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Tahya

Experience the wonder of ancient and enduring arts.
Audiences enjoy her authentic, joyful, expressive performances echoing the patterns of ancient traditions, and in her classes, Tahya gently encourages participants to engage the body, mind and spirit toward invigorating a vibrant sense of well-being.
May inspiration abound to find the rhythm and music that dances within us all, allowing creativity and graceful healing harmony to emerge as part of daily existence.
Bringing ancient technologies into our modern lives, Tahya's focus in the new millenium is to awaken inner creativity, to find the music that dances within us all, allowing graceful healing harmony to emerge as part of daily existence.
Tahya, 2008 LVAIC Dance Consortium's Distinguised Service Awardee, has been continually teaching and performing Danse Orientale since 1977. Recognized as the area's leading authority on Middle Eastern Dance, her classes awaken inner creativity while emphasizing music and dance as a window on the unique cultures of North Africa and countries throughout the Middle and Far East. Tahya concerts and workshops build cultural awareness and dance appreciation, replacing misconceptions with informed concepts and boosting a respect for art forms steeped in antiquity. Furthermore, with humanity's need to express the spirit within, the intent is to
- Engage persons of all ages to explore their creativity;
- Bring these ancient technologies into our modern lives stirring the creative spirit within, revealing a pathway of relaxation and well-being; and
- Illustrate the magical ability of dance to inspire beauty, respect and tolerance in our hearts while building cultural awareness.
May inspiration abound to find the rhythm and music that dances within us all, allowing creativity and graceful healing harmony to emerge as part of daily existence (all across the planet).
Tahya is an ACE-certified Group Fitness instructor and a spellbinding performer who has been devoted to presenting as well as teaching dances steeped in antiquity for over 30 years. Dedicated study with masters of middle and far eastern dance have resulted in the creation of a cultural form representing traditional dance as well as maintaining the dance spirit in new pieces of choreography.
She has produced the "Tahya Technique Healing Dance" DVD and three CD's collaborating with renowned percussionists including Pete Barnhart, Paulo Mattioli and Grant Smith to create an ethereal experience connecting one with his/her Inner Wisdom. The Tahya Meditations CD's assist in quieting the restless mind. Each CD has a guided narration with soft percussive soundscape spiraling the listener to the very core of his/her essence unveiling the beauty and creativity within. In addition, her most recent venture is a collaboration with Cooperman in the re-emergence of a percussion instrument used by devotees of the Goddesses Isis and Hathor in Ancient Egyptian civilizations ~ for more information, see Ceremonial Systrum. She also co-facilitates Women's Wisdom & Wellness with Helene Leonetti, MD.