BREATH
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Nanji Family Foundation Auditorium
Part of 2024 Duende Flamenco Festival
$60 Regular | $54 Friends | $45 Students and Seniors
Performance duration: 90 minutes (no intermission)
A limited number of $20 rush tickets will be available for purchase in person one hour prior to the performance.
Get the full Duende experience: Attend all three on-site performances at the Aga Khan Museum for $144 and receive a special link for 20% off tickets to Kintsugi: Flamenco and Healing (off-site performance) on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the Bluma Appel Theatre (27 Front St. E., Toronto).
BREATH is a Persian-flamenco music and dance performance that explores love’s complex emotions — ecstasy, nostalgia, doubt, and healing. Beneath its soft Farsi lyricism and flamenco rhythms lies a loving tribute to Iran’s history since the revolution of 1979. The performance emphasizes self-love as the foundation for making better choices, fostering a love for others, and guiding a collective future. Light will always prevail over darkness and we can facilitate that journey by living authentically with love and all of its nuances.
Follow a woman’s journey through love’s power, healing, and strength as she navigates challenges and heartbreak. Beginning with a spiritual quest (Worship and Resurrection), she plants seeds of hope in the Garden of Love and battles despair in Oriyan.
Despite unrequited love (Lovers Torment), she finds strength, rallying others to celebrate love and light in the Persian Dance. From yearning (Longings) to hope (Erev), anger (Call of the Chain Breakers) to joy (Anda Jaleo), this dance is a powerful tribute to love’s resilience.
Read the artist’s press release about the performance here.
The Museum’s Performing Arts programming is generously supported by the Nanji Family Foundation.
Carmen Romero, the Artistic Director and Principal Dancer of Toronto’s Compañía Carmen Romero, serves as the guest co-curator for the 10th annual Duende Flamenco Festival, alongside Amirali Alibhai, Head of Performing Arts at the Aga Khan Museum and the Festival’s Artistic Director.
About the Artists
Gaspar Rodriguez
Lead Flamenco Guitar and Musical Director
Amir Amiri
Santour
Carlos Merino
Percussion
Alberto López
Guitar
Get the Full Duende Experience
Attend all three on-site performances at the Aga Khan Museum for $144 and receive a special link for 20% off tickets to Kintsugi: Flamenco and Healing (off-site performance) on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the Bluma Appel Theatre (27 Front St. E., Toronto).
Duende Festival 2024 is guest curated by Compañia Carmen Romero
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