Miriam Peretz - DanceVersity Faculty Alumna
Miriam Peretz is an internationally acclaimed performing
artist and dance instructor. She was a principle dancer with
Inbal Ethnic Dance Theater in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is now
assistant artistic director and principle dancer for Ballet
Afsaneh with whom she has been a member since 1998. Miriam's
love of dance has led her on an extraordinary life long
journey that has taken her throughout the Middle East and to
her original birthplace, Israel. These cultural exchanges
have inspired her to use the arts as a bridge to create
respect, love and unity among people of different
backgrounds and spiritual traditions.
Miriam specializes in dances from the Silk Road (Persia and
Central Asia), Middle-East, North Africa, Roma "Gypsy"
trail, and Sacred Dance/Dance Midrash. She has also trained
in Flamenco, Hawaiian, West African, Capoeira, Afro-Cuban,
Afro-Haitian, Dunham Technique, and various forms of modern
dance. Miriam has studied with master teachers from around
the world including Egypt, Spain, Morocco, Turkey,
Tajikistan and Israel. In the bay area she has been
privileged to study with - Sharlyn Sawyer, Mahea Uchiyama,
Suhaila Salimpour, Nanna Candelaria, Katarina Burda, and
Yaelisa. Her studies and extensive work with traditional
dance forms has also inspired new innovative work in the
realm of Sacred Dance.
