Alive & Well Productions
(USA)
The Four Seasons of Hamadan
(2025, San Francisco Premiere)
Date(s) & Time(s): Fri May 2, 8:00pm, Sun May 4, 3:30pm
Duration: 23 mins. Shared bill with Helen Wicks Works
Total Duration 50 mins
Location: Theatre of Yugen's NOH Space
Venue: 2840 Mariposa St. SF, CA 94110
Ticket Information
Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28
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This project was funded in part by New Music USA, with support from Bridge to Everywhere.
Artist Information
Choreographer: Annie Kahane
Composer: Kian Ravaei
Violinist: Yvette Holzwarth
Dancer: Kate Myers
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Production Details
The Four Seasons of HamadanComposed by Kian Ravaei and choreographed by Annie Kahane, The Four Seasons of Hamadan is a duet for live violinist and dancer that interweaves Persian and Jewish music and dance traditions to express intercultural harmony. This project blends folkloric forms from the artists’ respective heritages and re-imagines that material through a contemporary lens. The piece will be performed by Yvette Holzwarth (violin) and Kate Myers (dancer.) This project was funded by a grant from New Music USA; it premiered in Los Angeles, February 2025.
Artist Biographies
Annie Kahane / Alive & Well Productions
Annie Kahane is a Los Angeles-based performer and maker working in performance poetry, dance, song, and theater. She founded Alive & Well Productions in 2014 to unify these disciplines under a single creative umbrella. Her performance works have been supported by the the Hollywood Fringe Festival, San Francisco International Arts Festival, New Music USA, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, ODC Theater and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation. Her poetry has been featured on KQED San Francisco Public Radio and WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. She has collaborated with composer Kian Ravaei since 2022.
Kian Ravaei is a composer whose work often fuses Iranian classical music with Western traditions. He has collaborated with artists such as Tessa Lark and Lara Downes, and his compositions have been commissioned by Chamber Music Northwest, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and others.