Iranian dance
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Dances in Iran or Iranian dances are dance styles indigenous to Iran. Genres of dance in Iran vary depending on the area, culture, and language of the local people, and can range from sophisticated re
Dancers on a piece of ceramic from Cheshmeh-Ali (Shahr-e-Rey), Iran, 5000 BC now at the Louvre
Seal with a Persian man dancing, Achaemenid period, dated c. 400 BC. Currently housed in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles
Dancers and musicians on a Sasanian bowl
17th century Persian women dance in a ceremony in Iran
Persian theatre
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Persian theater goes back to antiquity. Ancient Persian theatre and dance was significantly researched by the Greek historian Herodotus of Halikarnassos, who lived during the Persian rule in Greece. I
Iranian dance
…Ballet Afsaneh, a female dance troupe focused on Persian culture along the Silk Road, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Persian theatre Music of Iran…
The royal theater Takyeh Dowlat, opened in 1868, was the largest theater in Iranian history
Iranian actor doing naqqqli
A ta'ziyeh performance as theater in the round
A siyah-bazi performing