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Performing artist and dance ethnographer Hannah Romanowsky presents an evening of mystical and sacred dance inspired by the rich spiritual history and practices of the Middle East, including the dervish whirling of Central Asia, the zar healing ritual of Egypt, and the Guedra blessing ritual of the North African Tuaregs.
Audience will also be treated to an informal educational presentation on the history of these embodied practices by Hannah Romanowsky followed by a Q&A.
Saturday February 27, 2016 @ 8pm
Suzie's Studio, 425 Irwin St., San Rafael CA
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at door (5th ticket is free!)
BIO: Hannah Romanowsky is an international performing artist, dance educator, and choreographer from the San Francisco bay area specializing in Middle-Eastern and Central Asian dance. A recognized Persian dance specialist, she is in high demand among the Bay Area Iranian community as a performer and teacher. With 30 years of experience training in world dance traditions, Hannah draws her aesthetic impulse from both Eastern and Western classical arts and is honored to have shared the proscenium stage with esteemed artists at museums and festivals throughout Asia, Europe, and North America; including San Francisco's Ethnic Dance Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the British Museum in London, and the Roof of the World Festival in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan.
Hannah is Founding Director of the DanceVersity multicultural youth arts education program, and holds degrees in Dance Ethnology and East-West Psychology. At age 20 she began studying dance and music from North Africa, the Near East, and the Balkan Roma with folklorist and early Bal Anat dancer Katarina Burda, performing in Aywah! Ethnic Dance Company for many years alongside notable luminaries of the contemporary Tribal Bellydance scene. She went on to train in Silk Road dance with Sharlyn Sawyer, and has performed with Ballet Afsaneh under her directorship at some of the most prestigious venues in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Ms. Romanowsky was a founding artist of Wan-Chao Dance, an award-winning ethno-contemporary company that draws inspiration from Chinese, Indonesian, Mongolian, and other world heritages.
An inspiring and joyful teacher, Hannah is passionate about cultivating a sense of wonder for the human impulse to dance and appreciation for the incredible reservoir of humanity's wisdom and creativity throughout time and cultures that enriches our lives today.
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425 Irwin Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
United States
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