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November 15, 2004
The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus
They're currently touring the U.S.
Tonight they're at the Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago, then it's on to Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley on Wednesday and Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 20.
The 11-man troupe consists of the Four Dervishes, Ensemble Al-Kindi of Aleppo, a six-member band led by Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss, and vocalist Sheikh Hamza Shakhur.
Their show is billed as "Sufi Songs and Ritual Dance of Syria."
They performed at Carnegie Hall two weeks ago, and Martin Johnson raved about their austere elegance in last Wednesday's Wall Street Journal.
Have a look at their website, and be sure to watch the video.
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I saw a troupe performing this about 2 months ago at Cloews Hall at Butler University Indianapolis.
This was done by the Whirling Dervishes of Konya and it was very interesting. As I saw it in an academic setting, half the evening was set aside to an academic-lite lecture on the subject.
All in all, a very spiritual event. As a musician, I really came to hear the music and had no clue that this was of a religious importance only to leave feeling a bit more enlightened.
Posted by: clif | Nov 15, 2004 1:19:32 PM
