Deldar Ehteshamzadeh, also known as The Missing Tooth (b. 2007), is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist working across music, theatre, and visual arts. Her engagement with the arts began in early childhood and has continued as an ongoing and evolving practice.
Driven by curiosity and a deep need to create, Deldar is largely self-taught in music production. From a young age, she recognized music as her primary language, something that keeps her connected to life. Her work is inspired by nature and its quiet rhythms, including running water, leaves, plants, mice, and horses.
Selected highlights of her work include a solo audiovisual performance at Emarat-e-Rooberoo Cultural Centre, a solo dance performance at Vahdat Theatre (2020), live musical performances at Niavaran Cultural Center (2018), and a performance in Tartuffe at Echo Theatre in Iran (2016).
The Missing Tooth plays on August 8th at 4:45 PM at the Yellowhouse Arts Centre
We're grateful to collaborate and produce on the shared, stolen, unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwitslum and other Hul’qumi’num speaking peoples, as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Galiano Island, British Columbia. We recognize the complex impacts that hosting settlers and non-settlers has on the Indigenous land and peoples of this area, and we aim to be responsible and accountable for these impacts and our footprint—whether cultural, environmental or social.
We acknowledge the generous support of our partners and funders:
Active Passive Vol. 8 was curated by the A/PPS team of Amos Pencarrick Hertzman, Caitlin Pencarrick Hertzman, Paz Touchburn, and Nico Gonzlaes and our very special guest curator Reylinn.
Art Direction and Graphic Design by Slime Studio
