Nava Dance

**last class is June 13 (then classes are on break resuming Friday, August 1st)

10:00 - 11:30 am (pacific time)

$25- Drop-in

*It is also possible to pay via Venmo, Paypal, or Cash. (Class drop in is $25 if paying with cash or venmo- @Miriam-Peretz-2)

Paypal- miriampdance@gmail.com

Nava Dance is a contemporary and holistic dance practice developed by Miriam Peretz. Nava Dance draws deep inspiration from Silk Road (Persian & Central Asian) themes and movement aesthetics, as well as from the devotional practice of whirling. Each Nava Dance class incorporates Miriam’s signature ritualized warm ups, sequences in the Nava style, as well as the study of traditional Central Asian dances including; Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, and Afghan.

This class is an all level class that includes Nava Dance Essentials technique and movement ritual as well as short combinations and the art of turning.

Nava is a beautiful example of a word shared by the Hebrew, Farsi, and Turkish languages. In Farsi and Turkish Nava means sound or tune. It is also the name of one the main Dastgah (musical modes) in the Persian and Turkish music traditions. In the Hebrew language, Nava means pleasant, graceful, beautiful and is a common girls’ name. Also, in Hindi, Nava means young or new.