Scarlet Stone

Scarlet Stone is a new multidisciplinary and collaborative music/dance/animation work by Shahrokh Yadegari, in collaboration with Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam, featuring performances by Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam, Afshin Mofid, Ida Saki, Mariam Peretz, and Gordafarid. Scarlet Stone is based on the last work of Siavash Kasrai, Moher-ye Sorkh (Scarlet Stone). It uses the modern rendition of the ancient Persian mythology by Kasrai to portray the current struggle of the people of Iran, especially those of the youth and women, in their brave quest for freedom and democracy.

Scarlet Stone has been in production since the 2009 uprising in Iran and has been generously funded by prestigious grants such as the MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, the University of California Research in the Arts Institute Production Grant , UCSD Arts and Humanities Innovation Fund, and by a grant from Chehrazad Foundation.


KPFK, the official Media Sponsor of Scarlet Stone.