Shahrzad Khorsandi

Born and raised in Iran, Shahrzad has been passionately involved in dance since childhood. She studied Dance and Performance Art at the California Institute of the Arts, and she holds a BA in Dance, as well as an MA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University. Her dance training includes Modern, Jazz, Ballet, West African, Afro-Haitian, Flamenco, and Persian.

Drawing upon her deep familiarity of authentic Persian dance, her formal dance training, and her intrinsic knowledge of Persian aesthetics, Shahrzad is a pioneer in Persian dance and quite possibly the first to create a formalized dance vocabulary and structure for Persian dance, helping in the artistic development and dissemination of an art form that has been outlawed in Iran for the past three decades. Her system includes the introduction of fundamental Persian body positions and movement, categorization and designation of nomenclature to movements, assembly of movement into choreographed phrases, and composition of dance pieces woven intricately with Persian music.  Her unique approach to creating Persian dance pieces has prompted Shahrzad to identify her dance style as Contemporary Persian Ballet.?

List of Shahrzad's Classes:

• Persian Dance 1:  6 class series
• Persian Dance 2:  6 class series
• Persian Dance 3:  6 class series
• Persian Dance 4:  6 class series
• Persian Dance 5:  Choreography Master Class

To access Shahrzad's Online Classes:

Shahrzad's classes are available separately in the a la carte (Pay Per View) section of the site.

• Visit the PPV section in the menu above.  Link.
• Click on the "Filter Classes" blue button.
• In the "Select Teacher" column, choose Shahrzad Khorsandi.