Hi all, I know a few of you got some of me and Khadijah's fliers about our workshop next month, and there was a typo on the date!! We had originally planned on May 17th, but decided to move it to May 24th - so that's the important date! The workshop will be at the same rec center that Khadijah teaches at locataed on 2800 Glenarm place. We will each teach half of the four hours (with a break in between).

I also wanted to give any of you who are interested in Persian dancing a little more information on the choreography I am teaching. The dance I am teaching is called "Baba Karam" and is based on a very old Iranian pop song, but it continues to be EXTREMELY popular today. The song is about the old Iranian "bad boys" who had there own, pretty sloppy sense of style. You typically where black dress pants, a white dress shirt not buttoned properly and only half tucked in, a red scarf around your neck and a black fedora style hat. This dance is very cute for girls because you kind of immitate the men's style of dancing and acting a little arrogant. A lot of the classical hand movements, head slides, and facial expressions are central to dancing Baba Karam, and it's also very important how you play with the scarf around your neck and your hat to be REALLY flirtatious.

I learned Persian style from several of my Iranian friends, and was asked to perform Baba Karam at this year's Norouz (Persian New Year) at CU Boulder.