Zaafaran
MAHA GROUP in collaboration with MAQAMAT | OMAR RAJEH (IRAN | LEBANON)
About the company
MaHa Team started in 2013 in Tehran where Dance is forbidden and frowned upon. Without the presence of a single dance academy and from various backgrounds, it started out of a need that lead to the expression of the body, survival and creation.
بدأت "مجموعة ماها" عروضها عام 2013 في طهران. وبغياب أي مدرسة للرّقص، استهلت "مجموعة ماها" عروضها وهي التي انبثقت من خلفيات مختلفة ومن هذه الحاجة التي تدفع الإنسان إلى التعبير الجسدي والاستمرار والإبداع.
About the performance
In 2015, Omar Rajeh was invited to Tehran to choreograph a piece for Ma Ha . Zaafaran is based on the idea of sacrifice; a notion very integrated in both our eastern cultures. This contemporary creation takes place on a Persian Carpet, a rich ground that reminisces a past, no longer present.
عام 2015، دُعي عمر راجح إلى طهران لتصميم عرض لـ"ماها". يقوم عرض Zaafaran على فكرة التضحية كمفهوم متجذر في الثقافة الشرقية. يقدم هذا العرض المعاصر على سجادة عجميةٍ، على أرضٍ غنية تعيد إحياء ماض مضى.
For more information on the work: www.omarrajeh.com
performance dates and touring
cast and credits
Choreography Omar Rajeh Dance Mitra Ziaee Kia & Mostafa Shabkhan ‘Tompak’ (Goblet Drum) Ali Taleie Costume Design Reza Nadimi Lighting Design Ali Koozeghar Production MaHa Team
With support from The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tehran and Maqamat Dance Theatre in Beirut
MaHa Team started in 2013 in Tehran where Dance is forbidden and frowned upon. Without the presence of a single dance academy and from various backgrounds, it started out of a need that lead to the expression of the body, survival and creation.
بدأت "مجموعة ماها" عروضها عام 2013 في طهران. وبغياب أي مدرسة للرّقص، استهلت "مجموعة ماها" عروضها وهي التي انبثقت من خلفيات مختلفة ومن هذه الحاجة التي تدفع الإنسان إلى التعبير الجسدي والاستمرار والإبداع.
About the performance
In 2015, Omar Rajeh was invited to Tehran to choreograph a piece for Ma Ha . Zaafaran is based on the idea of sacrifice; a notion very integrated in both our eastern cultures. This contemporary creation takes place on a Persian Carpet, a rich ground that reminisces a past, no longer present.
عام 2015، دُعي عمر راجح إلى طهران لتصميم عرض لـ"ماها". يقوم عرض Zaafaran على فكرة التضحية كمفهوم متجذر في الثقافة الشرقية. يقدم هذا العرض المعاصر على سجادة عجميةٍ، على أرضٍ غنية تعيد إحياء ماض مضى.
For more information on the work: www.omarrajeh.com
performance dates and touring
Wednesday 20th of December 2017
8:00 pm | Freiheizhalle München
Tuesday 19th of December 2017
8:00 pm | Freiheizhalle München
Friday 28th of July 2017
7:00 pm | Eutopia 2017, Aarhus, Denmark
Friday 19th of May 2017
7:30 pm | Theater Heilbronn, Germany
Saturday 19th of November 2016
6:00 pm | Scores | Tanzquartier Wien | Vienna, Austria
Saturday 29th of October 2016
5:00 pm | Moving in November | Kiasma Theatre | Helsinki, Finland
Friday 28th of October 2016
6:00 pm | Moving in November | Kiasma Theatre | Helsinki, Finland
Monday 15th of August 2016
5:00 pm | Sziget Festival, Budapest
Saturday 16th of April 2016
5:00 pm | BIPOD 2016 | Theatre Béryte
cast and credits
Choreography Omar Rajeh Dance Mitra Ziaee Kia & Mostafa Shabkhan ‘Tompak’ (Goblet Drum) Ali Taleie Costume Design Reza Nadimi Lighting Design Ali Koozeghar Production MaHa Team
With support from The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tehran and Maqamat Dance Theatre in Beirut
Photo credit Alborz Teymoorzadeh