1-3 p.m. ET, Saturday, December 7, 2024
Palestinian Dabke Workshop with Al Juthoor of the Arab Diaspora
In-person at AANM
FREE with RSVP
Al-Juthoor (“Roots” in Arabic) of the Arab Diaspora is a Dabkeh troupe that raises awareness about Arab and Palestinian struggle, culture, and art. Directed by Wael Buhaissy, Al-Juthoor empowers our community and youth to take pride in our heritage, our past, and our future by honoring our history and celebrating our resistance. Across the borders of our diaspora, we assert our community’s connection to our deep roots in the land and the people throughout the Arab world, from Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Palestine.
Director Wael Buhaissy of bay-area based Al Juthoor of the Arab Diaspora will lead this Palestinian Dabke workshop. Open to all levels, you’ll be in a welcoming environment to learn basic dabke steps and phrases, with more advanced variations introduced as well.
This event is part of The Sounds We Keep, curated by Leyya Mona Tawil. The Sounds We Keep is a performance series by AANM guest curator Leyya Mona Tawil, Director of Arab.AMP. Experimenting with themes inherent to our diaspora, the artists in this series use sound, voice, composition and movement in an attempt to create a record of our journey and invoke our future. Each program brings together Arab American artists from separate regions of the U.S. This tuning of diasporic forms through music and performance reveals the complexity of our cultural references through the instruments, the approaches and conversations that ensue.
For questions, e-mail Fatima Al-Rasool at [email protected]
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