Performer Julia Rahmanzaei tells her story of leaving Iran to pursue artistic freedom in her solo show “I am an Actress, ...

Through the film’s collaboration with Kaufman, she was referred to Ella Melideo, a junior majoring in dance, who then signed on to choreograph. Ella has danced with artists such as Sia and Mariah ...

The ladies are also believed to have had their Instagram accounts blocked after they were detained for posting the dance. The official punishment the women face is still unconfirmed with Iran's ...

In London, Amnesty International took to the street to dance in solidarity with “Maedeh Hojabri and other brave girls and women demanding their rights in Iran”. In 2014, several people were ...

Maybe that comes from our Persian background. Khayatian: We got to dance together that night. For the first time at Sundance they had Persian music at the afterparty for the Shayda premiere and my ...

Iranian police arrested two young women after ... They are also not allowed to dance in public places. But many women have pushed the boundaries by allowing their head coverings to slide back ...

Alireza Jadidi is a young Iranian musician who was able to create a drastic change in Persian music by producing music in ...

“Shoulder, shoulder, sexy shoulder, eyebrow, attitude” is how he begins his movement lesson in Iranian dance. Michael Shayan in “Avaaz” in the Upstairs Studio at Chicago Shakespeare Theate ...

“Shoulder, shoulder, sexy shoulder, eyebrow, attitude” is how he begins his movement lesson in Iranian dance. Clearly, Shayan (who also talks at length about being an “Iranian Jew”) is ...