Reza Abdoh: Theatre Visionary
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Daniel Arts Center - McConnell Theater
The screening will be hosted by Sandy Cleary, Director of the Daniel Arts center and the film's co-producer who was one of Reza Abdoh's long-time stage managers and friends.
About the Film:
Abdoh (1963-1995) was an Iranian-born American theatre director and playwright known for his groundbreaking, experimental productions. Abdoh died of AIDS in 1995 at the age of 32 having created an impressive body of stage spectacles known for their sensory overload, ferocious energy, and hallucinatory dreamscapes. Abdoh was an enigmatic and prolific creative force and with his company, Dar A Luz, formed in 1991, he created productions that have made a major impact on experimental theatre worldwide and whose influences are still being felt and talked of to this day.
The Los Angeles Times called his work “Puzzling, fragmented, hard-edged and brilliant as a diamond.” the Village Voice called it “Astonishing.” Prominent theatre artists were also fervent admirers; Richard Foreman said, "The aesthetic shock of encountering Abdoh’s turbulent work sent me reeling."
Prizes:
• Third Prize "The Iron Hare Award" For a film that reflects the importance of arts in human society in the most original way. Festival Internacional Filmes Sobre Arte, Lisbon, Portugal
• Award of Merit, Impact Docs (2016)
Official Selections:
• Milan International Film Festival (2016)
• Blow-up Chicago International Art House Film Festival (2016)
• SESC Film Festival Sao Paulo, Brazil (2016)
• Sanctuary Cove International Film Festival, Australia (2016)
• The Segal Center Festival on Theatre and Performance, New York (2015)
• EPOS International Art Film Festival, Tel Aviv (2017)
• Movement Research Spring Festival (2017)
• Dirty Looks Festival (2017)
• Visual AIDS (2017)
Mature content, free and open to the public.
For more information, please call 413-591-8008.
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Cost: Free
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