Silken Veils: A Puppetry and Performance Piece by Leila Ghaznavi
Highways Performance Space and Gallery (1651 18th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404)
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- $20.00
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- $10.00*
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The last date listed for Silken Veils was Saturday April 23, 2011 / 8:30pm.
2 Goldstar Member Reviews
Leila
Very different from any other show/play/puppetry performance I've seen. Silken Veils has a little of everything - live acting, marionettes, awesome music, silhouette acting... pretty cool stuff.Written on Apr 28 2011
Thank you Leila & thanks GoldStar!
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Puppitista'
Interesting production but it managed to loose me at a few points. Beautiful puppet work with the main marionette.Written on Apr 26 2011
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More Information About Silken Veils
Website
http://www.highwaysperformance.org/
Description
Silken Veils
Leila Ghaznavi
Nominated for a Fringe First Award for Best New Work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ghaznavi synthesizes Rumi poetry, puppetry and animation with live performance to tell the story of Darya, a woman who questions the value of love while reliving the passion and turbulence of her childhood in Iran during the Revolution of 1979 and the Iran-Iraq war.
Silken Veils features music composed by Hamed Nikpay and Houman Pourhmedi, two Iranian artists known for their innovative contemporary sounds blended with traditional Iranian instruments and techniques.
Performed by Leila Ghaznavi, Cady Zuckerman and Hilario Saavedra.
Leila Ghaznavi’s work as a playwright, actor and puppeteer has been seen domestically in Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland; Bali, Indonesia and Kristiansand, Norway. She is a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater and holds a M.F.A. in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts and a B.A. in music composition from Bryn Mawr College.
About the Ticket Supplier: Highways Performance Space
Highways Performance Space is Southern California's boldest center for new performance. Founded in 1989, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages fierce new artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.
Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms. Our mission is implemented through four programs (the performance space, workshop/university program and two galleries). Annually, Highways co-presents approximately 250 performances by solo dramatic artists, small theater groups, dance companies and spoken word artists; curates and exhibits approximately 12 contemporary visual art exhibits per year with work that explores the boundaries between performing and visual art forms; commissions and premieres new work by outstanding performing artists; organize special events, curate festival, offer residency and educational programs that engage community members in the arts while providing access to professionally-directed instruction.