Award-winning and independent Iranian dance artist Tanin Torabi works in the realm of performance, choreography, and film. With a background in Sociology, she holds an MA in Contemporary Dance Performance from the University of Limerick. Torabi’s works have been honored numerously by renowned festivals and academies worldwide. She has received various awards including the Creative Vision Award, Jury Prize, Best Artist Film, and Best Experimental Film. Torabi has served as a jury member of festivals like the Cannes Dance Film Festival(FR), Dance Camera West (USA), Jacksonville Dance Film Festival (US), etc. Her works have been curated for exhibitions like E-FLUX, SOMA Gallery, Lazina Center of Contemporary Art, Light Moves, among others. She is a member of The School of Hard Knocks company directed by NYC-based choreographer Yoshiko Chuma, and the recipient of residencies offered by Cite Internationale des Arts (FR, 2023-2024), Montpellier Danse (FR, 2023), Dance Limerick(IRE, 2023), and Vayu Residency (IR, 2022) to undertake choreographic research on both her performance and film projects.
SYNOPSIS
"Until..." is a single-take video, captured using only the switch between the front and back cameras of an iPhone by the performers. It was filmed during the 2022 "Woman Life Freedom" protests in Tehran, Iran. The video not only presents a highly intricate choreography for the camera, infused with the originality and urgency of what is deemed 'possible' in that specific situation, but also encapsulates the essence of unity, resilience, and purposefulness demonstrated by young artists responding creatively and courageously to an actual brutal situation in Iran.
"We walk. We run. We fall. We hug those who we love and then we run again. We walk together until the walls move."