www.helene-eriksen.de
News:

We did it!  What an amazing time to be in the US and see the air of excitement and hope and spirit of transformation that this last election has brought.  I hope that we are all stepping into a new era of justice, international understanding and respect!

I had an amazing week in Kalamazoo.  Channon Mondoux went out of her way to organize a full packed week...people came from all over the midwest and they put me through my paces with arts in the schools, a collaboration with a contemporary dance ensemble, 3 workshops, private lessons, a community evening highlighting the West Sahara, a solo evening performance and a Gala show...whew!  The local newspaper put me on the front page of the local section with a large article (click here to read it)  and on the front page of the newspaper a few days later.  We are planning more events: an week-long retreat next summer and more things in the year to come...perhaps a training project for Michigan!  Keep posted.

Next week I leave for Europe.  I will be teaching the wonderful floating dances from Azerbaijan in Worms, Germany and then continue on to Slovenia, Croatia and Italy for workshops, master classes and a performance in Ljubljana.  More information below.

Next year I will be offering two trips back to back.  First we will go to Armenia to study Armenian, Persian and Roma dance.  This trip is organized by Simona Jović from France/Serbia and myself and will be April 21-28th, 2009.  Immediately following will be my annual trip to Turkey.  This year we will be in Istanbul for the festival of Hırdellez on May 5/6...not to be missed...reserve your space now!  More info on my website...and you can request a pdf brochure about Armenia from me.

There are new video clips of my dancing on my website and you can still find a link there to the Seattle ensemble's recital last June.  To watch a brief clip about the festival where we performed in Nepal click here.

Winter is coming (and the holiday season) and we have finally uploaded photos of all my hats on my Etsy site.  You can see what I do during my long flights, train rides and waiting-room visits: one of a kind, art-to-wear crocheted hats in vibrant colors and made from luxurious fibers.  I've also started making wrist warmers. (I couldn't survive the winter without them!)  There are lots of earrings too!  If you buy a hat, do please send me a photo!  I would like to make a gallery of my hats on the beautiful heads of their smiling owners!!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6039627

2009 is pretty full now...however I do have a few spaces for the Spring in North America or the Fall in Europe and I still have plenty of flexibility for 2010...so please contact me if you would like to organize a workshop or performance!!!

To find out more about the individual dance styles listed below, please visit the "Workshop Catalog" on my website.
Helene

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NOVEMBER 2008

Sa/So 22-23.11.2008     DEUTSCHLAND Worms
Workshop: Tänze aus Aserbaijan
mit Baldachin und Teeuntertassen (Perkussionsinstrument)
ilona@...
www.tanzschule-palmyra.de

Thurs. 27.11.2008     SLOVENIJA Kamnik
Workshop: Turkish Roman
bayani.natasa@...

Fri. 28.11.2008     SLOVENIJA Ljubljana
Performance: Dances under the Crescent Moon
mirjam@...
www.bitizenska.org
www.zivacenter.org

Sat/Sun. 29-30.11.2008      SLOVENIJA Kamnik
2 Workshops: Khalegi and Uzbek
bayani.natasa@...

DECEMBER 2008

Mon 1.12.2008      CROATIA Zagreb
Workshop: Armeninan Dances
orijent@...

Wed. 3.12.2008      ITALY Castel Franco
Workshop: theme tba
info@...

Thurs 4.12.2008     ITALY  Roma
Workshop: Guedra, trance dance of the West Sahara
auropuc@...

Fri. 5.12.2008     ITALY   Roma
Workshop: TBA
auropuc@...

Sat/Sun 6-7.12.2008     ITALY   Roma
2 workshops: Algerian Nailiyat and Tunisian
auropuc@...

Sat/Sun 13-14.12.2008     USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women's Dances of the Orient III
mail@...

2009

JANUARY 2009

Sat/Sun 10-11.1.2009      USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women's Dances of the Orient IV
mail@...

Sa/So 17-18.1.2009      DEUTSCHLAND Worms
Workshop: Bandari, Tanz aus dem Südiran
ilona@...

Sa/So. 24-25.1.2009      DEUTSCHLAND   Wiesbaden
Workshop: Persischer Tanz
info@...
www.malu-tanz.de/index.html

Sa/So 31.1-1.2.2009     DEUTSCHLAND Worms
Workshop: Persischer Tanz
ilona@...

FEBRUARY 2009

Sat/Sun 7-8.2.2009     CROATIA Zagreb
Workshop: tba
orijent@...

Sat/Sun 21-22.2.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women's Dances of the Orient V
mail@...

MARCH 2009

Sat/Sun 7-8.3.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women's Dances of the Orient VI
mail@...

Fri-Sun 13-15.3.2009     USA/Florida  Miami
Miami Beach International Bellydance Festival: The Global Woman
Habibti Productions
tmhanan@...

Fr. 20.3.2009     USA/Washington  Seattle
Performance: The Road of the Roma: from Rajasthan to Romania
with Helene Eriksen & Kálmán Dreisziger
Don@...
www.seedseattle.org/seedarts/rvcc/rvcc_index.html

Sat/Sun 21-22.3.2009     USA/Washington  Seatle
Workshop:  Couple Dances from Transylvania
with Helene Eriksen & Kálmán Dreisziger
Sat evening the workshop will be followed by a dance with live music!
Don@...
www.nwdance.net

APRIL 2009

Sat/Sun 4-5.4.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women's Dances of the Orient VII
mail@...

Mon-Sun 6-12.4.2009     MEXICO  Mexico City
Workshops and Performance
niranyana@...

Sat/Sun. 21-22.4.2009      SLOVENIJA Kamnik
2 Workshops: tba
bayani.natasa@...

21-28.4.2009     ARMENIA Yerevan
8-day Music, Dance and Culture Tour to Armenia.
Helene Eriksen, Simona Jović join Armenian and Roma artists in an exploration
of Armenian, Roma and Persian music and dance.
Please contact me if you are interested. The tour is limited to a small group.
More information to come on my website...stay posted!
mail@...
www.simonajovic.com

30.4-8.5.2009     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......special highlight is the Roma festival of Hırdelez!!!
Please contact me if you are interested. The tour is limited to a small group.
Registration is now open!
More information on my website under "Tour to Turkey".
mail@...

MAY 2009

Sat/Sun 16-17.5.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women's Dances of the Orient VIII
mail@...

22-25.5.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Northwest Folklife Festival
www.nwfolklife.org

Sat/Sun 30-31.5.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project:
Women's Dances of the Orient IX
mail@...

JUNE 2009

Fri-Sat 6&7.6.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Final Recitals of Intensive Training Project:
Dances Under the Crescent Moon
mail@...

JULY 2009

7.2009 (exact dates tba)     USA/Michigan Kalamazoo
Intensive week dance retreat
channonmondoux@...

SEPTEMBER 2009

Sat/Sun 19-20.9.2009     USA/Washington Seattle
Intensive Training Project Introductory Weekend Workshop:
Learn Technique, Choreography, Dance Notation, Yoga, Music Analysis, Staging, Costuming, Stage Make-up, Historical and Cultural backgrounds for 7 different styles of women's dance from the Orient. On this weekend we will pick our repertoire together and you can become acquainted with my work before deciding to take part in the whole 9 weekend project and show.  The project will then start in October.
Please write for a detailed description and registration form!
mail@...

NOVEMBER 2009

Sa/So 21-22.11.2009     DEUTSCHLAND Emmelshausen
Workshop: tba
angelika-theresa-maria@...