Atossa Soltani

Photographer

Atossa has been a media coordinator/liaison and visual artist with Project Bandaloop since 1998 on both domestic and international performances. She has documented the work of the company in Buenos Aires, Italy, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Salt Lake City and Yosemite, among other locations. Her eye for composition has yielded Project Bandaloop a plethora of press photos and video footage, many of which can be found on this website. Atossa Soltani is the founder and executive director of Amazon Watch, a non-profit organization dedicated to defending the environment, territories and the rights of the region's indigenous peoples in the Amazon basin. For the past 13 years, Mrs. Soltani has been closely tracking extractive industries and mega-projects in the Amazon Basin.

She has produced a number of short video documentaries on the subject.

Visit her website: amazonwatch.org

Mountain Dancing

July 7, 2010
A week in the Eastern Sierra for our workshop provided a profound lung full of fresh mountain air. The three days of yoga and cliff dancing fueled by Table Nector's organic food went smoothly and provided challenge and beauty for all. Mark Stuver, Anje Lockhart and Rachael Lincoln did a great job teaching with me and the support team of Hans Florine and Thomas Cavanagh was FAST and eagle-eyed about safety. There were many break though moments for the students as they learned what they were capable of dancing on vertical granite. I am already looking forward to next year's workshop and hope many of your who haven't yet had that pleasure, consider putting it on your early summer schedule.

– Amelia