Zahra
Fuladvand
Darkness Before Death & After Death
Creator: Zahra Fuladvand
Performers: Csilla Nagy, Heni Szalay, David Miko
Musicians: Csanad Szesztay, Adrienn Dorsanszki, Ashkan Ghanbari
Light and Stage designer: Nevena Georgieva
Date: May 2019
“Darkness before birth and after death” has been born from the simple image of the Iranian Funeral ceremony. From that image, the others appear and find their connections. The whole piece is dancing and dying of these images between two darknesss. In this performance, she tries to reflect on how she perceives life as nothing but a continuous dance of birth and death.
A dance of change which she perceives to depict in the show by modifying the funeral ceremony in Iranian tradition. She keeps asking herself: Why I was born? Why do I live another day? Where do I come from and where am I going? Where is my childhood? What is the difference between darkness after my death and before I was born?” Through her performance, she throws these questions at the viewers and seeks to create certain visuals where the viewers are encouraged to witness the reality of existence that she sets up.
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