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Present Works
bahareh!
- Merging Persian folkloric dance of Lorestan province and classical ballet, Bahareh is the story a young peasant girl who has many admirers in her village. Finally the handsome and smart Alimorad gets her heart. Their togetherness and the arrive of spring and working season is celebrated through a colorful Nowruz festivity.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Rastak Ensemble
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
golden dreams
- Illustrating the famous and beloved piano piece of the late master composer and pianist Javad Maroufi, Khabha-ye Talaee, in a pas de deux ballet. A love duet for two dancers.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Javad Maroufi
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
bahar gəlir
- Based on the folkloric music and dance of Azerbaijan province, bahar gəlir, is an experimental neoclassical ballet celebrating the arrival of Nowruz and the spring season.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Gaytagi - Azerbaijan folkloric music
Music Arrangement: Babak Saeedi
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
symphony of elegy
- A metaphorical contemporary ballet based on the roots and rituals of lamentation and elegy in the Iranian culture. Recital of an elegy is mainly a performing tradition based on Shahnameh (national epic of Iran) called "Naghali". In this dramatization, the storyteller dies in sorrow of reciting the elegy.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Persian International Philharmonic
Founder, Composer & Conductor:
Alexander Rahbari
Costume & Scenery Design: Nima Kiann
vis and ramin
- Based on the poems of Fakhraddin Gurgani (11th century) this ballet is a telling the story of Vis and Ramin which is an epic mythical love story between two young lovers that sacrifice name, family and social obligations for each other.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Libretto: Maria Sabaye Moghaddam
Music: Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Composer: Peyman Soltani
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
Costume & Tiara Design: Nima Kiann
Hanging Gardens of Lost Dreams
- A video and dance installation drama, created by Nima Kiann and photographer Rahim Karimi. A metaphorical contemporary dance in one act and ten following scenes telling the story of an individual’s journey through time and space.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Dastan Ensemble &
Iranian Orchestra for New Music
Costume & Scenery: Nima Kiann
Video Installation: Rahim Karimi
turquoise land - dream of peace
- For the first time, classical ballet is choreographed on traditional Persian music composed by Master Parviz Meshkatian. Dedicated to world peace Turquoise Land is a colourful mixture of Western classical ballet technique and the graceful expressive charm of Persian traditional rhythms. In this ballet creation woman is the messenger of peace.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Aref Ensemble
Composer: Parviz Meshkatian
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
Rumi, Rumi
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- A new interpretation of the ritual dance of Sama' and concepts of Sufism celebrating the great Iranian poet; Jalal ud-Din Rumi even known as Molana on his 800 years anniversary. Nima Kiann's 3rd choreography inspired from the dances of turning Dervishes.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Shams Tanbour Ensemble
Composer: Kaykhosro Pournazeri
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
Alterations and Design Copy: Shahla Dorriz
Simay-Jan, The Gilani Girl
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- A new version of the popular ballet of Simay Jan choreographed by Nima Kiann about the pretty girl with the same name looking forward to meet with his beloved, working on the rice farm. The folkloric choreography, music and costumes from Gilan province in northern part of Iran.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Zohreh Jooya
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
Scheherazade
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- Based on the Persian tale story from One Thousand and One Nights the masterwork of Fokine originally choreographed for Diagilev’s Les Ballets Russes has been recreated for Les Ballets Persans. Zobeideh, is united with her lover, the Golden Slave, and the two join in a sensuous dance in the oriental palace of Sultan Shahriar.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann after Fokine
Music: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Persian International Philharmonic
Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
Costume Design: Jamal
Kaveh the Blacksmith
- Based on the Persian national epic “Shahnameh of Ferdowsi” Kaveh is a heroic ballet about the old blacksmith who led the rebellion of the people against the tyranny of the evil king Zahhak. His son Pour-Kaveh is arrested by Zahhak's men, but Kaveh heroically frees his son and other young prisoners by making a banner of his apron and leading the uprising.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Ahmad Pejman, Mohammad Shams
Vocals (opera): Mario Taghadossi
Costume Design: Jamal & Nima Kiann
Bon Voyage
- A tragic mise en scene of dance and song in memory of the victims of the Bam earthquake in 2004 based on the poetry of Shafi'ee-Kadkani. This creation is dedicated to the commemoration of those who lost their lives and to the 2000-year-old mud-brick citadel which was totally destroyed.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Zohreh Jooya
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
Papou Soleimani
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A balletic interpretation of a popular folkloric dance from Kurdistan province in north-west of Iran.
