Miriam
The Qi Sanctuary
/dance
Odissi - Indian Classical Dance
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As a child I use to practise yoga and gymnastics from books and magazines.
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At age of three years I am in gymnastics class at Sport Lisboa Benfica (Portugal).
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Ever since then I'm always practising some sport: swimming, volleyball, Gurdjeff dances, ballet, afro-sacred, biodanza...
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In 2006 Yoga teachers training course in India.
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In 2007 I go to a BharataNatyam workshop with Tarikavalli in Portugal and I am deeply touched by this style of dance.
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On my journeys to India I met Saroj Dehury, my first Odissi guru.
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In 2011 I go to India to study with Guru Padma Cheran Dehury, Nirod Kumar Dehury and Saroj Dehury.
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Performed at Pushkar Temple Dance Festival (India) and Lisboa Souk.
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2014 study Odissi with Masako Ono, integrating subtle areas of the dance. In Orissa, India.
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Peformed solo and with Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and teacher Tarikavalli, at Childrens' Theatre Play, World Dance Day and Republic Day of India.
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Presently, promoting regular classes and workshops.
Odissi fulfills my being, its writing, storytelling, theatre, music, dance... all in one.
Touches my Deepest Nature and Spirit.