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News
Upcoming Concerts
May 1, 2002 (Saturday)
Mark Twain Middle School,
Venice, CA. 12:30 pm.
May 18, 2002 (Saturday)
11th Annual Santa Monica Festival.
The 2002 Festival is proud to present an energizing mix of musicians and performers both traditional and contemporary (and sometimes both). A fabulous event for adults, kids, friends, everyone. Ney Nava Dance Theatre presents contemporary and mystic Sufi dances, from 1-1:45 pm, featuring new dances and new dancers! Santa Monica Festival 2002, "A Celebration of Our Community Roots," Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd. Saturday, May 18, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Information: 310-458-8350.
May 19, 2 pm
Mini-concert with Mamak Khaden on vocals, Zareen on daf and Shida Pegahi dance solo.
Overland Elementary School.
May 24, 2002 (Friday)
Private dance concerts for Warner Brothers International Television, Burbank.
May 30 , 2002
Ney Nava "Junior" Ensemble, Paul Revere School, Brentwood, 7:30 pm.
June 14, 2002
Denver, Colorado, Society of Iranian Women annual conference.
Links
A Few of Our Favorite Links
Al-Andalus - Middle Eastern, Sephardic, East Indian music Axiom of Choice - Middle Eastern world music Ivri-NASAWI - Sephardi, Mizrahi & Middle Eastern arts Levantine Cultural Center - Middle Eastern arts & cultures Lian Ensemble - world music fusion of Iran Pacific Arts Center - new dance/arts academy and day camp Persian Arts Society - fine arts and music
"To western eyes, Ney Nava is a feast of color and costumes,
shining on stage as if the dancers, in the traditional chador and dresses of their native land, were straight out of a fairy tale."
- Am�rica Salinas, LA OPINIÓNDancers Wanted! Ney Nava has both a traditional and contemporary Persian repertoire. We also create modern avant-garde choreography. The company tours and has paid performances with major cultural institutions (locally this includes the Getty, UCLA, Armand Hammer and others). Shida Pegahi, artistic director, currently teaches at Westside Academy of Dance and was former director of the dance program at Crossroads. Critic Lewis Segal of the L.A. Times has called Ney Nava's dances "gracious" and "adroitly choreographed." We are seeking dancers trained in ballet, modern, jazz or Middle Eastern styles. Contact Ney Nava at (310) 287-1017.
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classical dance,traditional dance performance, middle eastern dance, persian dance, dance with live music, persian dance, sufism, Rumi, persian arts, iranian arts, dance instruction, percussion, international dance, middle eastern music, cross-cultural arts
