upcoming
performances
After the Last Red Sky
Westminster (Minneapolis, MN) March 6th, 2026
Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, MI) March 27 – 28, 2026
Uprising Theater (Chicago, IL) April 17-18, 2026
Details to be released soon.
workshops & community offerings
El-Funoun | Dabke Workshops + Performances
Dancers from El-Funoun, the premier Palestinian dance group based in Ramallah, will be visiting Minnesota again on their tour of the United States in October 2025 to carry out a series of dabke workshops for beginners and advanced dancers. These gatherings promise to provide a rare opportunity for participants to learn more about the vital Palestinian artform of dabke, develop dabke skills, and make connections with community members.
El-Funoun’s work merges dynamic dance, storytelling, and audience participation to offer an intimate window into the lives and legacies of El-Funoun’s dancers. Through the voices and movements of five performers, stories of long-time members unfold, tracing cultural roots across generations, from parent to child. More than a performance, this is a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke as both resistance and celebration.
Wednesday October 22nd:
- Dabke for Experienced Dancers 10:30-12:00pm at Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice
- Radical Hospitality! Dabke & Drumming for Youth 4:00-5:00pm at Black Youth Healing Arts Center
- Community Dabke Class: All Levels 6:00-7:30pm at Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice
- A conversation with El Funoun | Noora Baker & Ananya Chatterjea 7:45-8:45pm at Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice
Thursday October 23rd:
- Dabke for Experienced Dancers 9:00-10:30am at Threads Dance
- Dabke for Kids at Powderhorn Park 5:00-6:00pm with Families Against Military Madness
Friday October 24th:
- Performance by El Funoun at 825 Arts featuring Yalla Drum & local dancers
Saturday October 25th:
- From the River to the River: Grief and Rage Circle for Palestine 11am–1pm at the Mississippi River (more details here)
- Performance by El Funoun at 825 Arts featuring Yalla Drum & local dancers
Body Watani Class Series
Sunday Morning Tai Chi
10:30-11:30am at resource minneapolis
October 12, 19, 26, November 2nd
Sliding scale: $0-$20
* Classes are full. To add your name to the wait list, email bodywatani@gmail.com
residencies
Winter 2025 | Theatre of the Women of the Camp | Beirut, Lebanon
February 2026 | Body Watani: a month of workshops! | Minneapolis, MN March 2026 | Arab American National Museum | Dearborn, Michigan
Image above by Sabrina Hammoudeh
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