Born in 1980, Iran.
After learning pantomime from Mr. Sirus Shamlu, he started to evolve theatre professionally and seriously. Then he took some courses in modern and contemporary dance techniques under supervision of Mrs. R. Pope and Mrs. S. Reynolds. Being previously familiar with yoga, he took Hathayoga instructor’s course under supervision of celebrated Iranian & Indian Hatha yoga masters. He also used instructions of master Maya Machoveh in his university thesis. Later, he got familiar with Mrs. Parvin Hadiniya- the Swiss ballerina of Iranian origin- and collaborated with her to hold a combined workshop of “Relationships between Hatha yoga and contemporary dance” in Tehran, the outcomes of this experience were collected in an interview.
In 2002, he established an international freelance performing arts group called “Oriantheatre_performing art`s group” which aims to study and research on concentrative forms (spiritually and physically) for performers. For the beginning of this investigation, a dance-theatre called “Auschwitz" became the project basis. Membership requirement of this group consists of knowledge about three subjects of theatre, dance (in the true meaning) and Hathayoga, although not in trite definitions.
Mehdi`s main activities consists a variety of fields like yoga training, directing, acting, choreographing and dancing. He constantly and continuously taught his physical performance methods in some acting educational schools since 2003. Examples for that consist “Acting high education school” and “Independent acting institute” are two of the most important schools in acting education in Iran, which Mehdi works with them while he stay in Tehran. Also, he taught body units 1 and 2 in theatre department of “Islamic Azad University” of Tehran for a period of time. Since then, he has been teaching subject of physical concentration, non-movement, and body understanding, together with Mr. Atila Pesyani in City theatre workshop to the participants.
After that, Mehdi founded “Experimental Workshop of Performance” in 2005 which aimed to be as a practical artworks institute for youth artists. He constituted some workshops and short courses in yoga and concentrative body for performers, and then he designed two performance art projects called “Iranian Myths” and “Mashrouteh Revolution” with the students of the “Experimental workshop of performance” in 2006.
One of his dance-theatre projects called – Suddalaiyadi – got an invitation from “IInd international theatre and dance festival, India” on Jan 2007. He went to India with Iranian members of “Oriantheatre” and performed at the festival. The mentioned performance became successful between Indian people and artistic committee of the festival.
After that, he was invited to collaboration at a dance project from “Sevendoors Dance Company” located in UK in order to perform at “Middle-east theatre festival” held in Edinburgh, March 2007. At the same period of time, he has been invited to join for cooperating in a film project as an actor to Scotland, Edinburgh in may 2007. Both of projects did not realize.
On June 2007 he went to Poland to perform a solo spectacle called “My name`s peace. I`m coming from Asia…” at the festival named “7th international street theatre festival”, Opole, Poland. Also, he conducted a workshop about “Concentrative body and yoga” during the event.
On October 2007, He went back to India in order to repertory performance “Suddalaiyadi” in the other part of India during “11st international theatre festival India” which was held in Cuttuck, Orrisa.
After coming back from Cuttuck, he led a workshop about “physical performance art” with some youth people in Tehran and then prepared it to perform as a result of the course. The name of the performance was “Burning Circle” based on some poems of Iranian unique poet “ Djelal aldin Rumi”.
One month later, Mehdi has left to live and work in India as a collaborator theatre director. He remade the ”Suddalaiyadi” with Indian members of “oriantheatre” which both were Indian traditional dancers. Then he took the performance for take part in a great international theatre festival in Tehran called ”26th Fadjr international theatre festival”. He got the prize of the best music & choreography award for the performance. 
On April 2008, he went to Paris in order to refresh himself and participated at two Butoh educational courses leading by Mr. Katsura Kan, Japanese celebrated Butoh artist and Mrs. Yumi Fujitani. During the stay in france, he improvised a contemporary dance performance with katsura kan. After leaving Paris, conducting a workshop at 9th international blacksea theatre festival based in Turkey was next project of Mehdi. It was May 2008, Trabzon state of Turkey. Directing and choreographing a Video-dance project called “Yellow chair” in “Maharashtra culture centre” located in Pune, India was the other contribution of Mehdi in Indian artistic areas.
On June 2008, in order to perform a solo Butoh performance called “Confession” the 8th International street theatre festival located in Poland, hosted Mehdi. Also, at the same time he conducted a workshop with participants from Italy, Poland, Finland. “Immortal Iceland” Butoh project became the outcome of the workshop which is performed on the last day of the festival in Opole, Poland.  After Mehdi left Poland for South Korea in order to take an artist in residency program for two months longtime for August and September 2008. During the residency he did a lecture about presentation of his own work style in his previous international artworks. Also, Mehdi has conducted a workshop about Butoh & concentrative body titled "The corpse of mine" with Korean professional performers and then he started directing a new solo dance-theatre called "Beckett" which based on one of Samuel Beckett`s celebrated play called “krapp`s last tape”.

