zaafaran
premiere, 16 April, 2016 - BIPOD-Beirut international Platform of Dance
Zaafaran is based on the idea of sacrifice; a notion very integrated in both our eastern cultures. This contemporary creation takes place on a Persian Carpet, a rich ground that reminisces a past, no longer present. In 2015, Omar Rajeh was invited to Tehran to choreograph a piece for MaHa.
MaHa started in 2013 in Tehran where Dance is forbidden and frowned upon. Without the presence of a single dance academy and from various backgrounds, it started out of a need that lead to the expression of the body, survival and creation.
Duration
50 ‘
Choreographed by Omar Rajeh Performed by Mitra Ziaee Kia & Mostafa Shabkhan ‘Tompak’ (Goblet Drum) | Ali Taleie Costume Design Reza Nadimi Lighting Design Ali Koozeghar Production MaHa Team Photo credit: Alborz Teymoorzadeh - Mostafa Kazemi
A production of Maqamat Beit El Raqs ( 2015) in collaboration with MaHa - With support from The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tehran and Maqamat Dance Theatre in Beirut
Based on the idea of sacrifice
Zaafaran_touring
2017
December 19 - 20 | Freiheizhalle Munchen, Germany
July 28 | Eutopia, Aarhus, Denmark
May 19 | Theatre Heilbronn, Germany
2016
November 19 | Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna, Austria
October 29 | Moving in November. Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki, Finland
August 15 | Sziget Festival, Budapest
April 16 | Premiere, BIPOD-Beirut international Platform of Dance, Lebanon