Mohsen Seraji, Iran 2022
Director, Writer, Researcher and university lecturer
Researches and articles:
Present in
- 60TH annual convention, southeastern theatre conference with the article: Dance in thakht Hozi Traditional Iranian Theatre and its Roots in Theatre(March 7,2009)
- Role of Welcoming in Thakht Hozi
- Investigation about curtainraiser
- Investigation about addiction matter in Iranian cinema between1961-2001
- Media role in development of addictin 2004
- And ….
Educational Experenes and Workshops
- Holding numerous workshops in universities and festivals.
Compliations:
-The Theory of Siyahbazi , Qatre publications , 2009-2014 & 2018
- pirahan,long, sartasari. Honar-defa publications2017
- The others men . H&S publications 2017
- Awhile after the decease of a writer ;Faseleh publications 2018
- Meeting with prof. Dati; Fasele publications 2018
Titles and ranks
1.The Green Red - Tehran 19 th international FAJR Theatre festival
2.The green red - Tehran 2001 misagh festival - the first rank of text
3.Safiye - Tehran 2001 - the first play
4.And And 13 other awards from various festivals
Responsibilities and stations:
Member of the jury of 17 theater festivals
Audience and performers without borders
Rituals and ethnicity had established of human life of ancient people and had created ideas, belief and views them. This ethnic had established based on their needs.Iran have multiple arts, it is inner of them life. We had ceremony shows called koushe – e -barneshin at the winter’s end or mir-e- nouroz was a funny local king for a Limited time or Sizdah be dar, Ashuo zartousht’s birth, Urdibeheshtgan ,Amordadgan and etc.
During the time, they have been changed, evoluted and transformated and they have presented new definition of them. Taazieh , naghali,marekegiri,taglid and majalese zananeh (feminine gatherings), pardeh khani and thakht – houzi.
Tazieh was performing at the Tekieh, naghali was performing at the street or bazar, bazar is old market, or ghahvekhaneh, ghahveh khane is old coffee shop and takht- houzi was performing at the old homes yard.
Takht- houzi show is a typical, musical with dance and comedy theater. Its Stories were about social, historical, mythical, Iranian ancient literature. Thakht houzi was a theater the protest, this protest is in the structure and content and concept.
In this workshop, it has been tried to describe the way of removing the distance between the performers and audience, while presenting a definition of the Thakht houzi Theater.
As well as elements and structural factors for this strong relationship between the performers and audience.
Faranak Foroutan is Mohsen Seraji’s assistant