a special presentation on the poetry of Rumi. Private lessons can also be arranged.
The workshop is open to students ages 16 and up from all perspectives and at all levels. Students of Iranian heritage are encouraged to attend, as are those with little or no prior knowledge of Persian music. Professional musicians from other areas of music are also encouraged to attend.
Limited scholarship funds available. For further information please contact: summermusic@cornish.edu
Application Deadline: May 15, 2010
Tuition: $395.00
Students: Persian Music at Bellevue College
Attention All Students: The Bellevue College Persian Club presents the amazing sound of Persian Music by PARVANEH DANESHVAR
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
11:30am – 12:20pm
Bellevue College Room C120 A & B
FREE Admission & Refreshments
Afghanistan at a Glance
Exhibition: Afghanistan in A Glance
By: Reyhaneh Bakhhtiari
May 1st, 2010
7:00 PM
Aliage Art Gallery
121 Prefontaine Pl S Seattle, WA 98104
Iranican Census 2010 PSA with Maz Jobrani
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