Educational Outreach
Banafsheh works with presenters to create dynamic educational programs for youth and adults. These programs provide the opportunity for dancers and musicians, non-dancers and musicians, artists, health and education professionals, and members of the community to experience dance and mysticism in a variety of ways.
Banafsheh’s educational programs have been presented in schools, colleges and universities, museums and cultural centers.
School Assemblies/Performances
Banafsheh’s interactive assemblies and performances provide K-12 students exciting experiences in participating as audience members of a live performance either in the familiar setting of their school or in a theater setting.
Programs are combined with historical and cultural information on Persian dance and typically last 35-45 minutes.
Classes and Workshops in Dance of Oneness®
- Workshops (3 hrs)
- Master Classes (1.5 – 2 hrs)
- Extended Residencies of 1 week to 1 month for a full immersion
Titles
- Introduction to Dance of Oneness®
- Dance of the Chakras (all levels)
- Sufi Dance (all levels)
- The Mystical in Dance: Technique & Choreography
(Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) - Contemporary Mystical Persian Dance
(Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced) - Rumi and the Way of Ecstasy with Andrew Harvey
(all levels)