Hiwar (Oman project with Zahed Sultan)​​​​​​​

Bridging the gap between traditional music and modern forms, Zahed Sultan’s Hiwar Oman project is an exploration of pearl-diving music from the Gulf, created during a residency in Muscat in 2017. 

For this performance in Muscat, Zahed invited a team of international creatives to join him in developing the special edition of ‘Hiwar’ in congruence with local Omani dancers, a choir, a strings section, and a folk band. The 40-person, 75-minute feature performance used technology, sound, movement, and light, to present a dynamic story about Oman’s importance as a gateway to and from the Arabian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Abdul hadi AbuNahleh ( Studio 8) ‘s role in the project, is the choreographer who helps to realize the vision of Zahed and conceives,creates, and directs dance and movement with 8 b-boys from Oman.

Here is a short film of ‘Hiwar’ Directed by Zahed Sultan

The short film reimagines the land, mountain, and sea music of Oman featuring local Omani dancers, a choir, a strings section, and a folk band.

(https://fourthree.boilerroom.tv/film/Hiwar-Reimagining-music-oman)

Hiwar – حوار

For his performance in Muscat, Zahed invited a team of international creatives to join him in developing the special edition of ‘Hiwar’ in congruence with local Omani dancers, a choir, a strings section, and a folk band. The 40-person, 75-minute feature performance used technology, sound, movement, and light, to present a dynamic story about Oman’s importance as a gateway to and from the Arabian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.