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Event
Song of the Soul
An enchanting evening of mystical and sacred dance, music, and poetry of Persia and Turkey with dance performances by Farima Berenji and the Simorgh Dance Collective. Music by Caravan El Noor, Sufí master musician Jim Blum and Jahmra, and special guest, world renowned Sufí master musician Latif Bolat from Turkey.
Farima Berenji
I cannot put the concert from tonight in words. Emotional, full of energy, oneness and beauty. Especially the last two songs and Farimas powerful and emotional Sufi whirling left me so affected. I am still shaking from the energy. Will never forget this concert. Thank you again and I hope there will be many more.
Meral Ozturk Manchester, England, on Seven Cities of Love
Farima Berenji is an Iranian-born scholar and an award winning, internationally acclaimed performing artist, choreographer, instructor, lecturer, dance ethnologist, and archaeologist specializing in classical, folkloric, and sacred dances of Persia and the Silk Road. Her training spans a lifetime of intensive collaboration and research with master artists, scholars, and spiritual teachers worldwide. She is the founder and artistic director of the Simorgh Dance Collective, a worldwide collaborative devoted to teach dance technique, interpret, illustrate, present, and perform dances of the Silk Road. Farima performs, offers workshops, and lectures worldwide upon request and has appeared in the US, UK, Austria, Czech Republic, Turkey, Mauritius, and Iran.
Latif Bolat
Regrettably, Latif Bolat is unable to come perform for Song of the Soul. We are sorry for this surprise notice as well as the opportunity we lost for him to join us in bringing this wonderful concert to you.
Gabriel Gold
A mystical, angelic voice and music that moves one to journey through both the deep joy and sorrows of the Soul.Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Gabriel Gold is a San Francisco, CA, USA based multi-instrumentalist (a pioneer of the Handpan, a steel melodic percussion instrument), composer and acoustic researcher, specializing in the study of sacred resonant spaces. His current work is founded on inspiring deeper connections to sacred spaces around the world, both natural and man-made and to help bring awareness to the need to protect and honor them. A selection of Gabriels past works include: his latest album Halo, recorded in acoustically resonant sacred spaces throughout the world; his Healing Voice workshops and singing circles, through which he has personally supported thousands of people on the journey of developing a spiritual and fulfilling relationship to their singing voices; the musical score for four feature length ballets with Labayen Dance Co. and Mudita Arts Ballet, and others
Simorgh Dance Collective
Established by Farima Berenji in 2008 as the Farima Dance Company, the ensemble seeks to interpret, present, and perform traditional classical, folkloric, and sacred dances of the Silk Road. It became the Simorgh Dance Collective, a world community of artists devoted to cross-cultural dialogue and artistic collaboration through traditional, classical, and sacred dance styles of the Silk Road. The Collective currently has member companies and artist affiliations in the Bay Area, Alaska, British Columbia, and Turkey.
Caravan El Noor
Caravan El Noor (Caravan of Light) creates and performs devotional chants and dances from various spiritual backgrounds. Inspired by the Universal Sufi tradition, in which all paths to the Divine are honored, Caravan El Noor invites audience participation in a call-and-response format that transforms the hearts and mind through sacred mantric phrases and sound. The band includes Jihan Gigi Amer as lead vocalist and harmonium player, Robert Hansen as vocalist, guitarist, oud and dotar player, and Andrew Foehner on tabla, djembe, frame drums, and percussion.
Jim Blum
Jim Blum has attended many spiritual workshops and has been a Sufi with the Ruhaniat Sufi order since 1980. He leads Zikr as well as plays many ethnic and western musical instruments for Zikr or Dances of Universal Peace, including guitar, harmonium, clarinet, soprano saxophone, violin, viola, oboe, English and French horn, and others.
Jahmra (Erika Nicholas)
Jahmra participates in events within the Sufi community, including playing, and singing for Dances of Universal Peace in the Bay Area.
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LocationPacific Cultural Center (View)
1307 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
United States
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