A History of Silencing Dance
- Nava Waxman
- Jul 15, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 4
A History of Silencing Dance by Alireza Keymanesh
A HISTORY OF SILENCING DANCE is a multimedia dance-installation/performance by Alireza Keymanesh which is highlighting excerpts of external historical suppressions (social, political, religious and etcetera) on the dancers' bodies, with a particular focus on Iran. This performance encompasses visual art, sound, music, props, and multi-channel live projection. This dance installation/performance is made of honor all the people who kept the art of dance alive during the suppression years after 1979 Islamic Authoritarian Revolution in Iran until now.
Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh
Design by messenger
Night Shift is produced by Citadel + Compagnie and co-presented with FFDN.
CREDITS:
Choreographer: Alireza Keymanesh
Dancers, visual art: Clara Chemtov, Alireza Keymanesh, Nava Messas Waxman
Music : Milad Movahedi
Assistant: Jianna Neufeld
Projection designer: Haoran Chang
Camera: Felipe Lopez
Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh
