Born in 1966 in Iran, Amir Hosseinpour is an opera director and choreographer. His passion for these artistic fields was influenced by his maternal grandfather, Fuad Rouhani, who co-founded the Philharmonic Society of Tehran. In 1992, Hosseinpour established the Amir Hosseinpour Dance Company, whose repertoire includes Fantasie Nocturne (at Turtle Key Arts in London) and Is That All There Is (at Almeida Theatre and La MaMa in New York). His career features collaborations with a range of artists from diverse creative fields, including Karl Lagerfeld, Eiko Ishioka, Philip Glass, and Sir Colin Davis. His work encompasses opera, dance, and cinema. Among his accolades, he received the Opernwelt Best European Opera Production Award and a Czech Crystal Prize in 2022 for his adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice.
Jonathan Lunn is an English director and choreographer who works internationally in opera, theatre, dance and film. He studied at London's Contemporary School of Dance, where he later worked as a dancer, choreographer and associate director for ten years, performing all over the world, including at the 1984 Olympic Games, in Los Angeles, and the 1998 Olympic Games, in Seoul. He has created a number of original works, including Schweigerose for the St. Gallen Theatre, Tea House in Hong Kong, Cinderella with Amir Hosseinpour for the Landestheater Niederbayern and Reading Room for a United Kingdom tour. He has collaborated regularly with Amir Hosseinpour in the choreography of various shows, including Cinderella, Madame Butterfly and Alice.
