YAGORI - danseworkshop

Danseworkshop med Raya og Natasha.
Send påmelding til cathrine@kkv.no når du har kjøpt billett.

FESTIVALPASS, som gir gratis adgang til workshop kan kjøpes på

http://www.billettservice.no/event/festival-pass-yagori-gypsy-music-festival-billetter/464953

Raya & COMPANY

Raya was engaged in the Theatre Romen while it was on tour in the Soviet Union in the late 50's. She moved to Moscow and eventually become one of the main actors in the theater. In 1967 she moved to Norway and it was the beginning of her international career. She has recorded many albums and toured with great success in Europe, America and Asia. With her position as one of the most influential Roman artists Raya involved in Human- and Roma rights. For her work she has been elected to Parliament in the International Romani Union.

Nikak Ivanovitch was born in Oslo. He started playing guitar at 13. Since 1985 he has performed with a wide range of musicians from around the world and in styles as diverse as Gypsy Jazz and Moroccan Gnaw. He has also been on many tours with the great artist Raya, who is none other than her grandmother. On her album''Progija''han played and recorded guitar and piano, and in 1999 he produced the album''Pash Iagori''.

Aleco Ivanovitch was born in Oslo. In the age of 9 years, he began his musical career as a singer on his father's (Petro Ivanovich) albumet''Romano Drom.'' After many years out of the country, came Aleco back to Oslo in 1991 where he began singing and playing guitar as part of his grandmother's group Raya. Together they toured Europe, representing his native Norway, and was met with great success throughout the European continent and as far as India and Pakistan.

Natasha is Raya's daughter. Her debut as 7 old at the Romen Theater in Moscow. Natasha has been dancing for over 50 years and has developed her own style and mix of masculine and feminine dance. She also choreographed the Gypsy part of Madonna's last show Sticky & Sweet Tour.