Ep 149. Raksan: Finding Fire Inside Your Soul
Raksan is a professional dancer, choreographer and dance pedagogue with a 35 year-long career. Her charisma and virtuosity led her onto the biggest variety theatre stages in Germany and Switzerland as well as into the arena of Circus Roncalli. The approach she developed over three decades is inspired equally by the various dance traditions of the Near and Middle East and the modern dance, African dance, and ballet.
In this episode you will learn about:
Search for artistic self-identification
Motherhood and self-exploration
Working as a dancer in the circus environment
The story of Raksan’s stage name
Bringing contemporary into oriental dance
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