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07:00 PM » Contemporary Iranian poetry and dance

! ONE NIGHT ONLY !

Contemporary Iranian poetry finds its performative roots within a collaborative improvisational dynamic.

Site: http://www.thetranslationproject.com/

Sunday, January 25th, 2004 at 7:00 pm

at ODC Theater..... 3153 17th Street @ Shotwell - San Francisco

Tickets: $15 ..... Purchase online: Ticketweb

or purchase by Phone: ODC Theater Box Office ............. (415) 863-9834

Spoken text of poetry translated into English combined with traditional Persian instrumentation and improvisational style melded
with jazz. Calling on dance vocabulary combining Central Asian and western movement, informed by the poetry as translated into
dramatic verse.

A performance work that transcends all borders.

Music: Hafez Modirzadeh, Mohammad Nejad, royal hartigan

Dance: Aliah Najmabadi, Larissa Verduzen

Recitation: Niloufar Talebi, Ali Dadgar

Directed by: Zara Houshmand .............. Translations: Niloufar Talebi

Choreography: Sharlyn Sawyer of Ballet Afsaneh

Featuring the poetry of:

Partow Nooriala (USA), ................. Majid Naficy (USA), ................. Ziba Karbassi (UK), Mana Agahaee (Sweden),
............. Abbas Saffari (USA), ............ Roshanak Bigonah (USA), Reza Farmand (Denmark), .............. Saghi Ghahraman
(Canada) .......and more.

Contact The Translation Project for information: editor@thetranslationproject.com

Thanks to Talieh Shahrokhi for submitting the event.