Survey of Folk Dances of the Middle East (Turkey, Armenia, Kurdistan, Assyria, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq & Iran)

In this seminar we will examine the communal line dances of the region of the Middle East from Eastern Anatolia, the Levant, Iraq and Western Iran. Dances that share characteristics such as Horon, Bar, Halay, Govend, Dabke, Chobi etc are our focus.