Beyond the Triangle is a multidisciplinary performance combining music, dance, poetry, and visual art. Inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, the piece is rooted in a deep longing for freedom—both personal and collective. The performance unfolds as a ritual of remembrance.
At the heart of Beyond the Triangle are the recorded voices of Iranian women poets from different generations. Their presence resonates through a layered composition of vocals, percussion, cello, electronic textures, field recordings, and choreography. Poetry becomes sound. Sound becomes movement. Movement becomes memory. Beyond the Triangle does not follow a linear narrative but reveals moments. How can beauty arise from cruelty? And how does creativity make space for resistance?
A try-out version of Beyond the Triangle was presented at Explore the North Festival 2024 and Festival Jonge Harten in Groningen. This performance is part of the Explore the North Hub. From 13 to 22 June, Explore the North presents work across the island by talents connected to its production house. Explore the North is both a production house and festival, based at Podium Explore in Leeuwarden.
A first version could be seen at Explore the North Festival 2024, Festival Jonge Harten in Groningen and now this preview can be seen at Oerol Terschelling 2025!
This performance is part of the Explore the North-Hub. From June 13 to 22, Explore the North presents work of talents connected to its production house spread across the island. Explore the North is a production house and festival based at Podium Explore in Leeuwarden.
Credits
Concept, Music, Performance: Sanam Tahmasebi
Choreography & Dance: Roshanak Morrowatian
Final Direction: Nilay Ceber
Outside Eye: Suzy Blok
Scenography & Costume Design: Freja Roelofs
Production: Explore the North
With support from: Fonds Podiumkunsten
Sanam Tahmasebi is a Tehran-born singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer with international musical training in classical guitar, jazz singing and composition. Her work unites Persian influences with jazz, contemporary music, improvisation and electronics. Active for ten years in the Netherlands, she has performed at festivals such as Oerol and collaborated with such companies as Club Guy & Roni and Het Houten Huis. Her music is genre-transcending and constantly evolving.
Roshanak Morrowatian is a dancer, performer and choreographer. She studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany. She has worked with Marina Abramović, Pina Bausch and Isabelle Beernaert, among others. As a choreographer, she created work for De Nationale Opera and SALLY. In 2020, she won the BNG Bank Dance Prize and the Prize of the Dutch Dance Days. Her work explores identity, borders and the body in diaspora, and she teaches at the Amsterdam School of the Arts.
