Organisation of Iran, who graduated before Iranian revolution of 1979. Sahar Azari Mina Vajik (she put a creative twist in pop dance culture of Iran) Farima Berenji Haydeh Changizian Foroozan Jamileh, Los Angeles-based, belly dancer Farzaneh Kaboli, Iranian actress and dancer Mohammad Khordadian, Iranian-American dancer Shirin Kiani (Santa Barbara Ballet) Maryam Mahdaviani (New York City Ballet) Ana Janbazian Cigana MahMah (of Sigana Choreographer, Dayereh Crew) Mahvash, popular dancer and singer of the 1950s and 1960s Masa (Los Angeles based dancer) Medea Mahdavi (UK-based dancer and choreographer) Afshin Mofid (New York City Ballet) Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam (Paris based, modern dancer) Abdollah Nazemi, dance choreographer and educator and founder of Pars National Ballet Company Azita Sahebjam, dancer and director of the Vancouver Pars National Ballet Kimiya Saleh (also known as Kimya Saleh), Japan-based, Iranian dancer specializing in Arabic style belly dancing Mina Saleh, Japan-based, Iranian dancer specializing in Arabic style belly dancing Shahrzad Azar Shiva, Iranian actress and dancer Notable Persian and/or Iranian dance ensembles Ballet Afsaneh, a female dance troupe focused on Persian culture along the Silk Road, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. AVAZ International Dance Theatre, Iranian folkloric dance troupe with modernist influence, located in Los Angeles since 1977 Khorshid Khanoom Dance, founded in 1988 in Montreal, Canada by Aram Bayat, in order to preserve and teach the Iranian traditional dance. Niosha Dance Academy (NDA), founded by Niosha Nafei and located in Northern California Pars National Ballet Company, founded by Abdollah Nazemi in 1966, located in Los Angeles, California. Saba Dance Company, an Iranian folkloric dance troupe located in California. Shahrzad Dance Academy (SDA), located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Silk Road Dance Company (SRDC), Persian/Central Asian troupe located in the DC area since 1995 Simorgh Dance Collective, founded by Farima Berenji in 2007, a dance collective headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. Vancouver Pars National Ballet (also known as VPNB, in Farsi, Bale-ye Melli-ye Pars) founded by Azita Sahebjam (who studied under Abdollah Nazemi), located in Vancouver, Canada since 1989 See also Persian theatre Iranian music Azerbaijani dances Farzaneh Kaboli References External links Folk Dances from Persia, 1970s (Video by National TV, Tehran) A Brief About Persian Dance by Dr. Peyman Nasehpour Iran Dance & Ballet Resources The Exquisite Art of Persian Classical Dance by Robyn C. Friend PhD. Iran Chamber Society, Persian Dance and its forgotten history Dance Dance Folk dances