“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
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 […]
Dancing Colors of Spring, May 29, 2016, San Francisco The fifth annual Dancing Colors of Spring dance showcase hosted by Hai Yan Jackson Chinese Dance and Stanford University Chinese Dance features a performance by the Farima Dance Company. For tickets call (415) 851-1140.
HaflAdira June 2016The Farima Dance Company will perform dances of the Silk Road at 1:42pm during the June HaflAdira showcase of dances.
Palo Alto World Music Day is a free community cultural music festival that takes place every year on Father's Day in downtown Palo Alto. Closed to traffic, University Avenue becomes an impromptu venue for fifty professional and amateur musical groups who perform a variety of genres on street corners and plazas: jazz, blues, classical, pop, […]
Jaheli (Baba Karam) Dance Workshopwith Farima Berenji Jaheli or Baba Karam is a playful imitation of the machismo style of dance done by the working class men of Tehran. The dance illustrates typical movements inspired by tough street gang members of the Qajar era known as “Jahel”. Jâheli is part of an Iranian sub-culture that […]
Special workshop in Bandari, an Indo-Iranian tribal style dance from Southern Iran.
Farima shares her favorite music and passions as special guest during this radio interview on KZSU 90.1 FM Stanford University. Listen live on kzsu.stanford.edu.
Iranian and Turkish Sufi dance workshop with Shamanic rituals. In collaboration with Sufi musicians of Ankara. Workshop and Performance by Farima and Oğuz Kaan Birhekimoğlu. Join us on a path for healing and self-growth through the power of meditative whirling and sacred dance to live music, mystical Persian poetry, and Zikr (prayer). With us create […]
Haft Sema - Haft Magham (7 Sema - 7 Modes) Sufi Whirling and Iranian Sufi Music Retreat Three day intensive Sema (Sufi whirling) training and healing workshop for the seven styles of Sufi whirling based on the ancient Persian seven sacred elements of life. With master instructor Farima Berenji,award winning dance ethnologist, shaman, and master […]
Learn a fun Baba Karam choreography by dance artist, instructor, and scholar Farima Berenji. Jaheli or Baba Karam is a playful imitation of the machismo style of dance done by the working class men of Tehran. The dance illustrates typical movements inspired by tough street gang members of the Qajar era known as “Jahel”. Jâheli […]