Re: "Safar Simorgh" Dance and Music Concert at Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center
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Omid Razavi
Jan 5, 2020, 10:22:24 PM1/5/20
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Dear Friends,
Happy new year and best wishes to you and your loved ones! I'd like to bring to your attention this incredible dance and music concert performance to be held at Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center this Saturday, Jan 11 at 6:30pm. I will be attending, so hope to see you there!
Visit http://journeyofthesimorgh.farimadance.com for more details
Farid al-Din Attar (c. 1145 c. 1221) was a Persian poet and one of the greatest Sufi mystical writers and thinkers, composing at least 45,000 couplets and many brilliant prose works.
In Attars epic poem, The Conference of the Birds, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king. The Hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical Persian bird. The Hoopoe leads the birds, each of whom represent a human fault which prevents one from attaining enlightenment. Of the many birds that begin the journey, only thirty birds survive to reach the dwelling of the Simorgh. There, the birds approach the throne contemplating their reflections in the mirrorlike countenance of the Simorgh, only to realize that they and the Simorgh are one.
Simorgh (SEE-morg) in Persian can also be read as Si (thirty) Morgh (bird).
Tickets: $35 advance, $40 at the door
Journey of the Simorgh
A dance and music concert by the Simorgh Dance Collective, adapted from the Persian epic Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar. Featuring Persian sacred, classical, and folkloric dances choreographed by Farima Berenji, Persian music performed by Homeyra Banejad and Ensemble, and expertly narrated by award winning actor and director Sadegh Hatefi. Doors open at 6:30 PM.Farid al-Din Attar (c. 1145 c. 1221) was a Persian poet and one of the greatest Sufi mystical writers and thinkers, composing at least 45,000 couplets and many brilliant prose works.
In Attars epic poem, The Conference of the Birds, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king. The Hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical Persian bird. The Hoopoe leads the birds, each of whom represent a human fault which prevents one from attaining enlightenment. Of the many birds that begin the journey, only thirty birds survive to reach the dwelling of the Simorgh. There, the birds approach the throne contemplating their reflections in the mirrorlike countenance of the Simorgh, only to realize that they and the Simorgh are one.
Simorgh (SEE-morg) in Persian can also be read as Si (thirty) Morgh (bird).
Tickets: $35 advance, $40 at the door
Omid
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