French Vertion

Shima zare'Fard was born in Iran in 1978.
She entered the university in 1999 and academically learned the theatre. She considered experimental aspect in her practice and performance. Shima has graduated in 2004 by searching and translating an article about butoh dance. she learned and modern dance from Parvin Hadinia (choreographer in swetzrland) and cooprative with her for several times. she joined to the oriantheatre group with practicing a dance_theatre called "Auschwitz" directed by mehdi farajpour. Also she has took a course of hatha yoga under supervision of Mehdi since 2002.

Works:

Acts:
dingo maro - Director: Mehdi saki
orphe - Drector: Mohsen Hoseini(Festival)
Leili va Majnoon - Director: Ali Maleki - choreographer: parvin Hadinia
Suddalaiyadi - Director:Mehdi Farajpour
Rooze tavalodat ra be yad ar - Director: Mohamad Abasi
My last type - Director: Mehdi Farajpour
Suddalaiyadi (2006 bareilly,india) - Director: Mehdi Farajpour
Suddalaiyadi (2007 cuttuck,india) - Director: Mehdi Farajpour

Films:
Khansan - Director: Morteza ALi Abbas Mirzaei
Gazueel - Director: Ehsan Foladi Far
Kargaran mashghoole karand - Director: Mani Haghighi

Diana Nersisyan , actress, 31 years-old.
She began to work as an actress from1995. She was in many countries with performances of pantomime theatre.

Festivals:
1998 in Georgia,2001 in Egypt,
2006 in Romania

Tours:
1998 in Germany,2004 in Lebanon,2005 in
Sharja,2006 in Russia
Also I worked as a mime teacher in State Theatrical
Institute in 2005-2006.
2005 up to date State Puppet Theatre
performances: “Hunting Eyes”
2001up to date “Hayrenik” TVcompany
program:”Our Tails”
1997up to date State Pantomime Theatre

performances:
”Daydream”,”Metamorphoses”,”Game”,”Fly”,”Genes”,”Sheranik”, improvisations
1995-1997 “Patuhan”Theatre performances:”Rosinant”,”Antigone”
1995-1997"AR” TVcompany “CHFILM” short films

She was born in 01/02/1988

Education in Dance:

1) Vishrad purna (bharatnatyam)

2) Training of bharatnatyam from kalawardhini charitable trust, pune

3) Training of katthak from pt.bradriprasad kulkarni for 7 years

4) Training of rajasthani folk dance from mrs. shakuntala powar, shakuntal nritya vidyalaya, udaypur

As a Performer:

A Traditional nartika

1) Dam dama dam serial on doordarshan kendra, mumbai on 15th agust 2002 and diwali 2003 (special episode)

2) Sanskar bharati "kala sadhana" kolhapur, sangli and dombivali.

3) "Nritya aradhana", chitale group, bhilawadi.

4) "Guru vandana" classical dance based on bharatnatyam and katthak, duration 1.45 hours, other participants 5.

5) "Sarvadevas" bharatnatyam performance of 45 mins at shirur.

6) "Krishna rang" bhalji pendharkar sanskritik kala kendra, kolhapur.

7) "Hrihar", 1 hour performance of bharatnatyam at international theatre festival, bareilly.

As a Folk Dancer:

1) performance given in rajastani folk dance of bhavai, ghumar, kalbelia, charinritya.

2) "Rangilo rajasthan" samata group, sangli.

3) performed maharashtrian folk dances in many parts of maharashtra and outside.

