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Tajik dance is a performing art form which has remained through time connected to social activities. Still today in Tajikistan, a nation deeply connected to Iran, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan through shared histories, cultures and languages, dance accompanies life cycle events such as births, weddings, funerals and holidays. Dance practices in Tajikistan have also retained a deep and vital link with spirituality, especially in the more remote mountain regions where many movements make reference to the forces of nature and the geometry of the cosmos and in Badakshan, dance still accompanies the minstrel poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, Attar and many others.
Aliah is committed to the preservation and development of Iranian & Central Asian performing arts. Aliah holds a B.A. in Iranian Studies and World Arts & Cultures from UCLA and is currently pursuing a Mmus Performance degree at the University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies. Aliah has been a principal dancer with the San Francisco dance company, Ballet Afsaneh since 1998 and recently served as interim assistant director & co-choreographer. In 2005 Aliah completed an artist residency at Padida Dance Theater in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and returned there this spring of 2007 to continue her dance training with master teacher Sharofat Rashidova. Aliah is also currently a participant in the Tajik Dance Initiative and was sponsored to conduct field research in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan in 2006 and will be returning in the summer of 2007 to continue working with the TDI project.
Saal no mobarak~Yengi yilingizgha mubarek bolsun~Shogun baor mobarak
Tue, March 20, 2007 - 3:34 PM
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Dear friends, May you have a prosperous new year filled with inspiration, love and ecstatic music and dance making! With love, Aliah
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