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Published Articles

Hamoon Sistani Group, Ghorogh National Park, Gorgan
Photo: Ebrahim Chari

“Sistani Dances as Connective Paths to Group Identity:  The Dances of Migrant Sistani Communities in Golestan Province.”  In Dance in the Persianate World, ed. Anthony Shay (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers) 2023.

“Standing Their Ground: the vitality of Iran’s regional troupes,” in Dance International Magazine, October 7, 2022.

“From Beloved Urmia: Riza’s fluid new colours, in Dance International Magazine, February 14, 2022.

Conference paper presentations

DSA virtual Conference Symposia, 2023
DSA Annual Conference, 2022

May 12, 2023 presented Mazani Moves:  Aesthetic Markers in the Chakke Semā of Mazandaran, Iran during Radical Acts of Translation: Mobilizing Reciprocities Across Bodily Arts, as part of the Dance Studies Association 2023 virtual Conference Symposia (Universidade Federal de Bahía, Salvador, Brasil).

Oct. 13-16, 2022 presented Eternal Circles:  Halei Movement Patterns as Symbols of Resilience in the Qashqāi Dances of Iran; lead organizer of the panel: Moving in Iran and Across the Diaspora: Challenging Stereotypes and Stretching Boundaries at the Dance Studies Association Annual Conference, Dancing Resilience: Dance Studies and Activism in a Global Age (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).

Online Lectures

SEMONA 2020

Oct.3, 2020

Folk dances in Iran:  Windows to Cultural Diversity during SEMONA:  Week for Middle East and North Africa Conference organized by UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and CIDE (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas), Mexico City .

Pomegranate Garden Dance

Apr. 4, 2021

Documenting Dance in Iran through a Multicultural Landscape at Pomegranate Garden Dance.

Interviews

https://news.kgnu.org/2021/04/first-of-its-kind-online-iranian-dance-festival-now-underway/