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Archive for July, 2006
Interview with Iranican Live
View highlights from the bilingual interview with Iranican live on the Persian News Network.
دوستان عزیز دوزبانه–انگلیسی-فارسی–میتوانند قسمتی از گفتگو را اینجا ببینند
Midnight Approaches DVD is released!
Midnight Approaches…
” I found the marriage of visual, musical and poetic imagery in Niloufar Talebi’s
work to be touching and effective and an ideal way to discover and appreciate
contemporary Iranian poetry.”
-Michael Tilson Thomas
-SF Symphony Music Director
Features:
Introduction to Persian Poetry
A Bird Is a Bird, poem by Abbas Saffari
I Hang Myself, poem by Saghi Ghahraman
Many Happy Returns, poem by Partow Nooriala
My Mother Did Not Become Beautiful, poem by Reza Farmand
Tomorrow, poem by Abbas Saffari
Night, poem by Majid Naficy
coming attractions:
Love Is Lemony, poem by Ziba Karbassi
Gravequake, poem by Ziba Karbassi
Song of Ruin, poem by Ziba Karbassi
Midnight Approaches…
Created by
Niloufar Talebi
Co-produced by
Sharlyn Sawyer of Afsaneh Art and Culture Society
and
The Translation Project
Performance Director
Zara Houshmand
Poetry Translations
Niloufar Talebi
with
Dan O’Connell
Performers
Ali Dadgar
Niloufar Talebi
Additional Actors
Francisco Gonzales Leon
Siam Moeini
Dancers
Larissa Verduzen
Aliah Najmabadi
Design and Choreography
Sharlyn Sawyer
Original Music
Composed and Performed by
Hafez Modirzadeh
Mohammad Nejad
royal hartigan
Video Director, Editor,
Computer Graphics Design
Elaine G. Trotter
Video Engineer, DVD Encoding and Authoring
Andy Neddermeyer
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Four Springs
Below you can view footage from the live performance of Four Springs, which premiered on January 25, 2004, at ODC Theater in San Francisco, and later performed at the Heritage Theatre in Campbell, CA on May 15, 2004. Four Springs was directed by Zara Houshmand, co-produced by the Translation Project and Afsaneh Art and Culture Society. Four Springs was based on the poetry of Partow Nooriala, Abbas Saffari, Ziba Karbassi, Majid Naficy, Reza Framand and Saghi Ghahraman. Midnight Approaches, our DVD of short films was based on Four Springs.
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Narcissus Flower ( Quick Time | Windows Media ) |
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Gravequake ( Quick Time | Windows Media ) |
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Saturday Night Dinner ( Quick Time | Windows Media ) |
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Night ( Quick Time | Windows Media ) |
