January 2012
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Map of the World #1-6
2 performances by Tawil: Ebb&Flow @ Lisser Hall Mills College, Oakland Friday  3 Feb at 8pm Zait wa Zaatar’s Empowerment through Dance Event Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco Saturday  4 Feb at 4:30pm
Jan 28th
December 2011
2 posts
Dec 20th
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Dec 6th
Dec 1st
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November 2011
3 posts
Place.alpha
1 Dec 2011 Kunst-Stoff Gala ~ 7:30 reception, 8:30 performances Music designer Lars J. Brouwer, in town from Amsterdam for a residency with Dance Elixir, will perform with Leyya Tawil:  a preview of their new work ‘Place’ (to premiere in 2012).  Also save the date, Sunday the 11th of Dec, Dance Elixir and Lars preview their new manifestation of THIEVES!
Nov 18th
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Guest Lecture with Lars J. Brouwer
larsjbrouwer: 1 december geef ik samen met choreografe Leyya Tawil (Dance Elixir) een gastles op de University of San Francisco. Onderwerp: ‘Hybrid Bodies’. Over de mogelijkheden van kunst en technologie in de context van dans en muziek.   (mede mogelijk gemaakt door het fonds podiumkunsten)
Nov 7th
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October 2011
2 posts
Oct 20th
Oct 14th
September 2011
3 posts
Thank you, El Funoun Dancers!  →
It was an honor to work with each of you.
Sep 28th
Sep 12th
Sep 1st
August 2011
1 post
WatchWatch
the Mechanic (2011)  trailer Created by Leyya Tawil in collaboration with Jeremy Kallio Location:  the CAID: Detroit, Michigan presented by Dances Made to Order Film Stills
Aug 29th
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Leyya Tawil & Ava Mendoza DUET
Temescal Arts Center  OAKLAND.  5 August.  9pm door. VENDREDI: A Strange Cabaret $5-10 sliding photo by liz payne
Aug 1st
July 2011
2 posts
Jul 13th
new website of collaborator Lars J Brouwer
larsjbrouwer:   Nog niet af, maar we komen een eind in de richting: de nieuwe website. Er staat nog een hoop te veranderen: je mening is dus altijd welkom. Vind je al die .nl adressen wel ok, maar .com cooler? www.larsjbrouwer.com werkt nu ook. Awesomeness! featuring a hot photo of MICRON ~!
Jul 1st
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June 2011
10 posts
Jun 26th
Jun 10th
Mike Khoury and Leyya Tawil : Seattle, 11 Jun
Quieting Heart: Attempt #37 SAT  11 June @ 4pm ART ON THE FLY Festival  /  Seattle International Dance Festival  More about Quieting Heart Series. More about Mike and Leyya’s ongoing collaboration.
Jun 9th
Quieting Heart: Attempt #29 and #31
This weekend, as an addition to the SFIAF 2011 programming, we premiered two new works in the Quieting Heart Series.  They provided the grand finale for a beautiful and intense week of dance and music.  Thank you to all players in the mix. QH #29  with Lars J. Brouwer (live electronics) QH #31 with Ava Mendoza (guitar) For more information….Quieting Heart blog. 
Jun 7th
Jun 4th
preview the sounds....Lars J. Brouwer: Live... →
larsjbrouwer: Er gebeurt van alles omtrent het programma voor het San Francisco International Arts Festival. Wegens problemen met de visa is de show van Iraqis Bodies op vrijdagavond helaas afgelast. Tijd voor een vervangende show! Leyya Tawil en ik verzorgen een improvisatie met dans en live electronica,…
Jun 3rd
Performances Added this weekend!
THIEVES  bonus track!  Saturday show added.  DANCE ELIXIR performances all weekend at the Southside Theater/ SFIAF : Fri 3 June, 8pm - Lars J. Brouwer (live electronics) & Leyya Tawil Sat 4 June, 8pm  -  THIEVES  shared bill w. Nina Haft & Co Sun 5 June, 4pm  - THIEVES Sun 5 June, 7pm  -  Ava Mendoza (guitar), Lars J. Brouwer (live electronics) & Leyya Tawil (dance) DE...
Jun 2nd
Thieves in foto's
larsjbrouwer: Geschoten door Liz Payne, meer foto’s kun je vinden via Flickr!
Jun 1st
THIEVES -photos Liz Payne, lighting Clyde Sheets
Jun 1st
May 2011
4 posts
THIEVES studio showing / meet the artists →
San Francisco Conservatory of Dance Tuesday, 31st of May 8pm, Free Preview DANCE ELIXIR’s new work THIEVES and discuss artistic process with Choreographer Leyya Tawil, Dancers Jeremiah Crank and Roche Janken, and Music Technologist by Lars J. Brouwer.  THIEVES features the music of The Lazy Sleepers, an Iraqi rock band based in the Netherlands. 
