Join us for a series of three Persian poetry and music performances by Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam and Behfar Bahadoran at Central Stage on Friday, February 4, Saturday, February 5, and Sunday, February 6, 2022. Each program is 2.5 hours long and will be presented entirely in Persian language.
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam is a French-Iranian dancer, theater actor, director, and choreographer, who has directed and choreographed plays and dances based on Persian literature books and stories such as "Omar Khayyam," "Khosrow and Shirin," "Haft Peykar," "Sohrab and Gordafarid," and "Zohreh and Manoochehr."
Behfar Bahadoran is a composer and instrumentalist of Iranian string instruments tar, setar, and tanbur. Over the years he has lived in the US, Behfar has collaborated with numerous musicians.
The three-part series will feature the two artists' playing music and reciting poetry from ancient Iranian texts. In each of the programs, different poets and genres of Persian poetry are introduced. In the first program on February 4th, erotic literature by Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani and Iraj Mirza is presented. In the second program on February 5th, epic liberature from the Book of Kings by Ferdowsi will be presented. In the third program on February 6th, mystic literature by Sanā'ī, Saadi, and Rumi, is presented.
Although you can join any one of the three programs, we hope you can participate in the series (all three programs).
Tickets $80 per person per session. There is also a $200 "Three-night Bundle" for all three events. Students and senior citizens can use promo code Student/Senior for a 10% discount. You must present your ID at the door.
In the interest of the health and safety of our patrons, we request that in order to attend you must provide proof of your full vaccination, including your third (booster) shot at the door. Masks are required inside at all times.
About the Artist
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam was born In Iran but moved to Paris in his early teens. His choreography style is usually based on Persian classical music that brings Persian myths, poetry, and dance together to create an atmosphere of magical quality.
He has danced in Seven Pavilions of Love, Sohrab and Gordafarid, and Khosrow and Shirin. In his Dance-Mythologic (a collection of Dances based on Persian mythology) piece, Shahrokh is a story teller translating the lines from thousands of years ago into movements familiar to today's audience all over the world. In Moshkin Ghalam’s view, movement is to convey a message; he does not believe in using movement for the sake of movement. His extensive training in world dances, along with his open-mindedness, allows him to take all that he feels necessary from other cultures, add to it, or sometimes re-invent it each time in a new context for a different purpose.
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