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Company Scheherazade presents Crown/تاج

  • Gloucester Guildhall 23 Eastgate Street Gloucester UK (map)

This Refugee Week… Join us on a journey to find HOME.

CROWN/تاج is the UK’s first touring production combining classical Persian dance, contemporary dance, and Sufi movement to tell a story of displacement, identity, and body sovereignty to an original soundtrack of live classical music and electronica.

Using Persian miniatures, lived experience and the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad, the 3 lead dancers take the audience on a journey from determination through struggle to release. Finding courage, resilience, and joy along the way.

Maria Tarokh directs this female-led production on its inaugural tour. The cast feature brilliant contemporary and classical dancers and virtuoso classical Persian musicians to bring you a moving, exhilarating, and energetic experience.

 

In partnership with Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking as part of their artist residency programme.

Supported by Strike A Light.

Co-produced by Dartington Arts and commissioned by Counterpoints Arts. 

Supported with funding from Arts Council England.

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