Persian calligraphy workshop “Animals and fantastic creatures: figurative representation” (Children)

Aimed at children aged 8 and above, AragoRn Boulanger offers an introductory calligraphy workshop with a fun approach to drawing. By changing movements as they wish, participants can build a composition based on lines, curves, and dots to create a personal work of art that blends abstract art and writing.

AragoRn combines artistic disciplines, both performing and visual. A professional dancer and choreographer since 2001, he has developed a physical technique of undulating movement, a language of curves, voids, and solids in a dynamic relationship. He has worked with leading artists on the contemporary scene, such as Andy Degroat, Michel Schweizer, and Bob Wilson, as well as with the company 14:20 in its research on “Magie Nouvelle” (New Magic). These very different experiences have led him to focus on the anagogical role of art: its ability to connect us to a higher dimension. As a natural extension of dance and curves in motion, he took up Arabic and Persian calligraphy, which he studied in the traditional manner for five years with the Iranian master Bahman Panahi and the Tunisian calligrapher Hamda Yacoub. In 2021, he set up his studio at the Gare Expérimentale, a collective of independent Parisian artists. He has participated in several individual and group exhibitions and creative projects, and regularly collaborates with the Arab World Institute and the Museum of Sufi Arts and Culture.