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New York Times Critic’s Pick
”Breathtaking fireworks of creativity” – Le Monde
”The Persian soul and culture vibrate in this original and poetic show.” – Toute La Culture
”Out of the ordinary!” – Les Echos
It is one of the slickest large shadow shows ever made,The story, the delivery, it’s all 10 / 10. -UNIMA -USA
Song of the North is a large-scale, cinematic performance combining the manual art of shadow puppetry with projected animation to tell the courageous tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia, who must use all her strengths and talents to rescue her beloved, Bijan, from a perilous predicament of her own making and help prevent a war. This epic love story employs a cast of 500 handmade puppets and a talented ensemble of nine actors and puppeteers, all of which come together to create a spectacular experience that advances the themes of unity, collaboration, and experimentation through performance and story. Song of the North, adapted from the Book of Kings (Shahnameh), challenges the Eurocentric worldview of art and storytelling through a contemporary multimedia experience of this classic Persian tale. (80 minutes)
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