HELENE ERIKSEN
TRADITIONAL DANCES OF THE EAST
www.helene-eriksen.de

News:
I've just gotten back from Norway and Turkey. Both were wonderful. I
really enjoyed teaching both for the dance community and for the
University in Trondheim and I will probably be returning, including a
stop in Oslo, in the summer of 2006.
Due to a lot of wonderful coincidences the tour to Istanbul turned out
to be even more exciting then I had planned. Extras included an
beautiful concert of Ottoman and Armenian music in the Aya Irini church
and a Alevi party/concert with a great "performance" of Alevi semah and
several great folk singers including the heartfelt Sabahat Akkiraz.
Following the tour to Istanbul I did a field research project with
colleagues from the ICTM Sub-Study Group on Ethnochoreology and the Ege
University in Izmir in the Zeybek region of SW Turkey. We visited Alevi
and Yörük villages and found lots of wonderful music and dance and warm
people. Stay tuned for reports and photos of both the tour and the
field research project.
Next year I am planning another tour to Istanbul and immediately
following a week in SW Turkey staying in villages. These two tours can
be booked individually or together. The tour to Istanbul will be
similar to the program this year and more information on the rural tour
will be available in the fall, but I have already opened my waiting list
and have my first inquiries...so if you are interested be sure to
contact me early for next year's tours.
Coming up in June is a week intensive in Denmark. For those not
aquatinted with the Danish Hojskole system, this is a wonderful way to
study the arts in a really inexpensive way. The Vestjyllandsojskole is
beautifully situated and has some of the most fantastic experimental
food that I've ever tasted...defintly the best school cafeteria food you
will meet anywhere. I will be teaching a week-long intensive together
with Lar-Bo Kujahn, one of Scandinavia's best Arabic percussionists.
Hope to see you there!


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MAY 2005

Mon. 30.5.2004 USA Seattle
Seattle Folklife Festival: Arab Program 3-5 p.m.
sabura@...

JUNE 2005
Sat-Fri. 11-17.6.2005 DENMARK Ringkøbing
Weeklong Intensive: Music and dance of the Orient
with Lars-Bo Kujahn teaching Percussion and Music
Fantastic Cooking!!!!!!! This school is idyllic and due to the
subvention of the Danish government a week here is really affordable.
Lars-Bo and I will be teaching dance and music from Turkey, Egypt, North
Africa the Gulf and the Balkans. There is plenty of opportunity for
individual attention, jam sessions, parties at night and long walks in
the beautiful countryside.
http://www.vestjyllandshojskole.dk
kontor@...
For a review of last year (in Danish) see:
http://www.vestjyllandshojskole.dk/Helene%20Eriksen.htm

Sa/So. 25-26.6.2005 DEUTSCHLAND Göttingen
Workshop: Tänze der Ghawasi aus Oberägypten
VHS Göttingen
Tel. 0551/495223
bluemel@...
www.vhsgoettingen.de

JULY 2005
Sam/Dim. 2-3.7.2005 FRANCE Rouen
Stage: "Roman" Danses des Roma d'Istanboul
francine.conche@...

7-14.7.2005 TURKEY Bursa
I will be on the jury of the Bursa Karagöz International Folk dance Festival

Sa. 16.07.05 DEUTSCHLAND Rammenau
Barockschloss Rammenau
18.30 Uhr, Auftritt zum Abschluss der Ausstellung:
AFGHANISTAN - LAND DER KONTRASTE 03.12.2004 - 30.07.2005
www.barockschloss-rammenau.com
info@...

Wed-Sun. 20-24.7.2005 HRVATSKA/CROATIA Zagreb
Međunarodna Smotra Folklora -- International Folklore Festival
Workshops: Sheikhat dances of Morocco
msf@...
www.msf.hr

OCTOBER 2005

19-23.10.2005 USA/Georgia Atlanta
American Folklore Society's 117th Annual Meeting
Panel: Dance in the Diaspora
http://afsnet.org/annualmeet/index.cfm

NOVEMBER 2005

17-27.11.2005
Lahore World Performing Arts Festival
www.peergroup.com.pk

DECEMBER 2005

Sat/Sun. SLOVENIJA Ljubljana
Workshop: Theme to be announced
mirjam@...
ZIVA Center
Kurilniska 18, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
www.bitizenska.org, www.zivacenter.org

Su/Ned 10-11.12.2005 HRVATSKA/CROATIA Zagreb
Workshop: Theme to be announced
ivana_m@...

JANUARY 2006

Sa/So 21-22.1.2006 DEUTSCHLAND Mönchengladbach
Projekteinführung: Tänze der Roma, von Rajasthan nach Rumänien
Projekt wird ca. neun intensiven Wochenenden, verteilt auf 2 Jahre sein
und wird mit einen Auftritt abgeschlossen.
Weitere Termine sind vorausichtlich:
4-5.3.2006
Ein Termin in Juni 2006
25-26.11.2006
und noch 5 Termine in 2007
Studio Habibi
wie.samira@...
www.samira-habibi.de

Sa/So 27-28.1.2006 DEUTSCHLAND Mannheim
Projekteinführung: Tänze des Maghrebs
Projekt wird ca. acht intensiven Wochenenden, verteilt auf 1 1/2 Jahren
und wird mit einen Auftritt abgeschlossen.
Weitere Termine sind vorausichtlich:
25-26.3.06
Ein Termin in Juni 2006
30.9-1.10.06
9-10.12.06
und noch 3 Termine in 2007
ilona@...

APRIL 2006

28.4-7.5.2006 TURKEY Istanbul
10-day Music, Dance and Culture Tour to Istanbul.
Dance lessons, sightseeing, Mevlevi whirling dervish sema, music and
dance concerts, Roma music and dance......
Please contact me if you are interested. The tour is limited to a small
group. More information on my website under "Tour to Turkey".
mail@...

MAY 2006
7-15.5.2006 TURKEY Izmir and villages of the Zeybek Region
Music, Dance and Culture Tour to SW Turkey.
Dance, music and ethnography classes at Ege University in Izmir. Stays
in Alevi and Yörük villages with cooking, weaving, dance and music
lessons. Experience village life first hand. Learn Zeybek and Semah
dances. This tour can be booked separately or in conjunction with the
Istanbul tour. More detailed information in the fall.