Iran's multi cultural and multi ethnic society is celebrated in a collective dance. colourful dance costumes are making a rainbow that symbolises the multiplicity of people and their traditions in Iran.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Zohreh Jooya
Costume Design: Jamal
Stars
- A romantic fusion of song and dance based on the popular chant of Ghoghay-e Setaregan. A lovely girl wakes up in the middle of the night and is amazed by the beauty of shining stars in the sky. Her dance is a celebration of life and the beauty of night.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Zohreh Jooya
Costume Design: Zohreh Jooya
Flamenco on Persian Rhythms
- The dance and music of Flamenco having its roots in Northern India has traveled through the Silk Road and been influenced by the cultures it came across. In this creation the choreographer seeks the Persian influence on the rhythms of the art of Flamenco.
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Choreography: Gabriela Gutarra
Music: Percussionists of Flamenco Center in Stockholm
Costume Design: Gabriela Gutarra
Femme
- A one act ballet on the eternal unity of man and woman. This pas de deux reflects the sorrow of Iranian women through the centuries: their beauty, femininity and untiring campaign for freedom and equality. A new era arises: the era of enlightenment. The man and the woman are united but as equals.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Hossein Alizadeh
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
Costume Production: Jaleh Noorazar
Simay-Jan
- A balletic interpretation of one of Iran’s popular folkloric dances from Gilan province in north of Iran. Simay-Jan is a pretty girl from countryside who goes to bring water from the spring. She passes the farms in which she works and through her dance she expresses her love to the beautiful nature of her village.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Zohreh Jooya
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
Separation
- The sad story of a lonely girl who lives and dies in exile far away from her roots and her home country. She is telling her story of leaving her land and the pain she feels to remember her beloved country. She mourns for the love she never experienced and finally passes away in loneliness and in great sorrow.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Zohreh Jooya
Costume Design: Nima Kiann
Costume Production: Jaleh Noorazar
Divine Banquet
- A contemporary interpretation of the ritual dance of Sama' and concepts of Sufism celebrating the great Iranian poet; Jalal ud-Din Rumi even known as “Molana”. The great Sheykh calls his followers to join him in his ritual dance to celebrate the Lord and to become one with the creator. It is a divine banquet of love and compassion.
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Choreography: Nima Kiann
Music: Shams Tanbour Ensemble
Composer: Kaykhosro Pournazeri
Costume & Fabrics Design: Nima Kiann
Alterations and Design Copy: Shahla Dorriz
Babek
- The story of the brave Iranian national hero, Babak Khorram-Din, who in the 9th century led the rebellion against the foreign invasion of Iran.
After 23 years of courageous resistance he was captured and brutally executed. But his legend lives until today ...
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Choreography & Libretto:
Rafiga Akhundova and Maksud Mamedov
Music: Akshin Alizadeh
Costume Design: Tahir Tairov
Seven Beauties (Haft Peykar)
- The fairy tale and dramatic interpretation about the life of the legendary king Bahramé-Gur, based on poetries of the great Persian poet Nezami Ganjavi. Bahram is a popular king among his people and in love with a simple girl but his evil Vizier has plans to size the power and overthrow the King.
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Choreography:
Rafiga Akhundova and Maksud Mamadov
Libretto: Yuri Slonimsky
Music: Kara Karaev
Costume Design: Tahir Tairov
