Movement is medicine.

Dance has long been a source of connection and healing for the people of the Levant. The dance forms have been documented to be practiced as ways to 1) communicate with the Divine, 2) prepare and embody childbirth, 3) compact roofs for mud homes, 4) celebrate harvests and 4) mark special occasions like weddings and births.

In the Western world, many of these dance forms have been orientalized and sexualized to be solely forms of entertainment. But what if we reclaimed the spiritual and communal power of these dances as a source of healing? What if dance could be a way to reconnect with the ancestral medicine that is our birthright?

The classical rhythms and melodies of our lands invite us to reconnect with our lineage. Everyone can dance, and to keep these precious traditions alive, all we need is music, community, and our bodies!

What will it mean to you?