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Dancers on a piece of ceramic from Cheshmeh-Ali (Shahr-e-Rey), Iran, 5000 BC now at the Louvre. The people of the Iranian plateau have known dance in the forms of music, play, drama or religious rituals and have used instruments like mask, costumes of animals or plants, and musical instruments for rhythm, at least since the 6th millennium BC.
Inspired by the legendary Ballets Russes and Ballets Suedois, Les Ballets Persans was formed in exile to create inventive choreographies on three foundations; 1) reflecting the Iranian history, culture and heritage through the means of dance on historical, mythological, folkloric and social themes, 2) to create choreographies that are based ...
She began her acting career after her marriage to Arbâb, [3] aiming to be recognized as a "dancer-actor" in Iranian cinema, like Samia Gamal in Egyptian cinema. [5] She mainly played dance-related roles in more than 25 films, [ 6 ] including roles in Zan-e Vahshi-e Vahshi (1969), Dokhtar-e Zalem Bala (1970), and ' Aroos-e Paberahneh (1974). [ 7 ]
The Iranian National Ballet Company (Persian: سازمان باله ملی ایران) was Iran's only state ballet institution until the Islamic revolution of 1979 and also the most known and recognized of all dance companies in the Middle East. It was founded in 1958 by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and existed during 21 years (1958–1979).
To date, Nnegest Likké is the first African American woman to write, direct and act in a full-length movie released by a major studio, Phat Girlz (2006) starring Jimmy Jean-Louis and Mo'Nique. For a much fuller accounting of the larger history of black women filmmakers, see Yvonne Welbon's 62-minute documentary Sisters in Cinema (2003).
Classical Persian dance is a style of concert dance which evolved from courtroom dance. The Qajar dynasty , which reigned from 1795 to 1925, had an important influence on Persian dance . In this period, a style of dance began to be called "classical Persian dance".
Inspired by film-makers and masterpieces of Iranian cinema such as: Still Life (1974) by Sohrab Shaheed Salles, The Marriage of the Blessed (1989) and A Moment of Innocence (1996) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Close-Up (1990) by Abbas Kiarostami, and The Mirror (1997) by Jafar Panahi, Dance Iranian Style is an attempt to blur the borders between ...
[5] 24 Atabai: آتابای Niki Karimi: Drama, Romance Hadi Hejazifar, Sahar Dolatshahi, Javad Ezzati, Danial Noroush, Masoumeh Rabaninia, Mahlagha Meynoosh, Yousefali Daryadel [6] Romanticism of Emad and Tooba: رمانتیسم عماد و طوبا Kaveh Sabaghzadeh Romance, Drama, Comedy Elnaz Habibi, Hesam Mahmoudi, Ali Ansarian [7] City of ...