Iranian dance

Cultural mixed forms of dance, play and drama have served rituals like celebration, mourning and worship.

[6] Ancient Persia was occupied by foreign powers, first Greeks, then Arabs, and then Mongols and in turn political instability and civil wars occurred.

[6] Religious prohibition of dancing in Iran came with the spread of Islam, but it was spurred by historical events.

[5] According to the principles of the “cultural revolution” in Iran, dancing was considered to be perverse, a great sin, immoral and corrupting.

This list of contemporary and historical Persian dancers or choreographers (in alphabetical order, of various dance styles) includes:

Dancers on a piece of ceramic from Cheshmeh-Ali (Shahr-e-Rey), Iran, 5000 BC. Currently located at the Louvre
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
Basseri dance