There is so much this world offers when it comes to art and whatever awakens the sense of beauty, awe, harmony, grace and meaningfulness in you and calls your attention towards the creativity of the person who did it, can be considered art. That is my opinion and the rest I believe it is the matter of taste.
Have you ever watched a dance where you have felt that the dancer is in complete harmony with the universe?I have, many times, felt humbled watching a play but at the dance of Moshkin Ghalam the Iranian choreographer and modern dancer I didn't want to blink. I had watched some of his interviews and heard him say since he was a child the dance has been with him, as if the dance found him :)
I want to believe that but a part of me wants to give credit to his zeal and hard work. He must have practiced a lot to be who he is today.
Some people are talented & genius and I could imagine Moshkin Ghalam is one of them. Watching him dance you will find the story he is trying to tell, it resonates with what you have in your heart and mind, what you may have experienced in your homeland or learned from history. He is trying to bring Iranian literature and art closer to those of us who, may have, lost interest in our own language and art. The way he speaks Persian blows my mind and I told him I was intimidated to even open my mouth and speak in his presence.
Outside the stage his open spirit and humor makes anyone feel comfortable around him, unless one suffers from "laughter intolerance" you know a disease where the enzyme "laghterase" is missing and often these people suffer from extreme constipation and tightness in the muscle of the lips! :)
I have been to artistic performances or art galleries where I have not really enjoyed what I have seen, I have however given those arts a second chance and still haven't regret, but definitely have promised myself that I will not take myself to a third one.
With Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam I wish everyone could see him perform, mostly because he really really seems to enjoy himself on the stage, he becomes one with whatever is and I have a feeling he may worry the moment he ends and I tell you he has no reason whatsoever. If there was a place I experienced the complete harmony between feminine and masculine energy, it was his dance.
I generally enjoy laughing with people and I am at awe with good artists, With Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam I found a person with whom I could laugh and be at awe. That's what we call light upon light "Nur ala Nur"!
"Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul."
@Charles Buxton
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