Wendy Jehlen’s “Conference of the Birds” for her troupe Anikaya Dance Theater is based on an Iranian poem from the 12th century, but it is strikingly resonant for the present moment.

“Conference of the Birds” is produced by Gilles Podesta at Diabolo Film, Stéphane Sorlat at Mondex et Cie, Christel Hénon at Bidibul Productions, and now Jean Labadie at Le Pacte.

The Conference of the Birds exists within this metamorphosis, capturing its central band of seekers in their plain-clothes reality and at the same time wrapping them in robes of myth." ...

The conference of the birds. By Garima Prasher, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Dec 31, 2023, 06.00 AM IST ... Interestingly, migratory birds returned to the lake last year after it underwent rejuvenation.

It’s also a riff on “The Conference of the Birds,” a 12th-century Persian poem by the Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, in which the world’s birds search for a leader.

The Conference of the Birds Local Arts Reviews Reviewed by Robi Polgar, Fri., March 2, 2001Robi Polgar, Fri., March 2, 2001 ...

In The Conference of the Birds, the famous Persian epic written in 1177 by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, a group of birds gather and discuss their collective journey to meet their king, the Simurgh, a ...