Zahra Fuladvand

Zahra Fuladvand

performance & research

About Zahra

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Zahra Fuladvand — a performance maker and researcher exploring audience engagement in unconventional spaces and the ritual dimensions of community-based performance.

Zahra Fuladvand is an Iranian performance maker, scenographer, and researcher based in Budapest. Her practice explores participation, ritual, displacement, collective memory, and the relationship between intimate experience and public space. Drawing on Persian performance traditions, site-responsive practice, and community-based methodologies, she creates performances in theatres, galleries, urban environments, and unconventional spaces. She holds a Doctor of Liberal Arts in Performing Arts from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

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Community-Based Performance

Participatory projects that connect intimate inner circles with public space through collective, socially engaged artistic experiences.

Community-Based Performance

Participatory projects that connect intimate inner circles with public space through collective, socially engaged artistic experiences.

Ritual & Environment

Site-responsive and environmental performance rooted in ritual practice, from Persian passion theatre to urban public space.

Ritual & Environment

Site-responsive and environmental performance rooted in ritual practice, from Persian passion theatre to urban public space.

Research & Scenography

A scholarly practice spanning scenography, dramaturgy and performance design, developed through a DLA at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

Research & Scenography

A scholarly practice spanning scenography, dramaturgy and performance design, developed through a DLA at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

Community-Based Performance

Participatory projects that connect intimate inner circles with public space through collective, socially engaged artistic experiences.

Ritual & Environment

Site-responsive and environmental performance rooted in ritual practice, from Persian passion theatre to urban public space.

Research & Scenography

A scholarly practice spanning scenography, dramaturgy and performance design, developed through a DLA at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

2017–2023

Stipendium Hungaricum Scholar

Doctoral scholarship at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, researching site-responsive and urban performance.

2017–2023

Stipendium Hungaricum Scholar

Doctoral scholarship at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, researching site-responsive and urban performance.

2017–2023

Stipendium Hungaricum Scholar

Doctoral scholarship at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, researching site-responsive and urban performance.

2018–2022

Lecturer, Professional Presentation

Taught the English-language Professional Presentation course in the Scenography Department and DLA school, Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

2018–2022

Lecturer, Professional Presentation

Taught the English-language Professional Presentation course in the Scenography Department and DLA school, Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

2018–2022

Lecturer, Professional Presentation

Taught the English-language Professional Presentation course in the Scenography Department and DLA school, Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

2015–2017

Performer & Choreographer

Member, actress and choreographer at the Aspirations Theatre Academy for children in Muscat, Oman.

2015–2017

Performer & Choreographer

Member, actress and choreographer at the Aspirations Theatre Academy for children in Muscat, Oman.

2015–2017

Performer & Choreographer

Member, actress and choreographer at the Aspirations Theatre Academy for children in Muscat, Oman.

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Education, Awards & Residencies

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Degrees, honours and residencies across a decade of performance practice.

Degrees, honours and residencies across a decade of performance practice.

Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA) in Performing Arts

Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA) in Performing Arts

Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Best MA Final Project — “The Bacchae”

Award

Best MA Final Project — “The Bacchae”

Award

Top Student Award

Tehran Art University

Top Student Award

Tehran Art University

Gardzienice Intensive Workshop

Residency

Gardzienice Intensive Workshop

Residency

Ideal Theatre Competition (USITT)

Award · Derang Team

Ideal Theatre Competition (USITT)

Award · Derang Team

Art Residency, ZK/U Berlin

Residency · Active CITY (zen), PQ network

Art Residency, ZK/U Berlin

Residency · Active CITY (zen), PQ network

Curating as an Act of Translation

Certificate

Curating as an Act of Translation

Certificate

Level 5 Certificate in TEFL (i-to-i)

Certificate

Level 5 Certificate in TEFL (i-to-i)

Certificate