“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
Iranian Shamanic Rituals, Breathing, and Yoga Retreat Shamanic healing retreat with sacred dance and whirling. This retreat features daily exercises by Yeşim Kızılkartal for yoga and breathing, becoming aware of your emotional limits, and expanding your inner thoughts and feelings. Farima will teach shamanic rituals of Iran and Central Asia including Mevlevi turning movements. Discover […]
Santa Clara Intercultural Festival Festival of music, food, costumes, and dances of the multifaceted cultures that make up the people of Santa Clara. The Santa Clara County Intercultural Festival is targets all ethnic groups from Santa Clara County to come together for music, dance, art, and food. As part of the festival, there will be […]
Classical Persian and Sacred Dance Workshop and Concert Classical Persian and sacred dance workshop, lecture, and concert with Farima Berenji, Latif Bolat, and Varol Ozkaner 3:00-5:00 pm Classical Persian and sacred dance workshop 5:30-6:30 pm Lecture and slide show 6:30-7:00 pm Photography presentation, Varol Ozkaner 8:00-10:00 pm Dances of the Silk Road Concert with Farima […]
Beginning Sufi Whirling Technique Workshop
A Mystical Journey Through the Silk Road Music, dance, and poetry of the Silk Road with Farima Berenji, Latif Bolat, Sadegh Azmand, Rashid Shadat, and the Simorgh Dance Collective of Turkey. Farima Berenji Farima Berenji is an Iranian-born scholar and an award winning, internationally acclaimed performing artist, choreographer, instructor, lecturer, dance ethnologist, and archaeologist specializing […]
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 […]