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The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe (چهارشنبه), the Persian word for Wednesday, and suri (), which has two meanings; it may mean "festive" [2] and it may also mean "scarlet" (in traditional Persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire.
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.
The court dancers elevated respect for dance to an art form. Costuming generally consisted of loosely fitted long dress with long sleeves, worn with a jacket. The jacket extended over the sides of the hips and was either worn open or closed. The Qadjar dancers wore pants under the dress. Persian pant was cut narrow, loose the bottom and was cuffed.
Farzaneh Kaboli (Persian: فرزانه کابلی, romanized: Farzâneh Kâboli; born () 2 May 1949 in Tehran) is an Iranian dancer, choreographer, and actress. She is a leader in the Iranian Folkloric and National Dance Art, [1] and a master of choreography in Iranian theaters. [2]
Mohammad Khordadian (Persian: محمد خردادیان Mohammad Khordādiyān; born 22 February 1957) is an Iranian-American [1] choreographer, dancer and entertainer. His dance instruction tapes of Persian and Arabic dance have become popular inside Iranian society.
The fire dance was choreographed by Jacques Cartier, a former New York ballet dancer and Santa Fe's first fire dancer. ... She donned the fire dancer's costume in 2007 as a stand-in and took on ...
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