Elnaz Sheshgelani
The ambiguity of life, the unconscious, and the unknown were are all explored in this exciting new piece of theatre, Iranian Bauhaus, created by Elnaz Sheshgelani. This performance uses a gestural vocubulary that was developed by Elnaz over 10 years of practice and academic research. This reconstruction of the gestural vocabulary of pre-Islamic Naghali is highly stylised and exaggerated. The movement is augmented with a quintessentially Iranian poetic and symbolic approach to narrative. Unlike other classical forms of dramatic gesture, such as Kathakali, the vocabulary does not assign specific meaning to each gesture; rather, each gesture is designed to intuitively communicate emotion to the audience.