Persian Dance | A Graceful Iranian Movement Language
Learn the foundational principles, techniques, and choreography of Iranian dance in this student-centered course. Enhance your fluidity and grace while connecting with traditional music. Perfect for dancers of all levels and those looking for a low-impact activity that nourishes the spirit.
What you’ll learn
- Foundational principles of Iranian dance: body line, wrist motion, hand shape, relationship between the hand and gaze
- Technique: arm and hand movements, shoulder isolations, basic turn, foot placement and patterns
- Layering Movements: Learn how to layer simple movements to create more complex movement patterns within the style of Iranian dance
- Transitions: Understand how movements connect to create flow specific to Iranian dance
- Choreography: Iranian/Persian dance choreography broken up into short sequences
- Musicality: Become familiar with Iranian music and how movement and music fit together
Enhance your fluidity and grace in your everyday life through the practice of this beautiful dance form.
Enjoy moving in an intricate, graceful way using a world-renowned and definitive Iranian dance technique.
Foster a strong mind and body connection through layered movement patterns that will challenge your coordination.
About the Course
Go at your own pace in this student-centered course which accommodates all types of learners. Iranian Dance Academy instructors, Sharhzad and Delsie, will guide you through a course that builds from simple movement vocabulary to challenging movement patterns.
Learn to embody cultural aesthetic elements through movement exercises while connecting with traditional music.
Experience joy and vitality and leave feeling graceful and serene with this brief, but powerful immersion into Iranian dance.
The lessons are organized into short, easily accessible sections, while maintaining a smooth flow throughout the course.
What is Iranian Dance?
This dance style is characterized by fluid arm and hand movements that embody iconic shapes and images found in the aesthetics of Iranian art, and distinct cultural nuances and social mannerisms. Graceful body lines reflect the rich aesthetics of Persian/Iranian culture. Rhythmic foot patterns texturize the movement and connect it with the music.
Note: The terms “Persian” and “Iranian” are often used synonymously and there is some confusion and much discourse around the appropriate term for this dance genre. In the West this dance style is often referred to as Persian classical dance, however, in Iran it is called Iranian Dance.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone looking to expand into new kinds of movement and creating new mind-body connections
- Anyone searching for a low-impact activity that will be kind to their joints and offer love to their spirit
- Anyone with an open mind and heart and a desire to learn a beautiful, graceful dance style
- Dancers and dance students who have been wanting to try Iranian/Persian dance in a structured, accessible and engaging way
- Dancers and dance students who have a passion for Iranian dance and want to continue to develop and refine their technique and expression
