Theatre

Conference of the Birds (منطق الطیر)

Hamoon — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:40:19 +0000

FREE

A workshop presentation of The Conference of the Birds Based on a twelfth-century Sufi poem by Farid ud-Din Attar. The Conference of the Birds is mystic fable allegorizing the human condition and humankind’s search for truth within itself. Directed by Soheil Parsa with the acting students at Parya Foundation. The presentation will be in Persian.

Language : Persian

FREE

Number available: 10

Sub Genre:

Workshop Presentation

Region:

Canada

Dates:

Sat, 07/20/2013 - 13:30

Sun, 07/21/2013 - 13:00

Location:

Brigantine ,Harbourfront Centre

Language:

English

Subtitle:

Program Duration:

1 Hour

Artist Bios:

Soheil Parsa
Soheil Parsa is an award-winning director, actor, writer, dramaturg, choreographer and teacher, whose professional theatre career spans thirty years and two continents. In his native Iran, Soheil completed studies in Theatre Performance at the University of Tehran and began a promising career as an actor and director. Arriving in Canada with his family in 1984, Soheil completed a second Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies at York University and then went on to establish Modern Times Stage Company, one of the most innovating theatre companies in Canada. In 1995 Soheil received a New Pioneers Award by Skills for Change for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts by a recent immigrant to Canada. Soheil’s own work at Modern Times has been recognized with five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, a Chalmers Fellowship in 2002, a senior artist creation grant from the Canada Council, as well as a number of international prizes and master class requests. In 2007 and 2010 he was short-listed for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre Celebrating Directors, the highest honour in Canadian theatre. Most recently, Soheil has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution as a theatre artist to Canadian society.

Artists:

Soheil Parsa

Conference of the Birds (منطق الطیر)

Hamoon — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:40:19 +0000

FREE

Number available: 10

Sub Genre:

Workshop Presentation

Region:

Canada

Dates:

Sat, 07/20/2013 - 13:30

Sun, 07/21/2013 - 13:00

Location:

Brigantine ,Harbourfront Centre

Language:

English

Subtitle:

Program Duration:

1 Hour

Artist Bios:

Artists:

Soheil Parsa