Kayvon Zand
Kayvon Zand (born January 8, 20th century in Wilmington ) is an American musician , performance artist , actor and male model of Iranian origin.
Life
Zand was born the son of Persian immigrants and grew up in North Carolina . He taught himself the piano at the age of three and began a career as a top male model in the UK and USA after high school. He worked with the Iranian designer Nima Benoud, among others.
After the end of his modeling career, he played in New York as a theater actor on Broadway and began to sing and put on New Burlesque shows. Zand designed his own costumes and staged imaginative stage choreographies with his ensemble The Zand Collective. In the variety theater The Box he soon became a permanent organizer with a weekly stage show. In the House of Yes theater in Brooklyn , he played the role of Helicon in the play Caligula Maximus by Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner in the production of the same name.
Through his appearances he became known in the queer and gay and lesbian scene; In 2011 he was invited to Vienna for a concert at the Life Ball . In 2006 he played a short role as a male model in the film The Devil Wears Prada , mediated by Patricia Field . In the film Starrbooty of drag queen RuPaul , he played in 2007 the role of a terrorist. In 2012 he starred in a commercial for Volkswagen . The director of the music video for his single One Way Flight led Mike Ruiz . Kayvon Zand lives in New York.
Discography
- Singles
- 2012 - One Way Flight (produced by Chew Fu)
- 2012 - Dance Till I Die
- 2012 - Last One Standing
- 2012 - Like a Bitch (Explicit 18+)
- 2012 - Taste My Love Ft. Ashlie Luckett
- 2012 - Come Alive
- 2012 - Crown of Thorns
- 2010 - So gone
- EP
- 2010 - succubus
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Zand ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Retrieved March 25, 2013
- ↑ Interview with Zand - accessed on March 25, 2013
- ↑ The Zand Collective in PMc Magazine September 2011 - accessed on 25 March 2013
- ↑ http://www.theboxnyc.com/ - accessed on August 24, 2013
- ^ Report on Zand in the Theater House of Yes - accessed on March 28, 2013
- ↑ Zand together with Thomas Gottschalk ( memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on krone.at - accessed on March 25, 2013
- ↑ Interview with Zand - accessed on March 24, 2013
- ↑ Report on Zand ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - accessed on March 24, 2013
- ^ Report on the film "Starrbooty" - accessed on March 24, 2013
- ↑ VW advertising film ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - accessed on March 24, 2013
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - accessed on August 24, 2013
Web links
- Website
- Kayvon Zand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on MTV
- Kayvon Zand - Fetish Fashion for your dark side ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), documentation on MTV Iggy
- Interview with Zand on MTV Iggy
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zand, Kayvon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Iranian queer singer and male model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8th 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilmington , New York , United States |