Upcoming Events:
(for Tango Events please visit the Tango page)
The new ANAR DANA West Coast 2025/26 project begins June 21-22, 2025 in the Bay Area or ONLINE.
ANAR DANA West Coast has a new repertoire of exciting dances:
1) Wedding Celebration from Fez, Morocco
2) Palestinian Dabke
3) Greek Taverna Rebetiko of the 1930's
4) Zeybek dances of the Aegean region of Turkey
5) Dances of the Bashkir people
6) Urban mid century Kereshme dances of Iran
7) "Tanovar" a semi-classical dance from Uzbekistan
We are excited to announce that we will go on tour in June 2026 to participate in the ANAR DANA Germany recitals in Göttingen and Leipzig and then continue on to the Republic of Georgia to participate in an international folk dance festival. In the fall of 2026 we will have our own recitals in the Bay Area and Seattle.
Over the course of the project we will have 7 Cultural Talks, one for each region chosen. The Cultural Talks are always accessible online and are available to the larger community beyond project members.
Just go to my homepage and register. There is also a large library of recordings of past cultural talks.
We would love to have you come join our amazing global community of women! Remember: ANAR DANA is for everyBODY from amateur to professional, from young to old. We support beginning dancers and challenge experienced ones. Our community of dancers reflects the dance of real people in real communities, where everyone dances! ANAR DANA is rooted in tradition and blossoming in YOU!
If you can't join us live, join us ONLINE
How can you be involved?
1) Join Unit 1-3 live or Online from anywhere in the world for and learn the basic building blocks that make the styles of each of these dance traditions.
2) Join the whole program and participate in the performances and tours.
3) Join us for our online Cultural Talks where we explore the history, geography, culture, music and dance for each of the dance styles listed above.
4) Support us on Patreon. Creating a new program each season is a huge undertaking including research, teaching, choreographing, writing and costume construction, administration and more. As work in the arts becomes increasingly difficult and grant opportunities are drying up YOU can make a big difference by supporting ANAR DANA with a Patreon membership...and gain access to our ever-growing online archives. Your help makes a difference!
www.patreon.com/ANARDANA
ANAR DANA West Coast has a new repertoire of exciting dances:
1) Wedding Celebration from Fez, Morocco
2) Palestinian Dabke
3) Greek Taverna Rebetiko of the 1930's
4) Zeybek dances of the Aegean region of Turkey
5) Dances of the Bashkir people
6) Urban mid century Kereshme dances of Iran
7) "Tanovar" a semi-classical dance from Uzbekistan
We are excited to announce that we will go on tour in June 2026 to participate in the ANAR DANA Germany recitals in Göttingen and Leipzig and then continue on to the Republic of Georgia to participate in an international folk dance festival. In the fall of 2026 we will have our own recitals in the Bay Area and Seattle.
Over the course of the project we will have 7 Cultural Talks, one for each region chosen. The Cultural Talks are always accessible online and are available to the larger community beyond project members.
Just go to my homepage and register. There is also a large library of recordings of past cultural talks.
We would love to have you come join our amazing global community of women! Remember: ANAR DANA is for everyBODY from amateur to professional, from young to old. We support beginning dancers and challenge experienced ones. Our community of dancers reflects the dance of real people in real communities, where everyone dances! ANAR DANA is rooted in tradition and blossoming in YOU!
If you can't join us live, join us ONLINE
How can you be involved?
1) Join Unit 1-3 live or Online from anywhere in the world for and learn the basic building blocks that make the styles of each of these dance traditions.
2) Join the whole program and participate in the performances and tours.
3) Join us for our online Cultural Talks where we explore the history, geography, culture, music and dance for each of the dance styles listed above.
4) Support us on Patreon. Creating a new program each season is a huge undertaking including research, teaching, choreographing, writing and costume construction, administration and more. As work in the arts becomes increasingly difficult and grant opportunities are drying up YOU can make a big difference by supporting ANAR DANA with a Patreon membership...and gain access to our ever-growing online archives. Your help makes a difference!
www.patreon.com/ANARDANA
Awaken! Your Dancing Body-Wednesdays and Saturdays (Virtual)
Awaken! Your Dancing Body- Wednesday and Saturday
10:00amPT/19:00CET
People around the world join for this hour of deep exploration of the body. This is a class for all levels of experience and capability. Help awaken your awareness, strength, and flexibility of your body.
Send me a message to register:
[email protected]
Or use the Paypal button below to register immediately.
For more informations and booking please visit VHS page with the link below:
Cultural Talks
We have a growing library of ANAR DANA Cultural Talks that you can still watch as recordings:
Send me a message to register:
[email protected]
Or use one of the two Paypal buttons below to register immediately.
1) Uzundara shared (and disputed) by both Azerbaijanis and Armenians.
2) The multicultural, Bandari region of southern Iran with it's Afro Iranian population
3) The Algerian dancing girls of the Ouled Nail tribe
4) Multicultural Bosnia
5) The mountain peoples of Georgia
6) The Saidi region of Upper Egypt
7) Palestine and the Levantine dance Dabke
8) Afghanistan and the Logar Valley
9) Zeybek Dances of Aegean Turkey
10)Misket spoon dances from Central Anatolia, Turkey
Send me a message to register:
[email protected]
Or use one of the two Paypal buttons below to register immediately.
1) Uzundara shared (and disputed) by both Azerbaijanis and Armenians.
2) The multicultural, Bandari region of southern Iran with it's Afro Iranian population
3) The Algerian dancing girls of the Ouled Nail tribe
4) Multicultural Bosnia
5) The mountain peoples of Georgia
6) The Saidi region of Upper Egypt
7) Palestine and the Levantine dance Dabke
8) Afghanistan and the Logar Valley
9) Zeybek Dances of Aegean Turkey
10)Misket spoon dances from Central Anatolia, Turkey
11) Balochistan, a land divided
12) The Sapera/Kalbelia snake charming tribe of Rajastan, Northern India
13) Raissat Performers of the Chleuh (Amazigh) tribe of southern Morocco and the celebration of Yennaer (Amazigh New Years)
14) Hungarian Roma
15) Elazığ, Turkey: Armenian Past & Turkish Present
16) Nubia, an ancient homeland lost forever
17) Multi-Ethnic Dobrudža, Bulgaria
18) Circassia/Adygea, North Caucasus
19) Qashqa'i Turkic Pastoral Nomads of Iran
20) Lyzagi Dance, Khoresem, Uzbekistan
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