A is for Atlas in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria presents

Dining Room Tales #1 Neda Rahmani

CHERRY CHERRY - A Dining Room Tale

You are invited to dinner.

Join us at the table for a unique tale of generosity and loss, of adventure, art, and the making of home. An intimate meal, home-cooked in a kitchen of song, drums, dance and storytelling.

A performance experience like no other. Come share a meal with Neda...

Wed 30 Nov - Sat 3 Dec at 7.30pm &
Wed 7 Dec - Sat 10 Dec at 7.30pm
Venue: Rear 96 Harold Street, Thornbury
Tickets: $40 Full / $25 Conc (includes dinner) Bookings: www.trybooking.com/ZHP
Info: 03 9329 5259 PLACES STRICTLY LIMITED. BOOK NOW!

Key Collaborators

Neda Rahmani and Xan Colman

Media Release & Poster

Media Release

Poster

About Neda Rahmani

Born in Iran to an Iranian father and Mauritian mother, Neda has grown up in Australia as an artist entertaining a wide range of audiences. Her passion is for drums, dance, voice and costumes! Her career has seen her playing Brazilian style percussion, dancing and singing her original songs and entertaining with her entourage at some of Australia's most interesting and prestigious events. She has also travelled to Chile, New Caledonia, Brazil and Mauritius on direct personal research of language, culture and percussion. Neda's deeper interest is in bringing contemporary Multicultural music to the popular music scene.

About Xan Colman

Xan is a director, writer, producer and performance maker, and the founding Artistic Director of A is for Atlas.

Xan spent part of 2010 and 2011 on an internship at the Berliner Ensemble, working under Robert Wilson on his production of Wedekind's Lulu.

Xan's creative work has been seen on festival stages around Australia and in Germany, and also in Thailand, Spain, Cambodia and the United Kingdom.

In 2009 Xan was Artist in Residence at Fundaçion Valparaíso in Mojácar, Spain.

In 2007 he was an Asialink Performing Arts Resident, working with Makhampom Theatre in Thailand.

Honours include an International Theatre Institute (UNESCO) Fellowship (2010-11), Australian Postgraduate Award (2010-14, for PhD study, RMIT, Creative Media), and Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grants in 2010 (B.E. internship) and 2007 (CCD capacity-building projects in South East Asia).

Xan has trained with a host of exceptional artists, including Tess de Quincey (AUST), Al Wunder (AUST), GobSquad (UK/GER), Tim Crouch (UK), Michael Mayhew (UK), Jürgen Fritz (GER), Jamie McMurry (US) and Black Market International (EUR).

He has recently performed in Peter Weiss's Ödipus auf Kolonos (Berliner Ensemble 2011), and staged performance actions during the National Review of Live Art (Glasgow 2010) and New Territories 11 (Glasgow 2011).

A is for Atlas in MAV's new stream: Contemporary Cultures

Multicultural Arts Victoria's Contemporary Cultures is a new stream that focuses on the multiplicity of creative approaches and provides pathways for experimentation moving away from traditional practices and stepping into innovative or mixed approaches to cultural traditions and contemporary arts practice.

In 2011 MAV undertook a scoping study and identified the need for culturally diverse contemporary artists to access support structures and pathways that could enable them to continue their artistic career.

MAV also identified a strong interest from contemporary artists to engage with culturally diverse communities for the development of creative intersections.

This new stream kicks off joining forces with A is for Atlas, an independent Australian performance company creating extraordinary live arts experiences through cross-disciplinary practice.

More information

Claudia Escobar, Contemporary Cultures, development@multiculturalarts.com.au