May 30th
May 21st
May 15th
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Save the date: 5 June @ 4pm. THIEVES at the San... →
THIEVES is an international collaboration between Artistic Director/Choreographer of DANCE ELIXIR, Leyya Mona Tawil, and Iraqi post-rock band The Lazy Sleepers. THIEVES paints a raw, alternatively grotesque and tender picture of a shadowy humanity. The piece asks: “How does one prepare to die?” Dance Elixir dancers Jeremiah Crank and Roche Janken are joined onstage by musicians:...
May 10th
April 2011
2 posts
BIPOD/Arab Dance Platform in Beirut →
23 April 2011   14:00 - 15:00 Studio presentations: Leyya Tawil, Sharaf Darzaid, Diana Sabri Maqamat Dance Studio
Apr 17th
Workshop w. Tawil: SF Conservatory of Dance →
FRIDAY  8 April 2011 1:30 pm **Please pre-register for this event by contacting Megan Kurashige at Megan@SFconservatoryofDance.org $10 per workshop (free for SFIAF event ticket holders)
Apr 3rd
March 2011
3 posts
Mar 9th
~NYC Events in March~
7 MAR - monday “Quieting Heart: Attempt # 5”   (short film) Dance Films @ The Flea 41 White Street New York City 7pm 22-24 MAR Master Classes at Middlebury College, Vermont 26 MAR - saturday  Mike Khoury & Leyya Tawil Douglass Street Collective Brooklyn 10pm 27 MAR - sunday Mike Khoury & Leyya Tawil Duet Performance and Film Screening Alwan for the Arts New York City 7pm ...
Mar 7th
~NYC Events in March~ click this →
Mar 4th
February 2011
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Feb 9th
January 2011
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WatchWatch
Tawil and Muhanad Rasheed working at PAF, France. Dance Elixir + The Lazy Sleepers THIEVES
Jan 19th
December 2010
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Dec 8th
November 2010
3 posts
Nov 25th
New Orleans Middle East Film Festival- Opening... →
Friday 26 Nov 2010  @ ZEITGEIST. New Orleans. 6pm: Opening Reception 8pm Film:  Dark Cloud (Turkey) U.S. Premiere 9:30pm:  Performance by Leyya Mona Tawil and New Orleans musician Dave Easley.
Nov 21st
Central City Artist Project- New Orleans.  →
7 Nov 2010.  Voices of Central City @ the Wesley.  Installation by Jessica Nissen.  Performance by Leyya Tawil.  Stories and sounds by the people.  5-8pm.  And for the record- this city is BEYOND~
Nov 3rd
October 2010
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Oct 18th
September 2010
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25 Sep: Central Market Arts ~ →
Tawil’s performance at 3:10 pm.  Kick Off Event from 1-5 pm. Mint Plaza.  SF
Sep 16th
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August 2010
2 posts
Aug 22nd
In Oakland, California. Developing our new work:  THIEVES Cohorts have shown themselves. ‘I make murderers look like saints and saints look like thieves’ (F.Stanford) ‘To defend the unreal at the cost of his reason’ (K. Patchen) ‘wolves and bandits do not devour each other’ (Lautreamont)
Aug 11th
July 2010
3 posts
“Proof that there is life before death.”
– K. Patchen, The Journal of Albion Moonlight. THANK YOU to all the beautiful souls that wove joy and support into our Map of the World (TOUR).  Many lives, many lives….
Jul 16th
Jul 16th
Amsterdam 7/7
Leyya Tawil’s DANCE ELIXIR Jack Gallagher- Bodies Anonymous Overtoom 301.   hr 21:00    entrance E 6,- Tawil (USA) presents solo “Map of the World” and an in-progress duet with Manuela Tessi (NL) “Quieting Heart, Attempt #7”. Gallagher presents “Being Held”, a collaboration between Bodies Anonymous (NL) and Istanbul Dance Theater (TR). 
Jul 3rd
June 2010
4 posts
Quieting Heart, Attempt #5: 19th June →
a dance scene from Hotel Pupik
Jun 20th
WatchWatch
hotel pupik
Jun 13th
Jun 8th
Damascus...
‘Map of the World’  Solo Concert of Dance by Leyya Mona Tawil Music from Mark Gergis and Christopher Keyes Thursday  3 June 2010 Syrian National Opera House
Jun 1st