STF 2026: Armin Hokmi (DE) „Shiraz”

Armin Hokmi (DE) performance „Shiraz” takes place during STF 2026. Get festival passes and more info HERE.

Shiraz is a choreography for seven dancers, an intricate weave of movement and energy that meet and transform on stage. A dance of rhythms, memories, and imagination. The starting point is the Shiraz Arts Festival (1967–1977), an event that brought together artists from around the world, blending traditions and experimentation. Armin Hokmi revives its spirit, translating its sense of freedom and exploration through dance. More than a tribute, Shiraz is a new vision. It explores the connection between dance and place, between gestures and history, between memory and invention. The dancers trace ever-evolving paths, bringing the past onto the stage and reshaping it in the present. A shared act of movement, remembrance, and renewal.

Armin Hokmi is an Iranian choreographer based in Europe. He began in 2009 as a performer with independent theater in Iran and later continued to work and study abroad toward experiences with multiple performative practices and mediums. He holds a B.A. in acting from Norwegian Theatre Academy (2015-2018) and has received his M.A. in Solo/Dance/Authorship at HZT Berlin (2019-2021).

 Armin's dance and movement language is an interplay between a sense of familiarity with known forms, and practices that elude recognition. Cultivating a horizon where different possibilities of referentiality converge in contrast and alteration. Particularly and in concern for dances that have been neglected and deemed unworthy of historical significance. His choreographic practice embarks throughout time and space, overflowing attention and persuading change through the constant unfolding of the dance into new trajectories. His recent works include Passages (2019), International Dance (2022), Shiraz (2024) and Of the Heart (2025). 

 As a dancer and performer he has worked with artists such as Mette Ingvartsen, Kasper Ravnhøj, Hooman Sharifi and Phillip Zarrilli among others. Armin is an associate artist at Montpellier Danse for 2024-2026.

Concept and Choreography: Armin Hokmi 
Dance and Performance: Daniel Sarr, Luisa Fernanda Alfonso, Aleksandra Petrushevska, Efthimios Moschopoulos, Johanna Ryynänen, Emmi Venna.
In alternation with: Charlott Madeleine Utzig, Xenia Koghilaki, Leonie Türke, Eline Chao Vaaje
Music: EHSXN, Reza R 
Scenography and concept of lighting design: Felipe Osorio Guzmán 
Lighting design: Vito Walter 
Costumes: Moriah Askenaizer
Duration: 1 h

The artist talk will take place after the performance on the 14th of October The performance is accessible with a wheelchair and there is no language barrier.