WHAT:
Discover the veil as your dance partner through the sinuous language of Danse Orientale Arabesque, infused with the passion and dramatic musicality of Tango.
Explore curves, sensuality, flowing shapes, and expressive movement as the veil becomes an extension of the dancer. Alluring Tango rhythms inspire expressive combinations and Dalia Carella’s unique approach to her unique style of dancing with the veil.
Please bring a 3.5–4 yard veil. (A couple of veils will be available to borrow.)
WHEN:
Friday September 18th, 6.30-8.30pm
WHERE:
Playwrights, 440 Lafayette St, 4th Floor, Studio 4C, New York, NY 10003
Press “Playwrights” on the intercom to open the front door and activate the elevator.
INVESTMENT:
In Advance: $60, $50 unlimited pass members
At the Door: $70, $60 unlimited pass members
WHO: Dalia Carella is a renowned world fusion artist, choreographer and instructress that specializes in both Near/Middle Eastern and Contemporary Dance Theater. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Dalia Carella Carella Dance Collective. Audiences from around the world have applauded her mystical and innovative dances and choreographies that are taken from the tradition of the countries she is representing. Ms. Carella has delved deeply in the studies of dances from the Near and Middle East including Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, as well as North Africa including Morocco and Algeria. Her dances are both traditional and contemporary with a spiritual and mystical essence behind each and every dance that she creates. Some of Ms. Carella’s new works represent both traditional and contemporary movement and range from sacred rituals to ethnic contemporary theater pieces as well as Cabaret Theater inspired by the 1920s and 30s.