I am my mother
2008
Choreographer(s) : Abbasi, Mohammad (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Present in collection(s): Numeridanse
Video producer : IDILL
I am my mother
2008
Choreographer(s) : Abbasi, Mohammad (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Present in collection(s): Numeridanse
Video producer : IDILL
I am my mother
A man dances inside of his mother's body…
Abbasi, Mohammad
Mohamad Abbasi (1977) is an actor, dancer, choreographer, theatre director and film-maker.
Mohammad Abbasi studied theatre at Tehran University. He has performed in several plays by the Mehr theatre group. In 2003, he created his first dance piece, Recall your birthday. In 2008, he left Iran to study at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers. In 2010, he founded the Invisible Centre of Contemporary Dance in Tehran, a platform for contemporary dance in Iran, a country where dance is still not permitted or recognised as an art form. In 2011, he created the UNTIMELY dance festival. In its 7 previous editions, it has programmed works by dozens of young Iranian dancers, as well as productions from Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam and Zurich. Five of these Iranian works were subsequently presented at Tanztage Berlin in 2017.
He has been in residence at the following venues: Pact Zollverien (Essen / 2010), 104 (Paris / 2010), STUK (Leuven / 2013), DOTE (Amsterdam / 2013), Raketenstation Hombroich (Düsseldorf / 2017), as a programmer in: Pasinger Fabrik (Munich / 2014), Journées de la danse suisse (Geneva / 2017). And jury member for Theater Spektakel (Zurich / 2017).
I am my mother
Artistic direction / Conception : Mohammad Abbasi
Choreography : Mohammad Abbasi