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تولد دوباره | TAVALODE DOBĀRE
REBORN

 2023 - present

Tavalode Dobāre  is a story of a journey, as we follow Setareh, a wandering soul, embodying different forms through layers of temporality & consciousness.

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From dream-state stars to the realm of reality, Setareh find herself following a spiritual wound, until left with a melancholic hope in human form.

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Through a transcultural use of Persian, Sicilian & Sufi poetry, music & ritual practice, this audiovisual work nestles an individual’s grief within a collective pain & longing for clarity. 

“An incredible experience…evocative, meditatory and spiritual” 

(Patrick Holzen, Intermusica)

“A visceral journey and the sensibility between Roxanna and Salvo was beautiful”  

(audience member)

"In a reality, filled with disconnect, confusion and separation, arrives Roxanna Albayati’s Tavalode Dobare - a beautiful reminder of the collective consciousness path, a journey each and every one needs to experience."

(Millie Kotseva, Culture TOLD)

Music

Co-Developed with Salvo Bella

Further creative development | Nicole Bettencourt Coelho & Aliya Harafah

Sound design and audio engineering | Nicole Bettencourt Coelho & Alaa Yussry

Film

Additional videography | Tasalla Tabasom & Sebastiano Pavia

Colour grading & assistant editing | Clara Finch

Poetry

Sicilian interpretation | Salvo Bella & Giorgio Cortolillo

Arabic interpretion | Aliya Harafah

Further creative advice | my parents & Mina K

Project Manager | Neath Champion-Shorr

Supported by and with thanks to | Arts Council England, Kunstraum, Milo Agriproductions & Abastan Community

Event Photos | Bea Dero

Gratitude | Himali Singh Soin, Linda Hirst, Ed Cooper

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