4) "Garja maharashtra maza"- 14 maharashtra folk dances.

Music and Drama:

She is also intrested in drama and music. participated in dramas like sangeet bawankhani, akhyan damayanti, etc. performed in nayta sammelan held at nanded 2006. participated in dramas played at delhi, sangli, miraj, pune, mumbai.

As an Artist:

Organised workshops trhice in sangli and had its closing ceremonies - nrityasandhya, (25 participants) "baje painjaniya" (43 participants) and rajamati mahotsava (30 participants). conducted workshop at shirur organized by vidhyadham prashala (50 students). a special performance of creative dance " ganesh vandana` at gurgaon". dance in charge of sanskar bharati for 3 consecutive years.

Varesh Darvish, born in Iran 1984
She started her performing arts activities as an actress in an experimental space (not in an academic hard and dry atmosphere) since 2003. She was accepted in some universities in Tehran for several times but declined to register there, because she`d rather to be an experimental artist not only by academic documents. Basically She determined to experience everything from backstage before starting to play on the stage. For that sake she started to cooperate with some professional theatre and performance groups in Tehran. Then she left for London in order to take a course there for a year. After she came back to Iran she became familiar with Mehdi Farajpour in an experimental performance repertory in Tehran. Since 2006 she started to take some lessons of Hathayoga and contemporary dance under supervision of Mehdi. At the same time duration, she joined to “Oriantheatre” international performing art`s company and Then collaboration was began with performing a dance-theatre called “Suddalaiyadi” in India and also in Tehran. Her perfect resume is below:
Films:
Playing at “Day light” a production of Mr. Abbas Kiarostami`s film making workshop, Tehran, Iran
Writer, director & actor of “Some where I am looking for to stay”
Playing at “I am vertical” a production of youth film makers union, Tehran, Iran
Narrator of “Goadna” directed by Farhad Bazian
Writer, director & performer of a video art called “My right hand”
Playing at “Dead can dance” directed by Mojtaba Cheraghali
Stage manager of ”Vasvaseh” and “Dousti” directed by Amin Farajpour
Stage manager of a social documentary movie directed by Mojtaba Cheraghali
Stage manager for some TV announcements.
Performing arts:
Director assistant, narrator & actor of “Namayeshgah e omoumi : Zendegie khosousi” directed by Roudabeh Shahpar, 24th international Fadjr theatre festival, Tehran
Director assistant, narrator & actor of “Namayeshgah e omoumi : Zendegie khosousi” directed by Roudabeh Shahpar, Soureh fine arts university
Playing and stage manager at “Shazdeh” performance, collaboration with “Mossalas” theatre group at 5th women theatre festival, Tehran
Playing at “Afkare palide Henrik Ibsen” in Ibsen`s special ceremony, Tehran, 2006
Collaboration with Mehr theatre group, in international ritual & traditional theatre festival, Tehran
Collaboration at “Sokut mirase tabare man ast” performance with Mehr theatre group, Tehran
Narrator & stage manager of “three sisters” play written by Anonin Chekov directed by Mr. Rahimi, Tehran (Nyusha theatre group)
Playing at “Tars o Larz” performance directed by Chakameh Marandi, Soureh fine arts university, Tehran
Playing a new variation of “Hamlet” written by William Shekspier, Karnameh sinema institute, Tehran
Playing at “Hala ye karish mikonim” performance directed by Siavash Talebian, 3rd Molavi hall play reading festival, Tehran
Director assistant of “Bar balhay e kalagh e shab” directed by Arvand Dashtaray, 25th international Fajdr theatre festival, Tehran
Stage manager and international public relations for “Suddalaiyadi” dance-theatre directed by Mehdi Farajpour, Cuttuck, India
Stage manager of “Suddalaiyadi” dance-theatre directed by Mehdi Farajpour, 26th international Fajdr theatre festival, Tehran, Iran
Stage manager of “burning circle” outdoor performance directed by Mehdi Farajpour, 6th Kanunha theatre festival, Tehran
Director assistant of “My name is peace, I`m coming from Asia,” spectacle directed by Mehdi Farajpour, Poland
musical skilles:
playing Setar (iranian traditional music instrument) - playing guitar - iranaian traditional singing