Robyn Friend -- forthcoming events

Robyn Friend -- Forthcoming events that are open to the public

All the time

Private and semi-private classes. Near Los Angeles.

Persian, Turkish
Current class flyer
For more information: robyn@robynfriend.com.

2007

April. Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

June. Dushanbe and Khorog, Tajikistan.

August. Seattle, Washington

100 Railroad Avenue South, Kent, Washington, http://www.saqra.net, 253-813-8580. For more information: http://saqra@saqra.net/

August. Middle-Eastern Music and Dance Camp, Mendocino California

For more information: http://www.middleeastcamp.com/

October. China.

2006

6 May. Bath, England.

Performing at 1,001 Nights Society Annual Extravaganza
Other work-shops in Bristol and London are pending

July. Dushanbe and Khorog, Tajikistan.

Events TBD

14-18 August. Middle-Eastern Music and Dance Camp, Mendocino California

For more information: http://www.middleeastcamp.com/

22 August to 13 September. Tajikistan.

Events TBD.

2005

25-30 August. Samaqand, Uzbekistan.

Performing at Sharq Taronalari 2005 song festival
With Neil Siegel and Susan Rudnicki

6-7 August. New York City, New York.

At Morrocco's studio.
More info

May. Khorog, Tajikistan.

Events TBD

26-29 March. Prague, Czech Republic

Workshops in classical Persian dance, Iranian folkloric dance, and dance technique for the Oriental dancer.
Contact: Renata Milgrom, renamilgrom@hotmail.com

19-24 March. Vienna, Austria

Workshops in classical Persian dance, Iranian folkloric dance, and dance technique for the Oriental dancer.
Contact: Barbara Hofbauer, 0043/1/526 47 77, studio.chiftetelli@vienna.at, www.chiftetelli.at

16 March. Bristol, England, UK

Persian dance workshop, with Medea Mahdavi
Contact: medea@footwork.org

5 March. Iowa City, Iowa

Daughters of Shahrazad face-to-face: cultural encounters through the expressive arts of Middle-Eastern women
Robyn will be both teaching and performing (Uzbek and Persian dance)
Contact: 319-354-9638, or www.kahramandance.org

8 January. Cafe Dansa, West Los Angeles

"Cafe AMAN" -- Robyn sings and dances with Garip Bulbul, a Turkish music ensemble.
8:30 pm

2004

18 September. "Festival of Dancing Colors Gala -- concert of singing and dancing from the silk route

6:00 pm, Corona Civic Auditorium, 815 W. 6th Street, 92882
Persian and Armenian dancing, and more; Persian and Azerbaijani songs, and more.
for more information: check the MECDA on-line calendar of events, or EMail to Rachel Lazarus.

10-15 August. The Edinborough Festival, Ediborough, Scotland

With Medea Mahdavi and Neil Siegel

19 June. Café Z at the Skirlball Cultural Center, Los Angeles

Robyn sings and dances with Garip Bulbul, a Turkish music ensemble
Garip Bulbul takes its name from two important concepts in Turkish music: garip for the ineffable quality of longing evoked in music and bulbul for the nightingale, the natural embodiment of musical expression.
Garip Bulbul performs music of the Ottoman Empire, a region which at its apex extended from its center in Anatolia west to the Balkans, east to Egypt and Syria, and south to North Africa. Garip Bulbul consists of Robyn Friend, tef and voice; Martha Mavroidi, Lavta; Sonia Seeman on clarinet; Neil Siegel, tar and ud; and Ergun Tamer, kanun.
For driving directions: http://www.skirball.com/

14 March. Fund-raising event for Bam earthquake victims, Olympic Collection.
29 February. Purim event in the San Fernando Valley.

