SPIRIT OF FÈS U.S NATIONAL TOUR 2006

Here is a reminder to all American readers of The View from Fez, that a special treat is on its way - The Spirit of Fès has started its tour of the USA. We will attempt to bring you reports and hopefully some photographs of the tour - inshallah.

The Spirit of Fès is the international component of the celebrated Fès Festival of World Sacred Music and its companion Fès Forum. Its mission is to broaden the dialogue begun in Fès about ways in which art, culture and spirituality can offer a humane response to pressing global issues. The Tour will travel to 15 cities in 7 states from October 7 - 29 to connect to American communities and audiences.

Renowned artists from the Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim traditions collaborate together to honor the human spirit with their unique cultural traditions. Performers include the Daqqa Roudania of Taroudant from Morocco, Aruna Sairam from India, Moroccan – American Jewish vocalist Gerard Edery, Lebanese - American percussionist Jamey Haddad, New Yorker Susan Hellauer and Palestinian - American multi- instrumentalist Zafer Tawil.

October 7 - Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution, Freer Sackler Gallery – Meyer Auditorium

October 10 - Philadelphia, PA
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts – Perelman Theater
Performance – 7:30 p.m.
Educational Components:
Lecture/Demonstration – Day of Performance
Artists Colloquium – 6:30 p.m.

October 11 - Storrs, CT
University of Connecticut - Jorgensen Auditorium
Performance – 7:30 p.m.
Educational Components:
Artists Colloquium – Day of Performance
Jorgensen Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.

October 12 - Schenectady, NY
Art Center and Theater of Schenectady - Proctor's Theatre
Performance – 8:00 p.m.

October 13 - Purchase, NY
Purchase College, SUNY – Concert Hall
Performance - 8:00 p.m.

October 14 - New York, NY
Carnegie Hall: Co-presenter World Music Institute
Performance – 8:30 p.m.

October 15 – New York, NY
Panel discussion – Columbia University, 1:30 -3 pm
Topic - In the Spirit of Fès: Living our Values

Film screening – “Wajd” 3:30 – 5 pm, Columbia University

Sufi Music: Daqqa of Taroudant, 8 p.m., Dance New Amsterdam

October 17 - Buffalo, NY
Suny College At Buffalo - Rockwell Hall Auditorium
Performance – 8:00 p.m.

October 19 - West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University- Loeb Playhouse
Performance – 7:30 p.m.
Educational Components:
Master class with University students: Vocal Exchange – 1 pm

October 20 - Urbana, IL
October 21 - Urbana, IL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Tryon Festival Theatre
Performances - 7:30 p.m.

October 24 - Irvine, CA
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Performance – 8:00 p.m.

October 25 - Riverside, CA
University of California at Riverside – University Theater
Performance – 8:00 p.m.

October 26 - Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Center for the Performing Arts – Royce Hall
Performance – 8:00 p.m.

Educational Components:
Lecture/demonstration for school children: Royce Hall, 10:30 a.m
Jamey Haddad, Susan Hellauer, Aruna Sairam, Zafer Tawil and Daqqa

Artists Colloquium, Jamey Haddad, Susan Hellauer, Aruna Sairam, Zafer Tawil
World Arts and Culture university students

October 27 - Santa Cruz, CA
University of California at Santa Cruz – Music Center Recital Hall
Performance – 8:00 p.m.

October 28 - Chico, CA
California State University/Chico – Laxson Auditorium
Performance – 7:30 p.m.

October 29 - San Francisco, CA
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco – Kanbar Hall
Performance – 7:00 p.m.
Educational Components:
Panel Discussion: In the Spirit of Fes: Living our Values
California Institute of Integral Studies, 1:30 p.m.


NEW YORK PROGRAMS

Concert, Saturday, October 14, 8:30 P.M.

Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall
7th Avenue between West 56th and 57th Street
Tickets available online at Carnegiehall.org or Carnegie Charge (212) 247-9610: $42, $30

Renowned artists from the Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim faiths honor the human spirit with their unique cultural traditions and explore intercultural collaborations. Performers include the Daqqa Roudania of Taroudant, Moroccan-American Jewish vocalist Gerard Edery, Lebanese-American percussionist Jamey Haddad, New Yorker Susan Hellauer, India’s Aruna Sairam and Palestinian-American multi- instrumentalist Zafer Tawil.

In collaboration with World Music Institute (worldmusicinstitute.org) and Carnegie Hall (carnegiehall.org)


Panel Discussion, Sunday, October 15, 1:30–3:00 P.M.

Columbia University
2960 Broadway at West 116th Street
501 Schermerhorn Room
Free and open to the public.

In the Spirit of Fès: Living our Values

Writers, scholars and civil society activists gather together to discuss how to sustain values and engage in imaginative action in an increasingly complex and turbulent world.

In a conversation inspired by the annual Fès Festival of World Sacred Music’s companion Fès Forum: Giving a Soul to Globalization, Taoufiq Ben Amor, Columbia University scholar, writer and musician; Benjamin Barber, scholar, writer, Founder – CivWorld and Interdependence Day; The Very Reverend James Parks Morton, Dean Emeritus of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Founder - The Interfaith Center of New York; Olara Otunnu, former U.N. Undersecretary General for Children in Armed Conflict; Zeyba Rahman, Director North America, Fès Festival and Forum; and Imran Riffat, Brookings Institute Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, and Finance Director, Synergos Institute, share experiences and reflections.
Moderated by Mustapha Tlili, Founder/Director, Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West at New York University

In collaboration with Alwan for the Arts (alwanforthearts.org); CivWorld (civworld.org); MEALAC Department – Columbia University; the Interfaith Center of New York (interfaithcenter.org); and Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West at New York University (islamuswest.org)

Film Screening, Sunday, October 15, 3:30-5:00 P.M.
Columbia University
2960 Broadway at West 116th Street
501 Schermerhorn Room
Free and open to the public.

Wajd/ Les Milles et Une Voix : La Musique de L'Islam
Directed by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud

The documentary offers an in-depth look at Sufism as it is practiced in a number of different countries. The filmmaker visits a Sufi school in Tunisia (where his father was a respected Sufi practitioner); records a celebration of a Sufi saint in India; films the ecstatic dancing of the whirling dervishes of Istanbul; explores the writings of Rumi; visits a street party of Sufi followers in Cairo and attends a gathering of two million Mourides. Sufi disciples. Screened in several festivals including "New Territories" series at the 2001 Venice Film Festival and the NY African Diaspora Film Festival.

In collaboration with Alwan for the Arts (alwanforthearts.org); CivWorld (civworld.org); MEALAC Department – Columbia University; the Interfaith Center of New York (interfaithcenter.org); and Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West at New York University (islamuswest.org)

Concert, Sunday, October 15, 8 – 10 P.M.
Dance New Amsterdam, 2nd Floor, 280 Broadway (entrance on Chambers Street opposite City Hall)
Tickets available through Dance New Amsterdam (212) 625.836: $25

Sufi Night: Daqqa Roudania of Taroudant, Morocco
The Daqqa Roudania of Taroudant are craftsmen and tanners, who are initiates of the Islamic mystical Sufi tradition associated with their guild. Traditionally, diverse branches of the Moroccan craft community are tied to specific Sufi branches or “turuqs” (the plural of “tariqa” or tradition). This tradition mirrors that of European guild workers that began in the Middle Ages. It is a tradition that is alive even today with the guilds becoming affiliated with a patron saint.
The Daqqa Roudania of Taroudant, named for the southern Moroccan town they come from, are considered knowledgeable people who have founded the Daqqa ceremony with music, chant, dance, and percussion. The ceremony is considered a religious ritual, a concert and an important moment in the social life of the city. It integrates elements of popular music from the Berbers of Ahwach and Agwal. The Daqqa takes place during Achoura, the tenth day of the first Muslim lunar month of Muharram. The rituals of this very rhythmic ceremony are dedicated to the celebrated Sufi saint of Taroudant, Sidi Ben Sidi.
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