Let's Dance!

Pomegranate Studios is an educational and presenting organization, nestled in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico. Established in 1996 by Founder/Director Myra Krien, Pomegranate provides high quality programs of the rich artistic heritage of the Middle East as expressed through music, dance, poetry, visual arts and other art forms as they relate to American culture.

Classes

Pomegranate Studios and the Pomegranate SEEDs® (Self-Esteem, Empowerment, and Education through Dance) offer dance instruction to all levels and ages: Seedlings, (ages 5-8) Little SEEDs (ages 9-12) and SEEDs (13-18), Six adult classes per week at Pomegranate Studios range from beginning to advanced levels in Tribal, Oriental and Fusion styles of belly dance.

Meet Myra Krien

Myra Krien, winner of the 2018 Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts and the 2018 Best of Santa Fe, Performing Arts, is an award-winning Middle Eastern dance artist, and international performer, choreographer and teacher of belly dance. Krien has performed on some of Americas most prestigious stages, toured internationally, performed for PBS and Japanese television and been reviewed by national publications such as Dance Magazine.

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Events

SEEDs

Pomegranate SEEDs®

This is a year-long program, with an interview application, that takes each young woman through all levels of tribal dance and performance while utilizing a journal, talking circles, special guests and reading materials to address body image, self-esteem, financial independence and many other crucial issues that face young women today. Ages 13-18.

Oriental Foundations (Beginning) with Myra

Known in the Middle East as Raks al Sharqi (which translated means dance of the orient) this class offers an introduction to the foundational movements, rhythms and history of Egyptain style belly dance while interweaving dance from many different regions and cultures of the Middle East. Focus is on anatomical technique, posture, isolation, separation, articulation and layering.