Artists and Events

ZAR THEATRE

Cultivating an ethos of ensemble work, Teatr ZAR develops productions through a long process of creating its own theatrical language, which draws on music from numerous traditions found in the East and West. The company is a multinational group that was formed during annual research expeditions to Georgia between 1999 and...
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"MODAL SINGING: A JOURNEY WITHIN SOUNDS"

The main purpose of the workshops is to cultivate awareness of modal chant. The progressive work starts by singing a drone and intervals of unequal temperament leading the participant to learn Armenian liturgical chants by means of listening and memorization. The Centre’s workshops are for all persons interested in being initiated...
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WITNESSING AFTER THE WITNESSING - EXHIBITION

The exhibition includes historical documents as well as modern photographs and materials gathered by the members of Teatr ZAR during their expeditions to Armenia, Israel, and Turkey. It charts the “small" history of the Armenian people - one excluded from the great history of Europe - as recorded in rare photographs...
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ARA SARAFIAN

Ara Sarafian (Armenian: Արա Սարաֆեան) is a British historian of Armenian origin. He has an M.A. in history from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, received under the tutelage of Ronald Grigor Suny. Sarafian is the founding director of the Gomidas Institute in London, which sponsors and carries out research...
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BARKING ISLAND

Constantinople 1910. The streets are full of stray dogs. The new government begins deportation campaign to clean up the city. The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2010.
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