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Printer-friendly versionDances of the Silk Road Workshop With Afghanistan Focus by Miriam Peretz
posted January 7, 2010 - 12:46pm by EditorClick here to buy tickets
Pacific Dance Studios
10469 Santa Monica Blvd. (between Beverly Glen and Overland)
Los Angeles CA 90025
Reservations/information, 310.657.5511
Phone day of workshop, 310.481.9966
street parking
Miriam Peretz Silk Road-Afghan Dance WorkshopDon't miss this exclusive dance workshop taught by the much-lauded San Francisco-based dancer and choreographer, Miriam Peretz.The Silk Road was a historic trading route stretching 7,000 miles across Central Asia from the China Sea in the east to the Mediterranean in the west. Some of the countries include- Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, and Turkey.
This workshop will give small samples of various Central Asian dance styles, with a main focus on Afghan dance. The workshop will give special attention to the art of spinning (central to all Central Asian dance forms,) and teach Afghan dance vocabulary culminating in a short dance. We will also learn the attan—the national folk dance of Afghanistan, danced at almost all celebrations and rites of passage.
Miriam Peretz is an internationally acclaimed performing artist and instructor specializing in dances from the Silk Road and the Middle East.
Frame Drum Survey Workshop with Rowan Storm
posted August 28, 2009 - 11:38am by EditorClick here to buy tickets
5998 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90035
one block west of Crescent Heights
ample street parking
Percussionist Rowan StormRowan Storm, master of Middle East percussion and vocalist who has performed with a wide range of world music stars, including Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Naser Musa and Souhail Kaspar, will offer a rare Los Angeles workshop on "Essential Frame Drum Method: an Introductory Survey of Middle Eastern Frame Drums."
This workshop is for new and experienced drummers, but note that no previous experience is necessary.
In this three-hour workshop you will learn:
1. Essential elements for playing Frame Drums of the Middle East and Mediterranean, including:
- Frame Drums with nothing added
- Frame Drums with jingles: tambourine
- Frame Drums with rings: dayereh and daf
2. Key patterns which are common to many kinds of Middle Eastern percussion instruments
3. Efficient technique which empowers you to play tirelessly for many hours
4. Rhythms from the Middle East and Balkans
A Vivid History of Islam for all to Uncover
posted March 2, 2009 - 12:45pm by rjholbert10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Info 310.443.7000
Christopher Caldwell on "What is the West's Problem with Islam?"
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West: your purchase benefits LCC programming Europe has received a wave of immigration from the global south in recent decades, similar in scope to the US-but very different in its results. Many immigrant and second-generation communities have astronomical unemployment rates and a thin connection to European identity. Some have produced terrorists. The problems are particularly severe among newcomers from the Muslim world.
If Europe has an Islam problem, whose fault is it? Is Islamic belief and culture incompatible with Western institutions? Or is there such a thing as "Islamophobia," poisoning immigrants' efforts to integrate on European terms?
Christopher Caldwell, who writes for the Financial Times, The New York Times Magazine and The Weekly Standard, visits Zócalo to talk about themes from his upcoming book, Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West.
