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==Her Story==
==Her Story==
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Pioneered new ways of working, in particular the ZENDEH Method of making theatre that is relevant to 21st Century Britain. This method encompasses seven stages that include but ids not restricted to blue sky thinking; collaboration in multidiscipline art forms and associate artists; emphasis on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturgy|dramatugy]]; and re-approaching joint authorship with participation, engagement and research.<ref>http://vilearts.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/cinematic-dramaturgy-nazli-tabatabai.html</ref><ref>http://www.creativecase.org.uk/headsUP_Nazli-Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh</ref><ref>http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/content/speakers-announced-visiting-arts-international-producers-breakfast-2015</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 07:53, 21 November 2015

Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Born
Tabriz, Iran
Years active1999 - To Date
Websitewww.zendeh.com

Nazli is founder and Artistic Director (CEO) of ZENDEH, an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.[1]

Early life

Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh quotes her influences on her creative practise to include international theatre, politics of the middle east, sciences, and stories from the SILK routes. These can be seen as a direct influence on her creative directing and productions developed with the Theatre company ZENDEH. [2] [3]

Career

Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh is the Artistic Director of ZENDEH, a theatre company in the North East of England that is part of Arts Council England's National Portfolio of Organisations[4]. The company creates enchanting theatre that combines poetic elements, mythology and explores global political and social perspectives in a most approachable way. Iranian myths and contemporary reference points appear in many of ZENDEH's shows reflecting the cultural heritage of Artistic driector Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh[5]. Although the work itself often rejects culutural representation instead creating a more impressionistic, magical realism, visual and physical style of theatre. ZENDEH often explore hidden histories and modern identities; finding the compelling and epic in ordinary stories and crafting culturally eclectic productions. ZENDEH's and Nazli's direction and artistic practice is collaborative; working with artists and the wider public, combining art forms and using digital technologies to continually find imaginative ways to share stories and find human connections.

Over Nazli's career she has developed a strong leadership role in producing diverse theatre in the UK in particular looking at themes of the middle east and the lives of women.[6][7]

Her Story

Pioneered new ways of working, in particular the ZENDEH Method of making theatre that is relevant to 21st Century Britain. This method encompasses seven stages that include but ids not restricted to blue sky thinking; collaboration in multidiscipline art forms and associate artists; emphasis on [[1]]; and re-approaching joint authorship with participation, engagement and research.[8][9][10]

Personal life

Nazli is a dual citizen of Iran and of the United Kingdom, daughter of Dr. M. T. Tabatabai-Khatambaksh [11] and Mrs M. Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh. She lives with her collaborator and husband Steven Gaythorpe in Whitley Bay.[12]

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