The Love Affair Experience
Love Affair returns to Miami for its 9th edition, February 19–21, 2027.
More than a weekend of workshops, Love Affair is an intimate boutique festival where dance, culture, artistic development, performance, music, and community come together.
This year, three internationally recognized maestros—Esraa Warda, Mohanned Hawaz, and Azad Kaan, CID UNESCO—bring distinct perspectives to a shared experience designed to deepen the way we learn, interpret, and connect through dance.
Across three days, workshops, cultural conversation, live performance, an exclusive lecture, and meaningful moments of exchange invite dancers to move beyond technique and explore the knowledge, musicality, individuality, and cultural expression carried through movement.
Set within the distinctive world of Miami Ironside, every part of the environment becomes part of the experience: intimate, creative, tropical, and unmistakably Miami.
This is Love Affair 2027. A place to learn deeply, encounter new perspectives, celebrate the art, and become part of a community brought together by a shared love of dance.
February 19–21, 2027
Miami Ironside · Miami, Florida
Meet Our Instructors
Mohanned Hawaz
An Iraqi–Swedish dance artist and choreographer bridging contemporary movement with traditional Iraqi forms. Trained by renowned folklorist Hanaa Abdullah, he is the founder of the Enkidu Folklore Arts Group, which has performed in over 30 countries worldwide. Commissioned by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, he has represented Iraq at UNESCO headquarters in Paris and led nationwide field research documenting traditional dances across all Iraqi provinces. In 2025, he received official artistic recognition from the Ministry, affirming his role as a key cultural ambassador safeguarding and reimagining Iraq’s intangible dance heritage on a global stage.
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Azad Kaan, CID UNESCO
Azad Kaan is a professionally trained Turkish dancer, dance educator, and choreographer specializing in contemporary and Oriental dance arts. With more than 25 years of performance and teaching experience, he is recognized internationally for his extensive movement knowledge, academic dance training, and distinctive approach to Turkish Oriental dance. Through his dynamic stage presence and thoughtful pedagogy, Azad encourages dancers to develop strong technique, musicality, artistic expression, and individuality.
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Esraa Warda
A New York–based Algerian-American dance artist and educator, Esraa is devoted to reviving Algeria’s cultural memory through movement. Merging artistry and activism, she treats her body as a living archive—embodying a decolonial, liberated tradition. Inspired by the communal roots of North African dances, where movement is transmitted through shared experience rather than formal instruction, she explores how this ancestral method can reshape and rehumanize dance education today.
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