“Everything in dance is poetry. Every movement describes a story, a feeling. The dancer takes the audience into a world of fairy tales.” ~Farima Berenji
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Dances of Uzbekistan Workshop
May 23, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EEST
150TL
Dances of Uzbekistan Workshop with Farima Berenji and Rashid Shadat
Journey by the legendary Silk Road to Uzbekistan and learn the Central Asian dance tradition, culture, and history that have existed for two thousand years.
An amazing opportunity to learn the dances and history from internationally acclaimed artists and scholars. We will learn the great history and cross-cultural influence of Uzbekistan and its arts to the world and learn various dance styles including Bukhara, Ferghana, and Khorezm.
These dances traded influence with the dance cultures of India, China, Persia and Arabia and all the way to Europe.
Workshop will be followed by a concert on May 22 with Farima Berenji, Latif Bolat, Rashid Shadat, and the Simorgh Dance Collective of Turkey.
Price
150 TL for 3 hr. of workshop. Pre-registration is required. Registration ends April 10th.
Note: Workshop and concert is free for those joining Farima’s Mystical Tour of Turkey.
Rashid Shadat
Rashid Shadat is a well-known performer, originally from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. His work in Central Asia included lead roles in popular films during early 2000’s, plus regular TV appearances and as a daily radio host on Auto Radio Hamroh FM102.
Now living in London, Rashid has expanded his portfolio to include work as an extra in big budget films. In 2015 alone he worked on Spectre (James Bond), Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and the new Bourne Identity film being released in 2016. Currently he is working as an extra on the remake of the classic superhero film, Wonder Woman.
In addition to film, Rashid is also well known in London as a host for cultural and arts events, and starred in his own one-man show, Dervish, at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in 2012.
With 10 years of theatre experience including acting and directing, Rashid is also a well known folk dancer, having performed at dance and music festivals in London, Sweden, Greece and Germany over the last five years.
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