Performing Artist and Educator
.......there was a sobbing nocking
at my door.... i opened the window to let the rain in and a thousand screams
floaded my mouth.... tap dancing on a clock with 13 hours i moaned durges
and sang hymns and the moon wept stars down to blanket her cold children.......
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Idana's first music teacher was her mother Farishta Gail from whom
she learned to sing Sargam Indian Scales and music theory at the age
of 6. She started dancing and singing professionally at age 11 with
the Vanaver
Caravan in New Paltz NY. Poetry
and songwriting became outlets for her own artistic expression when
she was 15 and began to the frequent open mics when not touring and
performing dance. She went on to get a BA in Arts and Social Change
and Interdisciplinary Performance from Hampshire
College and has worked with theater companies in association
with La Mama
ETC in NYC. In Los Angeles she has performed with Contra-Tiempo
, Great
Leap and is a current member of The
Moving Torah Company.
Idana has taught as an Arts Educator with theVanaver Caravan in the NYS schools, at After- School Programs and Summer Camps in MA and Los Angeles and at the Camp David Gonzales Detention in assosiation with the FLOW Program.
copyright 2008 Saria Idana |
poet singer-songwriter theater artist dancer Artistic Director of
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