Persian storytelling and music

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Once again In the House Festival opens up its doors for another intimate and engaging event in a local living room. This time two English-language storytellers have teamed up with two Iranian musicians to retell a well-known story from the Shahnameh, one of the great works of Persian literature, which speaks of overcoming tyranny and fear.

Date: April 5th, 2011
Time: Doors at 6:15 pm / Show starts at 7:00 pm
Where: 333 E. 13th Ave.
Tickets: 18$ adults / 13$ members + kids

You can buy tickets on-line at http://www.inthehousefestival.com or make a reservation by emailing info@inthehousefestival.com or phoning 604-874-9325.

Perfomers:

Kira Van Deusen
Kira Van Deusen is a professional storyteller and cellist. She traveled extensively in Siberia's forests, tundra and steppe over 15 years, connecting with indigenous traditions, stories and people. She has delighted listeners in Canada, the US, Europe and Russia with adventures in worlds we do not see with the eye, accompanied by her evocative original cello and vocal music. More recently, Kira got hooked on Persian culture closer to home, where Iranian-Canadian friends have helped her to understand the beauty and depth of Persian stories and music.

Hamin Honari
Hamin studied Tombak and Daf under Ramin Bahrami. Locally he performs concerts within the Persian community and tours throughout North America performing at festivals and concert halls with his family's band Honari as well as Rahamtollah Badei, Amir Koushkani and Eyvind Kang.

Ali Razmi
Ali obtained his MA in music at the Art University in Tehran. He is an innovative and creative tar and setar musician with over 17 years of experience as a soloist. Ali has performed in a wide variety of genres, including traditional, pop and fusion. Among his many achievements, he has performed as a soloist for the Iranian Philharmonic Orchestra, improvised with Master Shajarian (Iran's leading singer in traditional Iranian music) and worked with Mehran Modiri and Mohamad Esfahani's group, Iran's top pop music performers. In 2002, Ali performed at the Jahane Khusrau Music Festival in New Delhi as a member of the Rumi Group.

Allice Bernards
A professional storyteller living on Bowen Island, Allice Bernards came to storytelling as a vocation after having pursued paths that led her to practice and teach Reiki. In 1999 she was moved to tell some stories for her daughter and classmates. It was her realization of storytelling as an art and a means to rediscover the mystery, wonder and fun of being human that inspired Allice to begin telling stories in the larger community.[/size]