beyond the triangle
beyond the triangle
Sanam Tahmasebi, Roshanak Morrowatian & Explore the North
“I wish my hair was made out of fire”
An intimate and urgent ritual of sound, movement, and memory rooted in collective longing for freedom.
Beyond the Triangle is a multidisciplinary performance that unfolds at the intersection of music, dance, poetry, and visual art. A ritual of remembering, a mirror held up to personal and collective longing for freedom, inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.
At its core are the recorded voices of Iranian female poets across generations. Their presence echoes through a score of layered vocals, percussion, cello, electronic textures, field recordings and choreographed movement. These poems become sound, sound becomes movement, and movement becomes memory. The stage turns into a living canvas, breathing the emotional weight and urgency of their words. Hair, stones, and roots thread through the space as quiet markers of presence and resistance. These elements come together to shape an experience that is both raw and refined.
Rather than retelling one story, Beyond the Triangle reveals moments of fragility and resilience. It reflects how beauty emerges from brutality, and how creativity carves out space for defiance. What lies beyond the triangle is not a fixed answer, but a force, one that turns isolation into connection.
This is not a documentary or a finished message. It’s a sensory space where grief and hope coexist, where silence breaks open, and where something collective, urgent, unfinished, and deeply human begins to speak. What emerges is a sense of freedom not as destination or right, but as collective practice.
Credits
Concept, Music, Performance : Sanam Tahmasebi
Choreography & Dance : Roshanak Morrowatian
Eindregie : Nilay Ceber
Outside Eye: Suzy Blok
Stage & Costume Design : Freja Roelofs
Production : Explore the North
With support from : Fonds Podiumkunsten
Language: No problem
About The Makers:
Sanam Tahmasebi
Sanam Tahmasebi is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and interdisciplinary artist whose work moves between tradition and experimentation. Born and raised in Tehran, she studied classical music, jazz, and composition in Iran, Italy, the U.S., and the Netherlands, developing a voice deeply rooted in Persian modes while engaging with contemporary and electroacoustic forms.
Her practice spans voice, sound, movement, and text, drawing from poetry, improvisation, and extended vocal techniques to explore memory, nature, resistance, and transformation. Whether in performance, installation, or collaborations with dancers, theater-makers, and visual artists, the voice remains a central force, an instrument of both expression and excavation. At the heart of her work is a desire to give voice to layered identities and invisible histories.
Her compositions often build layered musical worlds that reflect both personal and collective narratives. She has performed at festivals such as Into the Great Wide Open, Uitmarkt, Oerol and collaborated with companies including Het Houten Huis, Club Guy & Roni, Hi-Lo, and Spinbarg and Explore the North. She is currently based in Amsterdam, working at the intersection of music, performance, and interdisciplinary art.
Roshanak Morrowatian
Roshanak Morrowatian is a dancer, performer and choreographer. She received her Bachelor in Dance and her Master in Dance Composition from the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. Roshanak has performered in works by Marina Abramović, Pina Bausch, Isabelle Beernaert, Joost Vrouenraets, Alexis Blake and Bodytalk/Yoshiko Waki, among others. In addition to her work as a dancer, she has appeared as an actress in films by Wiam Al-Zabari and Julie Sando, and starred in Maëlle Poésy's production Sous d'autres cieux.
As a choreographer, Roshanak created works for The Dutch National Opera, the schrit_tmacher Festival, SALLY Dansgezelschap Maastricht and the World Music Concours, among others. In 2020, Roshanak received the BNG Bank Dance Award for her performance Polished, and the Prize of the Nederlandse Dansdagen with her solo performance Kites. Her interdisciplinary work is characterized by a profound exploration of themes of identity, borders and the search for belonging. She explores the physicality of memories, the fluidity of traditions and the experience of a body in diaspora. In addition to her work as a performer, Roshanak is a guest teacher at the Amsterdam University of the Arts.
Upcoming Performances
Work-in-Progress Performance
13–14 June 2025
Oerol Festival, TerschellingWork-in-Progress Performance
25 July 2025
Vondelpark, AmsterdamWork-in-Progress Performance
14–18 August 2025
Noorderzon Festival, GroningenWork-in-Progress Performance
Date TBC 2025
Gaudeamus Festival, UtrechtPerformance
Date TBC 2025
Explore the north Festival, LeeuwardenPerformance
24 April 2026
Korzo Theater, The Hague
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Practical information:
Duration: 50–60 minutes
Performers on Stage: 2
Disciplines and Elements on Stage:
Music (vocals, cello, percussions, synthysizer)
Embodied movement
Scenography (minimal stage design with symbolic objects including hair, threads, stones, and roots)
Visuals ( video projections featuring footage and symbolic imagery)
Technical Rider:
Technical rider to be provided shortly.