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Djanbazian Dance Company


Djanbazian Dance Company


Djanbazian Dance Company


Beshkan Dance Academy


Traditional Persian Dance


Folk (Mahali) Dance


Traditional Persian Dance



Niosha Dance Academy


Ney Nava Dance Company


Golsanam Dance Company


Setareh Dance Company


Kurdish Dance



Luri Dance



Dance of Central Asia



Banafsheh Sayyad I



Banafsheh Sayyad II




Watch excerpts of Banafsheh Sayyad's performance

Articles
Dance (Iranica)
Dance in Iran-by Dr. Robyn C Friend
The Exquisite Art of Persian Classical Dance-by Dr. Robyn C Friend
CUB-BAZI (stick dance)-by Dr. Robyn C Friend
A Brief Introduction to Iranian Dance-by Dr. Laurel Victoria Gray
A Very Brief Overview of Dance in Iran-by Bita Bell
A Glimps into Persian Dance Technique-by Shahrzad Khorsandi
Gender and Dance in Modern Iran: Biopolitics on stage (Book Preview)-Ida Meftahi
Iranian Dance-by Dr. Anthony Shay
The Mahalli Dancers of Iran-by Robert de Warren
Persian Dance - The Struggle for Identity-by Shahrzad Khorsandi
The persian dances-by Nima Kian
Persian Historic Dances-by Robert de Warren
Persian Dance Style-by Janie Franz
Persian Dance & Music (Eastern Arts)
A Brief About Persian Dance-by Peyman Nasehpour
Sixteen Century Persian Dance-by Milesent Vibert
Forbidden Dance-by Dr. Maria Sabaye Moghaddam
Choreographing the Nation: Dance Performance and Shifting Gender Norms in Pahlavi Iran-Maya Reus
Women Musicians and Dancers in Post-Revolution Iran-by Parmis Mozafari
Dance in pre-revolutionary Iran (Gallery - DWP)
Documentary on Roudaki Hall (BBC Persian)
Women create community of dance in Iran (Reuters)

Ballet
Contemporary Dance in Iran
Sarkis Djanbazian
Anna Djanbazian
Haideh Ahmadzadeh
Madame Yelena Avedisian
Hayedeh Changizian | Video
Melina Hassani
Bijan Kalantari
Nima Kiann
Shahab Nahvi
Les Ballets Persans
Iranian Ballet (Gallery)
Tehran Ballet Company
Bijan & Manijeh Ballet
Sleeping Beauty (Still)
Zal & Rudabeh Ballet | Interviews

Dance Companies
Aftab
Amed (Vancouver)
Atlanta Persian Dance
Ballet Afsaneh
Beshkan
Delshodeh
Djanbazian Dance Academy
Emiko Karunamrita Noor
Golha
Golsanam
Helia Dance Academy (Netherlands)
Helia Dance Company (Netherlands)
Iranian Performing Arts
Javedani (New York)
Kereshme
Khorshid khanoom (Montreal)
Legato Dance Group
Majnoon Dance Academy (Calgary)
Medea Mahdavi Dance Company
Namah Ensemble
Neynava Dance Company
Niosha Dance Academy
Nomad Dancers
Pars National Ballet (Los Angeles)
Parvaz Dance Ensemble (Sweden)
Ravaan
Reformances
Robyn's Nest
Shahrzad Dance Academy
Silk Road Dance
Simorgh Dance Company
Vancouver Pars National Ballet
Vasht

Choreographers & Scholars
Hengameh Ayari (Choreographer)
Nazanin Badiei (Choreographer)
Aram Bayat (Choreographer)
Helia Bandeh (Choreographer)
Farima Berenji (Choreographer)
Sheila Eghbali | Video
Robyn C Friend (Scholar)
Rana Gorgani (Choreographer)
Dr. Laurel Victoria Gray (Scholar)
Sahar Javedani (Choreographer/Artistic Director)
Farzaneh Kaboli (Choreographer)
Parisa Khobdeh
Shahrzad Khorsandi (Choreographer)
Ahoo Kosari (Director)
Dr. Heather Rastovac Akbarzadeh (Choreographer)
Abdollah Nazemi (Director)
Guita Ostovani (Director/France)
Azita Sahebjam (Director)
Soha Sharif (Choreographer)
Rowan Storm (Choreographer)
Anthony Shay (Choreographer)
Mansoureh Sabetzadeh (Scholar)
Maria Sabaye Moghaddam (Scholar)
Robert de Warren (Choreographer)

Dancers
Fatemeh Ahdi Bani-Taba
Shiva Bagheri
Farima Berenji
Leilah Broukhim (Flamenco)
Haydeh Changizian
Sahar Dehghan
Bahareh Ebrahimzadeh
Helene Eriksen (Germany)
Melieka Fathi
Ellenie Galestian (Dancer/Choreographer)
Afshin Ghaffarian (Dancer/Choreographer)
Salomeh Ghorban
Rana Gorgani
Parastoo Ghodsi
Rana Gorgani
Romina Goshtasbi
Helia Bandeh
Modjgan Hashemian | Video
Aisan Hoss (Dancer/Choreographer)
Farzaneh kaboli | Video
Nassim Khavaran
Parisa Khobdeh
Mohammad Khordadian
Shahrzad Khorsandi
Ahoo Kosari
Medea Mahdavi
Mahafsoun
Pantea Majzoub
Azin Mahoozi
Maryam Ribordy | Video
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Afshin Mofid | Interview
Aliah Najmabadi
Abdollah Nazemi
Shida Pegahi
Parissa
Kayvon Pourazar
Heather Rastovac
Rosa Rojas (Dancer/Choreographer)
Leila Sadeghi
Saghi Saghafi
Ida Saki | Interview
Leyli Samadi
Rouhi Savoji
Azita Sahebjam
Banafsheh Sayyad
Shadan
Shahrezad
Morvarid Shahbazi (Instructor) | Video
Ziba Tabrizi | Video
Laya Torkaman
Shahrezad
Parousha Zand
Zari

Student Dance Groups
ISG
Northwestern
OSU
UCI
UNC
U. Michigan
Khayam School Dancers

Pop Musicians & Dance Groups
Black Cats and Beshkan Dancers
Mehrshad and Beskan Dancers
Pyruz and Beshkan Dancers
Nooshafarin and Beshkan Dancers

Folk Dance Groups
Aylan (Iran)
Leymer (Iran)

Folk Dance (Video)
Azerbaijani Dance I | Azerbaijani Dance II
Azeri (III)
Bakhtiari
Bandari
Gilaki
Kurdish
Luri Dance I | Luri Dance II
Mazandarani
Qashqai

Central Asia
Central Asia Dance & Music (Eastern Arts)
Central Asia (Silk Road)
Central Asian Dance Camp
Azeri Dance
Gulistan Dance Theatre
Tajik Dance Initiative
Afghan Traditional Dance
Folk Wedding (Dance & Music of Central Asia)

Oriental Dance (Raghs Sharghi)
Leila Haddad
Natacha Atlas
Oriental Dance | II

Mediterranean Dance
Greek Traditional Dance

Modern Dance
LA Contemporary Dance

Books
The Art of Persian Dance-by Shahrzad Khorsandi
Choreophobia: Solo Improvised Dance in the Iranian World-by Anthony Shay
Dance in Iran: Past and Present-by Saloumeh Gholami
Gender and Dance in Modern Iran-by Ida Meftahi

Dance Resources
the-ballet.com
Ballet Companies
Dance Magazine
NY Times: Dance
DMOZ: Dance

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