Gōsan Vasht
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Gōsan Vasht is a Persian dramatic storytelling and movement work created and choreographed by Elnaz Sheshgelani. The work brings together storytelling, movement and embodied expression, drawing on Persian narrative and performance practices. Alongside the performance, a school holiday workshop for children introduced younger participants to these ideas through movement, imagination and play.
Concept, Choreography and Artistic Direction: Elnaz Sheshgelani
Music: Vahideh Eisaei
Technical Support: Simon Bowland
Commissioned by: Manningham Council
Performance: Playhouse, Doncaster — January 2024
Children’s School Holiday Workshop: House of Persia, Doncaster — February 2024
The Storytellers
The Storytellers is a collaborative performance-installation by Vahideh Eisaei and Elnaz Sheshgelani developed in collaboration with vocalist Issie Hart. Drawing on rug-making, pattern singing, music, movement and storytelling. Centred around the loom as both a structure and a site of imagination, the work explores how women’s stories, memories and lived experiences can be carried through pattern, voice, body and thread. Plaited hair, woven forms and live performance come together as a meditation on connection, transformation and collective memory.
Concept and artistic direction: Vahideh Eisaei
Voice & qanun: Vahideh Eisaei
Dance and shadow puppetry: Elnaz Sheshgelani
Voice: Issie Hart
Light Technician: Simon Bowland
Commissioned by: Astra Chamber Music Society
Performance: 16 November 2024
Boom and Zagh
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Boom and Zagh is a performance work by Vahideh Eisaei and Elnaz Sheshgelani, inspired by the ancient fables of Kalileh and Demneh. Bringing together music, movement and storytelling, the work reimagines these layered tales through a contemporary performance language, exploring their enduring ideas of wisdom, power, choice and human behaviour.
Concept and artistic direction: Elnaz Sheshgelani
Creative collaboration and performance: Vahideh Eisaei and Elnaz Sheshgelani
Voice and drum: Vahideh Eisaei
Movement / performance: Elnaz Sheshgelani
Presented at: Emerging Writers’ Festival, Melbourne
Program: Trick of Light
Performance: 10 September 2024
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Baaz Avaz on the Silk Road
Baaz Avaz: On the Silk Road brings Persian and Chinese musical and storytelling practices into contemporary dialogue, drawing inspiration from the Silk Road as a space of exchange, encounter and connection. Through qanun, erhu and pipa, alongside Persian dramatic storytelling, voice and movement, the work creates a shared performance language across cultures and artistic forms.
Concept and Artistic Direction: Vahideh Eisaei
Qanun & Voice: Vahideh Eisaei
Persian Dramatic Storytelling & Dance: Elnaz Sheshgelani
Erhu: Dong Ma
Pipa: Ying Yang
Performances:
Ballarat Organs & Fine Music Festival, 10 January 2026
Gasworks Open Studio, Melbourne, 25 May 2026
Persian Garden
A multidisciplinary installation
Concept & Artistic Direction: Elnaz Sheshgelani
Producer & Music: Baaz Avaz and Vahideh Eisaei
Collaborators: Nila Rezaei
Off the Kerb Gallery Melbourne, 4 March -19 March 2027