Short performance by Banafsheh Sayyad
Recitation by acclaimed writer and journalist Homa Sarshar and
renowned Mystic and Writer Andrew Harvey
Presentation by Andrew Harvey
Photo Exhibit by Mehri Sahihi
Arrival: 7 PM
Program: 8 - 9:30 PM
Private Residence in Brentwood
Wine and refreshments will be served
Tickets: $50
with each ticket, you will receive the DVD, In the Fire of Grace as a gift
Valet Parking provided
upon purchase, the address will be provided
Info: (818) 887-7878
In In the Fire of Grace, Banafsheh interprets five stages of the soul's archetypal journey to union with the Beloved in movement that marries as Rumi's mystical vision does, the serene peace with the fierce gorgeous passion of the divine. She is accompanied by Andrew Harvey as the voice of Rumi, summoning her deeper into the flames of death and rebirth.
Andrew Harvey is the renowned mystical scholar, Rumi translator, poet, spiritual teacher, writer of over 30 books, and architect of Sacred Activism. Harvey's Rumi is a thunderous, poignant Shakespeare of the soul, catching one unaware and making retreat impossible. The dances are illumined by discussions exploring the urgency of Rumi's message to our turbulent world and the devastating, glorious paradoxes of the mystical journey.
"As an embodied mystic of the divine feminine, her presentations are not performances but transmissions which transform your vision of dance forever. Dancer and dance become one initiatory flame of grace."
Andrew Harvey
"Part whirling dervish, part flamenco femme fatale, sensuous and audacious, Banafsheh's dance is a mesmerizing foray into the body as trance mechanism; a DNA strand, supple, fluid and noble, come to life."
Los Angeles Times
