The Art of Improvisation – Iranian Contemporary Dance, Music, & Poetry
$55-$85
- Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam, dance
- Pejman Hadadi, tonbak
- Behfar Bahadoran, tar, setar, & tanbour
- Shabnam Tolouei, poetry
Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam, Pejman Hadadi, Behfar Bahadoran, and Shabnam Tolouei will take the stage to explore the ecstatic art of improvised music, dance and theatrical recitation of Persian and Middle-eastern Poetry. Acclaimed as one of the world's greatest dancers, Shahrokh's revolutionary style will embody Pejman's masterful and mesmerizing percussive expressions and Behfar's passionate motifs — based on the Persian classical Dastgah and Maqam melodic phrasings— on tar, setar, and tanbour. Internationally acclaimed Actress, Shabnam Tolouei, will theatrically recite and give voice to the poems of several Iranian and Middle-Eastern female poets to prepare the mood of this performance. The audience will be enthralled by this glorious celebration of Persian performing arts.
Doors open at 7pm.
About Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam, dance
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam is an Iranian modern dancer who lives and works in Paris. A graduate in history of art and theatre from the Paris 8 University, he is a choreographer, actor and director. He is also the founder and former artistic director of Nakissa Art Company. He is the first Iranian to be part of the prestigious Comédie-Française troupe
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About Behfar Bahadoran, tar, setar, & tanbour
Behfar Bahadoran, born in Tehran, Iran, studied under Iranian classical and folkore music masters including Homayoun Khorram, Ramin Rahimi, Ali-Akbar Moradi, Darioush Talaei, and Hamid Motebassem. Behfar is a visual arts graduate from Maryland Institute College of Art and is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and a multidisciplinary visual artist. He founded Pezhvak Ensemble in 2008 and currently works as the band leader and cofounder of Sorvad Ensemble. He worked and performed alonaside notorious international musicians and artists such as Majid Derakhshani, Alireza Shahmohammadi, Pejman Hadadi, Pezhham Akhavass, Dawn Avery, John Wubbenhorst, Larry Mitchel, Kazem Davoudian, Susan Deyhim, and Mogan Shajarian. Behfar has performed regularly at many prestigious venues in the United States including the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco; Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Kennedy Center and the Freer Shackler Gallery in Washington D.C.
http://behfarbahadoran.com/About Shabnam Tolouei, poetry
Shabnam Tolouei, born in Tehran, Iran, is an actress, filmmaker, theater director and playwright. She studied filmmaking from Bagh-Ferdos Film School in Iran and theater studies from Université Paris X, Nanterre, France. She has been awarded five times as best actress, best playwright, and best director at the International Fadir Theatre Festival in Iran. Shabnam has been writing plays and film scripts since 1994, acting on stage since 1993, and has performed regularly in a leading role in more than 25 plays. She has taught different acting methods since 2001 and her novel My Dear Actor, about theater history has been used as both a core and supplemental resource for young adults. After being banned from working in Iran by the Islamic Republic authorities, she left the country and immigrated to France where she became a naturalized French citizen. She has continued her artistic career as a documentary filmmaker, theater director, actress, and acting teacher outside Iran. She is currently living in the United States.
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