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About the Lecture:
Dance & Culture of the Georgian Mountains by Dance Ethnologist, Helene Eriksen⠀⠀
Join Helene Eriksen for an exploration of the dance culture of the Georgian Mountains. Understand the dance styles of this area more deeply through the geography, history and ethnography of the region.⠀
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Bio: ⠀⠀
Helene is a dance ethnologist, teacher, performer and choreographer of traditional dances of the Balkans and Islamic Orient as well as Argentine Tango and folk dance. She celebrated 40 years of teaching in 2019. She lectures and publishes on dance ethnology and costume studies.⠀⠀
She has conducted many research projects in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, the UAE, Oman, Uzbekistan and Pakistan and Argentina as well as with immigrant communities (particularly from Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey) in Europe and the Americas. She speaks English, German Spanish, French, Bulgarian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Turkish and Russian. She is an active member of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology (ICTM/UNESCO).⠀⠀
For many years she has been leading dance and culture study tours to Morocco, Turkey, Armenia and Uzbekistan (Coming up: tours to Argentina!).⠀⠀
Learn more about Helene through her website: helene-eriksen.de