Christine Brodbeck
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Rabia Christine Brodbeck (born Christine Brodbeck; 28 July 1950) is a Swiss dancer and author. She had an international career as a modern dancer. Since her conversion to Islam in 1986 she has written two spiritual books.
Biography
[edit]Brodbeck was born on 28 July 1950 in Basel, Switzerland. She trained in classical ballet and modern dance in London.[1][2]
Brodbeck converted to Islam and became a practitioner of Sufism, a form of Islamic mysticism, in 1986 after visiting a mosque in New York City.[3] In 1987 she was a performer at the contemporary art exhibition documenta 8 in Kassel. In October 1990 she performed at the Annual Swiss Dance Festival in New York City, presented by Danspace Project and the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York.[4] She retired from dancing in 1998.[5]
She has authored two Islamic spirituality books, From the Stage to the Prayer Mat in 2012 and The Longing of the Soul in 2014.[1]
Brodbeck lives in Istanbul and works as a dance teacher there.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "author's detail: Rabia Christine Brodbec". Tughra Books. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019.
- ^ Anderson, Jack (7 April 1988). "Review/Dance; Swiss Modern Sampler". The New York Times.
- ^ "Rabi̇a Christine Brodbeck Sezai̇ İle Hayat Üzeri̇ne". 2 May 2018.
- ^ Dunning, Jennifer (24 October 1990). "Review/Dance; Bold Work on Homeless Ends Swiss Festival". The New York Times.
- ^ "Discovering Prayer and the Love of God in Islam – IslamiCity".
- ^ "The Longing of the Soul by Rabia Christine Brodbeck". Tughra Books. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020.
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