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Journey of the Simorgh
Historic Hoover Theater
San Jose, CA
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Journey of the Simorgh
A dance concert by the Simorgh Dance Collective of San Jose, adapted from the Persian epic Conference of the Birds  by Farid ud-Din Attar. Featuring Persian sacred, classical, and folkloric dance choreographed by Farima Berenji. Live music performed by Jayson Fann.

Farima Berenji - Artistic Director, Choreographer
Farima Berenji is an Iranian-born scholar and an award winning, internationally acclaimed performing artist, choreographer, instructor, lecturer, dance ethnologist, and archaeologist specializing in classical, folkloric, and sacred dances of Persia and the Silk Road. Her training spans a lifetime of intensive collaboration and research with master artists, scholars, and spiritual teachers worldwide. She is the founder and artistic director of the Simorgh Dance Collective, a worldwide collaborative devoted to teach dance technique, interpret, illustrate, present, and perform dances of the Silk Road. Farima performs, offers workshops, and lectures worldwide upon request and has appeared in the US, UK, Austria, Czech Republic, Turkey, Mauritius, and Iran. Read more..

Jayson Fann - Musical Director
Jayson Fann is a interdisciplinary  artist, musician, designer and producer with a focus on large scale works that weave natural Architecture, multi-cultural imagery with inspirational messages. The emphasis of his work is creating interactive staged environments for productions that integrate visual arts, activism, performance and ritual. His work is rich with mythical imagery, vibrant colors, rhythm and symbolism inspired by world culture. Jayson traverses the cultural, visual, and musical landscape to create cross cultural collaborations that take place worldwide.

Homerya Banejad - Musician, Vocalist
Homerya Banejad is an Iranian daf player and vocalist. As a member of the Iranian Musician Union of Iran she has performed in Iran and the US with Sima Bina, Hamed Nikpay, Simin Ghanem, and many more artists!  She will be accompanied by her amazing company members.

Simorgh Dance Collective
The Simorgh Dance Collective is a world community of artists devoted to cross-cultural dialogue and artistic collaboration through traditional, classical, and sacred dance styles of the Silk Road.  The Collective currently has member companies and artist affiliations in Alaska, British Columbia, UK, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Read more..

Location

Historic Hoover Theater (View)
1635 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126
United States

Categories

Arts > Dance
Arts > Performance
Music > Global

Minimum Age: 6
Kid Friendly: No

Contact

Owner: Farima Dance Company
On BPT Since: Aug 22, 2016
 
Farima Dance
farimadance.com/event/jour...


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