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Call for Leadership! Get Involved!
Want to Help Produce the Seattle Iranian Festival?
The Iranian American Community Alliance (IACA) is looking to pull talent and leadership from our local Iranian American community. We are seeking dedicated individuals, passionate about community and culture that are eager to serve others and make a positive difference in our community.
We have two leadership positions available on our board of directors and festival planning committee. If you or anyone you know may be interested in this opportunity, please submit a resume and a brief summary of why you would be a great fit for the IACA and the Iranian Festival.
Submit Your Resume: community@iaca-seattle.org
Commitment:
• Attend a once a month board meeting
• Help coordinate annual fundraiser
• Volunteer at yearly events
Qualities:
• Be a self-starter, motivated and accountable
• Have a passion and knowledge for our community
• Natural ability to communicate respectfully with others
Skills sets:
• Detail oriented, organized and accountable
• Tech savvy and familiar with social networking and blogging
• Scheduling and project management experience
For more information please contact:
community@iaca-seattle.org
DEADLINE: Saturday, January 8th 2011
Golha: Halloween Dance Party
A Dance Party for all Family Members!
October, 31st
4:00-5:00pm
Kirkland Dance Center
835 7th Avenue Kirkland, WA
Golha Performing & Fine Arts would like our community to join them in dance and music on Saturday Nov. 7th from 4-5pm. Parents, grandparents and friends are welcome. This is a free event and there is no cost to participate. The goal is to engage and share with one another.
contact email: golhaclub@live.com
Video: Seattle Iranian Festival
Special Thanks to our Community Sponsors:
Shiraz Specialty Pharmacy in Everett
Seattle Florist Floral Masters
Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
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.
Seattle Iranian Festival: June 19th 2010
Scheduled Programs
12:00pm
Opening Ceremony by Daf and Children’s Parade
Opening words from Ali Ghambari Festival Producer
‘Ey Iran’ by Roxanna Mousavi and Payam Khastkhodaei
12:20pm
Golha Dance Company
Dance Performance by Emiko Noor
Poetry by Mojgan Jahandari Peyvand Khademi nad Daf-Navazi by Hamin Honari
12:55pm
Dance Performance by Heather Rastovac
Iranian Festival Poster: Misha Zadeh Graham
Persian Folk Music by Honari Family Ensemble
2:00pm
Helene Eriksen and ANAR: Helene Eriksen’s Traditional Dance Theatre
Musical Performance by Roxanna Mousavi and Payam Khastkhodaei
Emiko Noor and Youth Art Dance International
2:45pm
Live Music by Yousef Nourouzee, Behnam Khoshkhoo and Yousef Yousefizadeh
Helene Eriksen and ANAR: Helene Eriksen’s Traditional Dance Theatre
Emiko Noor and Youth Art Dance International
3:30pm
Live Music by Sahar Ghaffari, Erfan Mehdibeik and Hossein Ghaffari
Delshodeh Dance Ensemble: Dance traditions of the Persian-speaking world
Karavans Dance Troupe: Exotic folk and tribal dances from Iran
4:15pm
Persian Folk Music by Honari Family Ensemble
Dance Performance by Elham Lawson
Poetry and Music by Parveneh Daneshvar, Tooraj Javadi, Ali Khaghani and Behrooz Alavi
6:00pm
Karavans Dance Troupe: Exotic folk and tribal dances from Iran
Live Music by Milad Zendehnam
Delshodeh Dance Ensemble
Upstairs Children Activities:
2:30pm Children’s Play: Shangool, Mangool and Habbeh Angor in Farsi
3:00pm Children’s Play: Shangool, Mangool and Habbeh Angor in English
3:30pm Story Time: (Grandma’s story time) with Miss Guiti and Mrs. Delirian
7:15pm – 9:00pm
Film Screening of Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva
Location: Charlotte Martin Theatre
Seattle Iranian Festival: Artist Info & Bios
Golha Dance Company and Kids Club
mandana@centurytel.net
Golha Dance Company started in April of 2009 to encourage the children and youth to become involved in their community through the Iranian Festival of 2009 at Seattle Center. Our goal was to share the culture, to tie the Iranian-American community better together, and to see kids who are proud of their cultural heritage. This move was initiated by the team work of Mandana Afrassiabi (organizer) and Heather Rastovac (dance teacher) and of course with the great community spirit of the IACA ( Iranian American Community Alliance). As a result of parents’ and kids’ encouragement, the class was continued in fall of 2009 and is continued till now. The dance class is led now by the hard work of Elham Hakimi Lawson and Emiko Nakamura. The interest is growing as we have parents joining in to volunteer more and more.
Mission statement of Golha Dance Company and Kids Club:
Our goal is to promote awareness to the rich Persian Heritage and culture among our children and Iranian-American community. Our effort is to value this culture through traditional and modern performing arts by interesting kids and youth to be involved in the community and cultural venues.
Helene Eriksen and ANAR: Helene Eriksen’s Traditional Dance Theater
www.helene-eriksen.de
Helene Eriksen is a dance scholar, performer, teacher and choreographer who has been involved with the dance traditions of the Middle East and Central Asia for over 30 years. She teaches and performs internationally and she has performed for Iranian communities all over the world.
ANAR: Helene Eriksen’s Traditional Dance Theatre presents women’s dance and culture from the regions of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. ANAR means pomegranate and symbolizes the crystalline beauty of collective traditions…where each kernel is unique and luminous, yet together they form a fruit that is celebrated in the Middle East as a symbol of beauty, fertility and culture. The ancient traditions of these predominately Muslim societies are largely unknown in the West and are disappearing quickly in our globalized world. Our view of the cultures of the Muslim world are skewed by clichés, deep seated fears and current wars. ANAR brings these breathtaking and inspiring traditions into a new focus for a wider audience through professional dance concerts with spectacular traditional music and costumes.
Ali Khaghani
Ali was born in Iran and unto Persian ethnicity; he has a heritage rich in poetry. The likes of Rumi, Hafez, and Attar lace the Persian poetry, literature, and philosophy. To him poetry has been a tool with which to ordain and manipulate simple and ordinary semantics into emotional expressions. Experience made emotively enabled and universally synergized.
Tooradj Javadi
For the last 30 years Tooradj has passionately been studying “Rumi” in his original Language “Farsi”. He has been taking the message of Rumi’s UNCONDITIONAL LOVE,to numerous classes, community gatherings and lecture halls. He holds tremendous gratitude to be in the spiritual pass of Rumi’s universal invitation to “UNCONDITIONAL LOVE”
Delshodeh Dance Ensemble
www.delshodeh.org
Delshodeh performs dances of the Persian-speaking world at festivals and cultural celebrations in Seattle and the surrounding area. The group was formed in 2007 by artistic directors, Sonja Hinz and Heather Rastovac. The ensemble’s repertoire includes pieces set to both traditional Persian reng and contemporary Persian classical music, regional folk dances of Iran and classical Tajik dance set to mystical Sufi poetry. The name “Delshodeh” (translated literally, “to be consumed by the heart” or, more loosely, “enamored”) accurately expresses the physical and spiritual goal of their dancing – to become enamored with the music and, through dance, express from the heart.
Heather Rastovac
heather-rastovac.blogspot.com
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 movements of Iranian performance, as well as developing new multi-media performance pieces.
Emiko Noor
www.emikonoordance.com
Emiko Noor dedicated her major life time and energy into Persian Dance since 78. She has studied extensively and intensively with experts in this field and lived in native lands and attended universities there. For the last 3 decades, Emiko has entertained Persian Communities through out western states of United States, Canada and also in Tajikistan. She started teaching Persian Dance right here in 1984. Currently, Emiko is an instructor with both Golha School of Persian Dance in Eastside and Youth Art Dance International in Seattle. Her foundation of Eastern Arts is always accepting new students young and old. Emiko would like you to join her and enjoy more of your precious life with tremendous joy and beauty of Persian Dancing.
Karavans Dance Troupe
www.karavansdancetroupe.com
Karavans Dance Troupe specializes in folkloric and tribal dances from the Middle East, North Africa and Persia. They have appeared at the Nowruz celebration at Town Hall and recently performed at the Folklife Festival.
Elham Lawson
elham_hakimi@hotmail.com
Elham Hakimi Lawson is the instructor for the Golha Dance Ensemble as well as a member of Delshodeh Dance Ensemble. She has loved to dance since she was a small child and finds great joy in her work with both these ensembles. Elham is proud of her Iranian heritage and enjoys sharing her love of Persian dance with both Iranian and non-Iranian audiences.
Parvaneh Daneshvar
Orginally from Zanjan, Parvaneh is a highly recognized artist of one of the most important Persian musical instruments the tar. The general trends of Persian classical music have been deeply influenced by tar players and the tar is claimed to be the root of the names of the Persian setar and the guitar.
Hossein Ghaffari
Hossein started learning piano when he was 8 years old. He self-taught this instrument until the age of 14. He had a few private lessons but then he continued learning and practicing on his own up until today. Hossein’s dream is to communicate his feelings and passion to his audience through music.
Behrooz Alavi
Behrooz is a local Persian ney (giant reed flute) player. He began studying Persian poetry and music at a young age, in 2003 he became a student of Ostad Hossein Omoumi in Seattle.
Reyhaneh Bakhtiari
www.canadaoilpainting.com
Reyhaneh is an international acclaimed Artist; she was born in Tehran, Iran . At the age of 19 she went to England where she attended Swindon College, U of London to continue her studies. During the 2010 Olympics Reyhaneh’s Winter Sports paintings were displayed at the North Vancouver’s City Hall and the Centennial Theatre.
Distinguished visiting Artists from Vancouver, B.C.
Reyhaneh Bakhtiari, Effat Meernia and Naheed Sharifi
Milad Zendehnam
Milad is a former instructor at Art University of Tehran. He has also performed with variety of musical groups in and outside of Iran. Currently, he conducts private lessons and composes music. His experimental unique style fuses traditional Persian with jazz, rock, and classical music. This has given him the opportunity to be versatile in his performances and teaching style.
Hayedeh Film Screening: Legendary Persian Diva
The 2010 Seattle Iranian Festival is proud to present the award winning documentary film, Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva to the greater Seattle community. This film is a celebration of the life and art of one of Iran’s most beloved singers and an cultural icon, Hayedeh.
Hayedeh: Legendary Diva will screen at the Charlotte Martin Theatre at from 7:30pm-9:pm on June 19th, immediately following the festivities in the Center House.
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
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