This dance is a spiritual practice, which is called Samâ (or Sema) meaning "spiritual hearing" in connection with the sufism.
We also know this rotating dance under the name 'Derviches Tourneurs'.
The whirling dervishes dance corresponds to a specific current, that of sufis Mevlevis.
Rana Gorgani does not seek to replicate the highly codified and choreographed dance of the ceremonies of derviches turreurs from Turkey.
It is based on the essence of communion with the Cosmos and with the divine interior. It is in no way a reproduction of a mystical current.
It is a space of total freedom, a search for fullness, a personal and intimate experience through the technique of rotating towers.
The dancer turns like the earth turns around the sun, he is then in osmosis with the universe by following the rotation of the movement of the planets, he turns on the left side, on the side of the heart.
The answer to this question lies in the Samâ or "spiritual hearing" and only the one who turns holds the answer.
To know the mysteries and secrets of this dance, one must want to try the experience oneself, like a journey that cannot be lived without a departure...
The sensation of dizziness is natural. It is an essential element in learning the Sufi dance because by this sensation of vertigo or nausea the dancer prepares his body for a state of ecstasy, called mystical intoxication. These sensations can be more or less strong from one person to another.
Perseverance and self-transcendence are part of the steps to try to join this spiritual path where the spirit and the body surrender for a liberation of the soul.
Over time, the dancer acquires control of his body and the sensation of dizziness or nausea disappears to give way to a feeling of fullness.
The long skirt, most often white, a symbol of purity, allows to highlight the circular movement of the dancer, it opens in the circular movement.
The Sufi dance is the dance of souls and reveals spiritual energy. This energy cannot be seen with the naked eye because it is elusive and its color is nothing other than a colorless light, pure and transparent like a mirror through which the world is reflected.
That is why the movements of infinite waves of the skirt allow to reveal the presence of the soul which, like an aura, envelops the body and floods it like the sun which offers its light to the earth, source of life without which we could not exist.
La Sufi music is repetitive, often built around Zekr (or Zikr) denotes both the memory and the practice that revives this memory. The rhythms remind of the heartbeat and the musical loops lead to Samâ and mystical intoxication.
Yes, you have to be a believer. You have to believe in love..
Love of oneself and others. Believe in ourselves above all and agree to follow this path, sometimes strewn with pitfalls, disappointment, discouragement but also with accomplished dreams and hope.
The rest is of no importance, because through this dance I offer the viewer the chance to see themselves as the reflection in a mirror… I am myself and a whole at the same time. It is a listening between oneself and others…
It is not necessary to have already practiced dance. Everyone can learn and master the techniques of the tour while respecting their own pace and dispositions. With time and practice, the dancer improves the power and speed of his turns, he pushes his own limits...
No age restrictions.
The Sufi dance is an instinctive dance. Moreover, we can notice that often children spontaneously turn and take pleasure in this sensation of vertigo.
Unfortunately, as we grow, we lose this spontaneity and momentum. That is why this dance, like a quest, brings us back to the sensations of being that were denied over the years and the life course of each human being.
