He was born in what is now Armenia in the late 19th century and spent many of his early years travelling in the Middle East, India and central Asia. These experiences were told in the book Meetings ...

Ziya Azazi, a Turkish dancer, will perform Dervish in Progress, a contemporary interpretation of the Sufi Whirling dance in Mumbai Sufi dervishes have a mystical, almost esoteric existence in popular ...

JAFFA, Israel — In a family’s living room in this seaside town, seven people spin in circles to the beat of a drum and the strumming of a guitar. As the music gets faster, so does their turning, with ...

Begin your Sunday on a spiritual note, where the dance movements you learn take you on a journey of the sacred heritage of ancient cultures and in the process, bring a sense of calm. The Sacred Dance ...