The Gathering

 an ongoing Sunday evening celebration

May 4^th, 2008

7 — 9 PM

Dances of Universal Peace

with Rev. Tasnim Hermila Fernandez

Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative, multi-cultural, circle dances.  We will use sacred phrases, music and movements from many traditions to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others.  The dances promote peace and integration within individuals and groups worldwide.  There are no performers nor audience, new arrivals and old hands form the circle together.  Prior experience is unnecessary; movements, words and melodies are taught for each dance.

v      Rev. Tasnim Hermila Fernandez is an internationally acclaimed leader and mentor of the Dances of Universal Peace.  She is the co-founder of the International Network for the Dances of Universal Peace, traveling widely to teach the dances. She was initiated in 1971 by Pir Vilayat Khan into the Sufi Order International. She serves as a senior teacher (Murshida). 

The Gathering is an interfaith weekly event honoring and celebrating our common heart, common spirit, common earth, and our rich diversity within our collective unity…not a church or religion, but a non-exclusive, non-traditional gathering of spiritually oriented, peace and justice loving people who wish to participate in a community of creativity in music and the arts, in spoken word and dialogue, and in reaching out to each other with love and non-violence, addressing concerns, empowering positive action.

à Refreshments by A Taste of Life ß

at The Blankenship Ballet Company of Venice

132 Brooks Avenue at Abbot Kinney & Main St., Venice, 90291

$10.00 donation