Lana Nasser

Performing Artist

"Lana Nasser's mode of performing is absolutely mesmerizing, with deceptively minimal gestures and vocalization, she moves into powerful recesses of our human range in order to take audiences to places we all want to experience, but can't." Dr. Meredith Sabini, Director of the Dream Institute

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"Lana Nasser's performance in "Arab Woman Talking" offers a deeply affecting portrait of the feminine spirit in its ongoing struggle to emerge in traditional Arab culture.  Using nothing more than a scarf, her voice, and the movements of her body, Nasser creates a rich atmosphere of myth, legend, and personal suffering that invites the audience to feel for themselves the powerful cross-currents of psychospiritual life for Arab women, past and present.  The performance represents a unique artistic synthesis of "left brain" analysis of language and etymology with "right brain" holism of body and spirit, providing an unusually satisfying experience both intellectually and aesthetically." Kelly Bulkeley, PhD, Author, GTU Scholar, JFKU Faculty member.

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"I was lucky enough to attend Lana Nasser's one woman performance Arab
Woman Talking. The breadth and depth of many words in Arabic are
virtually impossible to translate into English, I've been told. But
last night, as I watched and listened, Nasser opened a window into a
world of feeling so subtle and rich I felt myself privileged to be,
for a short time, a guest in a hidden world of completely unexpected
richness."
Richard Whittaker, founding editor, works & conversations

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Workshop Facilitator

"[The workshop] was freeing to my body and spirit... a way of celebrating being alive and being in a woman's body" JFKU workshop participant

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"I experienced the expression of dreams, passions, and feelings through the tool of the body ...insight and connection." UWC workshop participant.

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"I never knew that I could express my dreams into dance, it was fantastic."UWC workshop participant.

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