2003

22-23 November. Performing (22nd) and teaching (23rd) in New York

At Morocco's studio

For more information, click here
More details on Morocco's web site

26 October. Concert of Uzbek dances, featuring People's Artist of Uzbekistan Viloyat Akilova

Along with dancers from the Akilov school of Uzbek dance: Carolyn Kreuger, and Louchia Tchoukhri, and Robyn Friend

7:00 pm
$15.00
Click here for a flyer
Location: Great Hall, Plummer Park, 7737 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood. Click here for a map.
You can buy tickets at the door (cash or check only!), starting at around 6:30 pm.
Call 310-541-9694 UNTIL 3:00 pm on the day of the show to reserve tickets.

19-20 October. Concert of Persian singing and dancing.

7:30 pm
Morgan-Wixson Theater, 2627 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90405
818-645-6314, or www.neyreez.com
For a flyer, click here

17-24 August. Middle-Eastern Music and Dance Camp, Mendocino California

For more information: http://www.middleeastcamp.com/

16 August. Persian dance class in Sausalito, California.

5:30 to 7:30 pm
Nautilus of Marin Studio, 3001 Bridgeway, Sausalito, California
$25
For reservations or information, call Evelyn at 415.289.1338. You can also EMail her at evelynereece@hotmail.com.

16 July. Concert at the Armand Hammer Museum, Westwood, Los Angeles.

With the Turkish music ensemble Garip Bulbul
For more information, click here

17 May. Concert at the Levantine Center, Los Angeles.

With Helene Eriksen
Dances from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Persia, Morocco, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Egypt
Songs from Persia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan
For more information, click here

27 April. Concert in Orange County.

Folk and classical music of Iran
With Neil Siegel & Siamak Pouian
At the Orange County Museum of Art, 850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660
3:00 pm
For more information: Tim Tomkins

8 March. In concert at UC Santa Barbara

Persian singing and dancing
Uzbek dancing
With the UC Santa Barbara music ensemble
Check the UCSB web for time and location

2002

13 December. Persian dance performance.

At the Olympic Collection
9:00 pm

20 October. Mehregan celebration at Nazemi ParsArt Center, Los Angeles

I will dance sometime between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm
7412 Balboa Boulevard, Van Nuys, California. Click here for a map
Call 818-904-0765 for more information

12 October. Café Z at the Skirlball Cultural Center, Los Angeles

12:00 noon to 2:00 pm
Robyn sings and dances with Garip Bulbul, a Turkish music ensemble
Garip Bulbul takes its name from two important concepts in Turkish music: garip for the ineffable quality of longing evoked in music and bulbul for the nightingale, the natural embodiment of musical expression.
Garip Bulbul performs music of the Ottoman Empire, a region which at its apex extended from its center in Anatolia west to the Balkans, east to Egypt and Syria, and south to North Africa. Garip Bulbul consists of Catherine Alexander on tef; Robyn Friend, tef and voice; Michael Hysinger, ud; Sonia Seeman on clarinet; Neil Siegel, tar and ud; and Ergun Tamer, kanun.
For more information: http://www.skirball.org/

19-23 August. Middle-Eastern Music and Dance Camp, Mendocino California

For more information: http://www.middleeastcamp.com/

20 May to 10 June.

In Uzbekistan, studying with Viloyat Akilova
Classes in Los Angeles are blacked-out

30 March. Now Ruz party and concert, California Institute of Technology, Dabney Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner and entertainment
Students $15, general admission $25
For more information: http://ficcit.caltech.edu

15-16 March.

Medea Mahdavi will be performing her new show, "Dancing the Knife", in Bristol, England, at the QEH Theatre on 15 and 16 March. Be there if you can! Tickets and information available at http://www.footwork.org/knife/default.htm.

8-10 March. MAJMA 2002, Glastonbury, UK

Performance
Teaching
Lectures
For more information: somdanceco@aol.com, or look at the flyer

5-6 January. At Morocco's "Weeklong", New York City

Performance -- 5 January
Persian dance work-shop -- 6 January
For more information: morocco@tiac.net.