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Dancers on a piece of ceramic from Cheshmeh-Ali (Shahr-e-Rey), Iran, 5000 BC now at the Louvre. The people of the Iranian plateau have known dance in the forms of music, play, drama or religious rituals and have used instruments like mask, costumes of animals or plants, and musical instruments for rhythm, at least since the 6th millennium BC.
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Another similar type of dance in Sabzevar is called Asb-e-Choobi (wooden horse) roots back in Mongol's time when Iranian could not carry swords. People used this type of dance to practice fighting while pretending to have a party. In Asb-e-Choobi dance there is a black horse with whom the dancers fight.
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The Iranian National Ballet Company (Persian: سازمان باله ملی ایران) was Iran's only state ballet institution until the Islamic revolution of 1979 and also the most known and recognized of all dance companies in the Middle East. It was founded in 1958 by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and existed during 21 years (1958–1979).
Classical Persian dance is a style of concert dance which evolved from courtroom dance. The Qajar dynasty , which reigned from 1795 to 1925, had an important influence on Persian dance . In this period, a style of dance began to be called "classical Persian dance".
Iran is a multi-ethnic nation. Although the cultures of its ethnic groups are very similar and in most areas nearly identical, each has its own distinct and specific dance style. Iran possesses four categories of dance with these being: group dances, solo improvisational dances, war or combat dances, and spiritual dances.