 The Gilded Serpent presents...
Eva
Cernik
Eva comes to you to share her knowledge and experience of Middle Eastern
dance. After extensive training in gymnastics and ballet, at the age of 19, Eva was first introduced to the dance
by Anahid Sofian of New York whose Turkish style left a strong impression. Her other major teachers include Naila-Rose
of Denver and Adnan Sarhan of Baghdad. She has worked in many countries and performed on a regular basis with the
Erdogan Turkish Oriental Dance Troupe, Inosis Berber Ballet and the Colorado Bedouin Ballet.
Eva researched Oriental dance, its music and context with 19 trips
to Egypt and 5 to Turkey as
well as lengthy study and work in Iran, Syria, Spain, Morocco and
thirteen other countries. Her research is not
limited to the night-clubs of Cairo and Istanbul. It extends to the
villages where Ghawazi, Romani (Gypsies) and "folk" dance to traditional
acoustic music at their festivals, weddings and in their homes.
Eva offers her findings to the dance community in seminars and workshops and by publishing stories
in Habibi, Jareeda, and Caravan; by documenting her owndances on video, of which she now has completed a third
two-hour compilation; as well as operating affordable dance tours to Turkey and Egypt for fourteen years.
Eva is well educated in Islamic customs and techniques for self-improvement via thirteen intensive
years in spiritual Sufi training.
In her present home in Denver, she produces grand shows with live
music from bands such as Sherefé,
utilizing traditional dance to express themes concerning spirit and
life.
Articles on
Gilded Serpent by or about Eva:
7-31-00 More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Living With
Constrictors by Eva Cernik
My
heart beat stronger and stronger, until something
in my human reasoning kicked-in. "I wonder
if I'm causing all this?
Eva's web site-
http://home.earthlink.net/~evacernik/
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