Choreography Ali Moini

Ali Moini proposes in My Paradoxical Knives the construction and the exploration of an image. The image of a man singing in the center of gravitating knives.
The words of that Rumi poem praise the sky not to turn without him...
The gyratory choreography of Ali sets him in the middle of a floating system where the written words, while being sung, are erased from the floor by his dancing feet.
The audience, raptured and repulsed by the performer, is installed at the periphery of this dispositive and will assist to the meticulous building of this emerging system, its apogee and its silence.

Credits

Direction artistique, conception et interprétation Ali Moini accompagnement critique Loïc Touzé

production Selon l'heure

Spectacle créé dans le cadre du programme PEPCC du Forum Dança (Lisbonne)

Updating : july 201

Ali Moini was Born in Shiraz,  Iran, in 1974.

Growing up, he studied lyrical singing and musical composition, and at 17, he joined the Youth Orchestra of Shiraz.

In 1997, Moini started intensive studies in dramatic arts and acting, and joined the Mehr Theater Group as an actor and composer. There, he performed in numerous works, including "Dance On Glasses", which was presented over 80 times throughout the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and North America.

Moini earned his degree in dramatic acting from Soureh High Educational University of Tehran, and in 2009 he participated in the Forum Dança Lisbon's two-year advanced program Choreographic Creation and Research on Contemporary Dance, studying with international choreographers including André Lepecki, Deborah Hay, Emmanuelle Huynh, Jeremy Nelson, João Fiadeiro, Julyen Hamilton, Lisa Nelson, Mark Tompkins, Meg Stuart, Loïc Touzé, and Vera Mantero. It was there that he created the solo piece "My Paradoxical Knives," which he performed to great acclaim at the Montpellier Danse Festival, the Tanzquartier, and Théâtre National de Chaillot, among others.

At the invitation of the Montpellier Danse Festival, Moini created the piece "It Shocks Me but Not You" in 2012. It is a part of his larger show, "Talking In/To Myself", which was presented at the Festival d'Automne in Paris that same year.

In 2013, his collaboration with the visual artist Fred Rodrigues was presented under the Hermès Foundation's New Settings program at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris. In 2013, Moini concluded his Masters in Performance and Choreography in the ESSAI program at CNDC (Centre National de Danse Contemporaine) in Angers, France.

In 2014/2015 he is performer for Hooman Sharifi's show "Every order eventually looses its terror".

In 2016 he creates a new solo "Man Anam Ke Rostam Bovad Pahlavan" that premieres in Festival Montpellier Danse and is part of New Settings program by Fondation d'Entreprise Hermès.

Source : Selon l'heure Company 's website

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