World Premiere: 03/10/2008

Charles Pashby-Taylor
Ela Ray Markstein
Katie E Timothy
Annélise Caro

Idea, Choreography, realization & Mis en Scene:
Nima Kiann
Music:
Dastan Ensemble
Iranian Orchestra for New Music
Video Installation:
Rahim Karimi


Scene I       DESTINY
Music:
IRANIAN ORCHESTRA FOR NEW MUSIC  |  composer Alireza Mashayekhi  |  Chahargah II

Scene II      DREAMS
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Hamid Motebassem  |  Gilaki

Scene III     LONLELINESS
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Hamid Motebassem  |  Tar solo instrumental

Scene IV     MEMORIES
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Said Farajpoori  |  Kamancheh solo instrumental

Scene V      JOURNEY
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Said Farajpoori  |  Hekayat

Scene VI     MY MOTHER, IS WHERE?
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Hossein Behroozinia |  Moghaddameh

Scene VII     IN THE BACKYARD OF NOWHERE
Music:
IRANIAN ORCHESTRA FOR NEW MUSIC  |  composer Alireza Mashayekhi  |  This Loneliness

Scene VIII    HOME AND ITS CLOSED DOORS
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Hossein Behroozinia  |  Barbat solo instrumental

Scene IX      LOVE IS SO SWEET
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Hamid Motebassem  |  Chahar Mezrab Esfahan

Scene X      HOPE
Music:
DASTAN ENSEMBLE  |  composer Hamid Motebassem  |  Gol-e Zard

 


     
 

 


Inspired by the graphic works of Iran's leading graphic designer, the late master Morteza Momayez, the dance installation of "Hanging Gardens of Lost Dreams" is a contemporary multimedia and movement performance.

The production is a collaboration between the photographer Rahim Karimi and the choreographer Nima Kiann and is a metaphorical contemporary dance and video installation in ten following scenes telling the story of an individual’s journey through time and space.

This is a story of a young man’s destiny and dreams. The loneliness he felt in search of a new future, the memories that followed him during his journey, longing to see his beloved mother, feeling of belonging to nowhere, finding finally a new home in a promised land but difficulty to integrate this home for its doors are closed to him. At last he finds a trusting love and a reason to live: Hope.