Iran celebrated Intl. Drama Therapy Week
Iran Theater- The closing ceremony of the Int. Drama Therapy Week was held with the presence of artists and Ghotbedin Sadeghi was awarded the Ibn Sina Medal.
The closing ceremony of the World Drama Therapy Week was held on Thursday, October 26, 2023, in the Hall of Ostad Shahnaz, Iranian artists Forum.
Officials and artists were present in this ceremony: Esrafil Farajollahi( CEO of Iran Dramatic Arts Association),Qotbedin Sadeghi, Shahram Karmi, Majid Amrai, Vahid Agha, Shahram Gilabadi, Hossein Sazmand, Mohsen Hosseini, Vahid Lak and Ehsan Hajipour (artistic director of World Drama Therapy Week).
Ehsan Hajipour said: “DTCI in Iran started its work since 2002 as an official organization and in 2017 it became a member of World Alliance of
Dramatherapy and expanded its global activities.
This artistic activist added: At the same time in Iran, 108 other countries are holding International drama therapy week, and it is an honor that the drama therapy association has reached a good position in Iran.
Then the global message of drama therapy was read in Iran at the same time as in different countries.
Ghotbedin Sadeghi was awarded the Ibn Sina medal by Iranian Drama Therapy Association. After receiving this medal, this veteran theater artist and lecturer thanked and said: In a modern society, there are organizations and institutions that can handle the affairs of the city, and the more the society has these organizations, the more civil this society is.
In this ceremony, two drama therapists were honored. And the "Master" badge was awarded to Zohra Soleimani and Maryam Yasinzadeh. Hossein Sazmand, director of Danje publishing house, the best publisher in the field of drama therapy books, was honored. Shima Shahreki was honored as the best psychologist of Iran Drama Therapy Association. 11 young drama therapists received their degrees.
Also, Mehdi Yavarmanesh (editor of Iran Theater website), Ali Keyhani (reporter of Iran Theater website) and Fariborz Daraie (experienced reporter of Mehr news agency) were honored for media coverage of drama therapy.