Utopia Healing Arts

03/20/2024

Happy Nowruz from Goosheh Music and Nafas Dance. Wishing you a year of beauty and creativity ✨️

نوروز تان خجسته باد

01/25/2024

ACC students, faculty and staff please join me for a series of trauma informed yoga workshops I'm offering this spring through the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.

12/04/2023

We have been working on the dance choreography for Banoo Parisa's Naadeede Rokhat for the last few months....it's finally done and will be filmed this week. This has been one of my favorite choreographies. So grateful to work with talented dancers and musicians, what a gift!

05/21/2023

Join me on May 27th IN PERSON or ONLINE for an upcoming show produced by April Rose - Dancer. This show will be so beautiful and I'm honored that pieces that I've choreographed and directed will be included in the line up!

We'll be presenting raqs sharqi, Persian dance, flamenco, transcultural dance, frame drum, finger cymbals, and voice. All in reverence, respect, and gratitude for Mother Nature. 🌿

(in Austin, TX & streaming online with 7 days replay access)

⬇️ Get your tickets now before the show sells out! ⬇️

www.IntheLapoftheGarden.com

You don't want to miss these incredibly inspiring performers:

The Cohesion Collective and Nafas Dance Ensemble's…

April Rose
Ariel Celeste
Azadeh Poursepanj
Carisa Leal
Cheyney Teagan
Devin Alfather
Erin Murdock
Gaby Oniria Tovar
Lacy Dawn
Lauren Amable
Lorien Mariah
Olivia Chacon
Queenie De la Rosa
Sadah Luna
Subina Spirit
with live music by Abdullah Alaroot

We'll be live-streaming the show online through two high quality camera angles so no matter where you watch from you will feel like you are in the audience with us!

And if you can't attend the live-stream, no worries! You will have 7 days of replay access!

I sincerely hope you will join us!

🚨 Get your tickets now before the show sells out!

🎟️ www.IntheLapoftheGarden.com

03/15/2023

🗓️SAVE THE DATE!

April Rose presents…

🌹 In the Lap of the Garden 🌹
an offering of devotion to Mother Nature

through raqs sharqi, Persian and transcultural dance

featuring The Cohesion Collective and Nafas Dance Ensemble

Saturday May 27, 2023

in Austin, TX and streaming online

🎟️ Tickets:

www.InTheLapOfTheGarden.com

Photo of Nafas Dance Ensemble Carisa Rubí Leal Utopia Healing Arts April Rose - Dancer by Sean Hopper

🗓️SAVE THE DATE!

April Rose presents…

🌹 In the Lap of the Garden 🌹
an offering of devotion to Mother Nature

through raqs sharqi, Persian and transcultural dance

featuring The Cohesion Collective and Nafas Dance Ensemble

Saturday May 27, 2023

in Austin, TX and streaming online

🎟️ Tickets:

www.InTheLapOfTheGarden.com

Photo of Nafas Dance Ensemble Carisa Rubí Leal Utopia Healing Arts April Rose - Dancer by Sean Hopper

01/22/2023

Nafas Dance Ensemble in Austin, Texas, performs with palms painted red to express solidarity with the women and people of Iran in their fight for freedom.

Original Choreography by Miriam Peretz Miriam Peretz- Integral Dance
Adapted by Geeti Shirazi Mahajan

Performed by Nafas Dance Ensemble
Carisa Rubí Leal and April Rose - Dancer

Music by Hossein Alizadeh, "Jameran"

Video Production by Sean Hopper

Nafas Dance Ensemble in Austin, Texas, performs with palms painted red to express solidarity with the women and people of Iran in their fight for freedom.Ori...