Persian Style and Movements 
Persian dance was delicate, intricate, subtle, and full of meaning. Delicate hand movements, gentle upper body undulations, and facial expressions were the essential elements of this dance.
Persian classical dance is very similar to the Tehrani-style recreational dance, but the execution is more refined and sophisticated, so as to be suitable for presentation to an audience. The movements of Persian classical dance mostly involve the upper body. Professional dancers may also dance with tea glasses or finger cymbals to mark the rhythm.
The movements require extreme flexibility and grace of the upper body and varied facial expressions, including moving both eyebrows independently. Indeed, Persian classical dance emphasizes feeling, rather than movement. The dancer teases the audience with her coquettish glances, and displays a variety of expressions: reluctance, joy, sensuality, pride, laughter. Of course, the arms move, and turns and small hip movements are part of the style.
Unlike Indian classical dance or western classical ballet, Persian classical dance has not been organized and codified. Thus each dancer creates her own style and improvises within a recognizably Persian framework of movements. An innovative dancer is able to extend the vocabulary of movements in many directions, while retaining the essential Persian feeling.Because of the emphasis on expression, Persian classical dance is best suited to intimate settings, rather than large concert halls. It was created and grew up in the courts of the princely classes and in private homes, and flourished in the tea houses. None of these venues could compare in size with the concert halls of today.
Persian dance was delicate, intricate, subtle, and full of meaning. Delicate hand movements, gentle upper body undulations, and facial expressions were the essential elements of this dance.
Persian classical dance is very similar to the Tehrani-style recreational dance, but the execution is more refined and sophisticated, so as to be suitable for presentation to an audience. The movements of Persian classical dance mostly involve the upper body. Professional dancers may also dance with tea glasses or finger cymbals to mark the rhythm.
The movements require extreme flexibility and grace of the upper body and varied facial expressions, including moving both eyebrows independently. Indeed, Persian classical dance emphasizes feeling, rather than movement. The dancer teases the audience with her coquettish glances, and displays a variety of expressions: reluctance, joy, sensuality, pride, laughter. Of course, the arms move, and turns and small hip movements are part of the style.
Unlike Indian classical dance or western classical ballet, Persian classical dance has not been organized and codified. Thus each dancer creates her own style and improvises within a recognizably Persian framework of movements. An innovative dancer is able to extend the vocabulary of movements in many directions, while retaining the essential Persian feeling.Because of the emphasis on expression, Persian classical dance is best suited to intimate settings, rather than large concert halls. It was created and grew up in the courts of the princely classes and in private homes, and flourished in the tea houses. None of these venues could compare in size with the concert halls of today.
Persian Dance History
The history of modern Persian classical dance was sown during the Qajar dynasty (1780-1906). Fath Ali Shah (1798-1834) in particular devoted a great deal of the royal treasury to all forms of art, including dance.
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