Nava Dance Essentials

Next series will begin May 3 and end June 7 (6 week series)

10:00 - 11:15 am (pacific time)

$22- Drop-in (in person)/ $20- (via zoom)

$110- Full 6 week series (in person)/$100- (via zoom)

*Video footage for practice offered after each class for folks that register for full series!! Videos kept up for one week.

*It is also possible to pay via Venmo, Paypal, or Cash.

Nava Dance Essentials is a beginner friendly class that will focus on the signature movements, stylization and ritual components in Nava Dance format. Special attention given to ritualized movement warm ups, proper alignment, hand/arm articulation, and movement combinations. This class will be taught live as well as via live zoom!

Nava Dance is a contemporary and holistic dance practice developed by Miriam Peretz. Nava Dance draws deep inspiration from Silk Road (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.

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.