A magical series of theatrical dances (narrated in English)
by Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
7 Princesses (Beauties), the renowned romantic epic by Nizami Ganjavi written in Persian in 1197. It is a masterpiece of erotic literature and profoundly moralistic work.
7 Princesses (Beauties) celebrates ethnic diversity, glorifies the beauty of other cultures and praises the wisdom of nature. The prince is transformed through listening to stories of 7 princesses that symbolized the wisdom of Women and uni...
A magical series of theatrical dances (narrated in English)
by Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
7 Princesses (Beauties), the renowned romantic epic by Nizami Ganjavi written in Persian in 1197. It is a masterpiece of erotic literature and profoundly moralistic work.
7 Princesses (Beauties) celebrates ethnic diversity, glorifies the beauty of other cultures and praises the wisdom of nature. The prince is transformed through listening to stories of 7 princesses that symbolized the wisdom of Women and union of Man to Nature.
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam is an well acclaimed Iranian modern dancer. He is choreographer, actor and director. Shahrokh appeared in the most prestigious theatre companies in Europe Comédie-Française troupe and under the direction of Ariane Mnouchkine with the THEATRE DU SOLEIL and had major parts in numerous plays.
His unique choreography style is usually based on Persian classical music that brings Persian myths, poetry, and dance together to create an atmosphere of magical quality.
For more info about Shahrokh please visit Huffington Post interview with him.
Huffington Post article about Shahrokh Meshghin Ghalam
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/angella-nazarian/shahrokh-dance-review_b_902104.html
Video of Shahrokh Meshkin Ghalam
http://iranians.kodoom.com/en/moshkin-ghalam/videos/vBYGxo3GL18/
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam and Planitunique (Fereshteh Kianersi) present the "7 princesses" (inspired by the persian poetry of Nezami) in English.
Event sponsored by " The HAND Foundation" and fiscally sponsored project by "Darvag Arts Foundation".
Cast :
Prince Bahram e Gour ; Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
(costume designer , scenographer, dancer & Choreographer )
Scheherazade /Shahrzad : Sahar Dehghan (storyteller & dancer)
7 Dancers:
Princess of India ; Celine Pradeu
Princess of Byzantium ; Mae Chesney
Princess of Caucasus ; Christina Galstian
Princess of Russia ; Laure Dauge
Princess of Morocco ; Rim Charabeh
Princess of China ; Catherine Schaub
Princess of Persia ; Miriam Peretz
Saturday May 21st of 2016 @ 8:00
Box Office opens at 6:30,
doors open at 7:00
program starts sharp at 8:00.
Palace of Fine Arts
3301 Lyon , San Francisco, California 94123
Tickets are sold only at http://persiantix.com/