At New York City's 2009 globalFEST, festivities began on an otherworldly note in Webster Hall's Marlin Room, when the Iranian father-son team Shanbehzadeh Ensemble unfurled a mesmerizing set of what ...

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Beloved by Iranian and Armenian fans worldwide, Martik Kanian, popularly known as Martik, is truly a musical icon. With his velvet voice (or “makhmali”), he blends poetic ballads, romantic guitar ...

“Life in a Day” is a millennium in the making. The Minneapolis Katha Dance Theatre is performing an original production inspired by Persian poet Omar Khayyam’s “Rubaiyat.” The original piece is an 894 ...

Shabnam Kamoii, better known as Shab, has lived in Dallas since 2016 after fleeing Iran in 1987 during the Iran-Iraq War. She has an album, "Infinity," due out in February. Adam Aguilar Shabnam Kamoii ...

More than 200 people danced the night away as they got a taste of three cultural dances Friday night. The Iranian Students of ASU organized a tri-cultural dance mixer that included Arabic, salsa and ...

Female protesters in Iran are posting dance videos to support prominent Iranian pop singer Mehdi Yarrahi. He was arrested on August 28 following the release of an "illegal" song urging women to remove ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Theatrical experiences come in many forms, each captivating audiences with unique blends of storytelling and artistic expression. But ...

“The Scarlet Stone,” a dance-theater retelling of a tragic Persian myth about a hero father and his son, could not be performed in present day Iran. There, due to the exegeses of the state religion, ...