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Choroegraphy and Direction by Rosanna Gamson
Niloufar Talebi cast member/Collaborator
October 30 - November 3, 2013 (9 performances)
ODC, San Francisco

My name is Shahrzad. 

I am not the “Scheherezade” of your Rimsky-Korsakov fantasy. I am not half-clad in silky gauze, mute at the appropriation of the (white) man. I do not belly dance. I am the smart young woman, Joan-of-Arc brave, who volunteers to walk down a treacherous path, to put an end to senseless violence against women. I took the blade in my own hands: I am the weaver of endless tales...