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href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:سازمان باله ملی ایران">سازمان باله ملی ایران</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #dedede">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data">Iranian National Ballet Company<br /><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:سازمان باله ملی ایران">سازمان باله ملی ایران</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Les_Ballets_Persans" title="Les Ballets Persans">Les Ballets Persans</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">سازمان باله ایران</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Year founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Nejad Ahmadzadeh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founding choreographers</th><td class="infobox-data">William Dollar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal venue</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roudaki_Hall_Opera" class="mw-redirect" title="Roudaki Hall Opera">Roudaki Hall Opera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.balletspersans.org/">BalletsPersans.org</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #dedede">Senior staff</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Assistant Director</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Haideh Ahmadzadeh</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #dedede">Artistic staff</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Artistic Director</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><div><ul><li>Nejad Ahmadzadeh<br />(1958–1976)</li><li>Ali Pourfarrokh<br />(1976–1979)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resident Choreographers</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Dollar" title="William Dollar">William Dollar</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miro_Zolan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miro Zolan (page does not exist)">Miro Zolan</a></li><li>Richard Brown</li><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></li><li>Jack Carter</li><li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Heaton_(ballet_dancer)" title="Anne Heaton (ballet dancer)">Anne Heaton</a></li><li>Haideh Ahmadzadeh</li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Urazgildiev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Urazgildiev (page does not exist)">Robert Urazgildiev</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Birgit_Cullberg" title="Birgit Cullberg">Birgit Cullberg</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ali_Pourfarrokh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ali Pourfarrokh (page does not exist)">Ali Pourfarrokh</a></li><li>John Butler</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #dedede">Other</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sister company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_and_Folk_Music,_Song_and_Dance_Ensemble&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National and Folk Music, Song and Dance Ensemble (page does not exist)">National and Folk Music, Song and Dance Ensemble</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Orchestra</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tehran_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Tehran Symphony Orchestra">Tehran Symphony Orchestra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official school</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Ballet_Academy_of_Iran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Ballet Academy of Iran (page does not exist)">National Ballet Academy of Iran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li>Principal Dancer</li><li>First Soloist</li><li>Second Soloist</li><li>Corps de Ballet</li><li>Apprentice</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Iranian National Ballet Company</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">سازمان باله ملی ایران</span>) was Iran's only state ballet institution until the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic revolution">Islamic revolution</a> of 1979 and also the most known and recognized of all dance companies in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>. It was founded in 1958 by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and existed during 21 years (1958–1979). The company, residing at Tehran's <a href="/wiki/Roudaki_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Roudaki Hall">Roudaki Hall</a>, was disbanded in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic revolution">Islamic revolution</a> and was re-established 23 years later in exile by <a href="/wiki/Nima_Kiann" title="Nima Kiann">Nima Kiann</a> under the name of <b><a href="/wiki/Les_Ballets_Persans" title="Les Ballets Persans">Les Ballets Persans</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">سازمان باله ایران</span>) in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introduction_of_ballet_in_Iran">Introduction of ballet in Iran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Introduction of ballet in Iran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Madame_Yelena_teaching.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Madame_Yelena_teaching.jpg/220px-Madame_Yelena_teaching.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Madame_Yelena_teaching.jpg/330px-Madame_Yelena_teaching.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Madame_Yelena_teaching.jpg/440px-Madame_Yelena_teaching.jpg 2x" data-file-width="928" data-file-height="671" /></a><figcaption>Madame Yelena's ballet class in Tehran, 1949</figcaption></figure> <p>The history of ballet in Iran started in 1928 when <a href="/w/index.php?title=Madame_Cornelli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madame Cornelli (page does not exist)">Madame Cornelli</a>, a Russian immigrant who fled the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, started giving dance lessons in Tehran. There was no methodical ballet training; the classes consisted of various exercises to make the body supple and to cultivate the students' awareness of rhythm and musicality. Part of each class was devoted to character or folk dances.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A later dance teacher was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Madame_Yelena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madame Yelena (page does not exist)">Madame Yelena</a> (Avedisian),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Sarkis_Djanbazian" title="Sarkis Djanbazian">Sarkis Djanbazian</a> who respectively in 1933 and 1938 organized dance classes in the city of Tabriz and Qazvin. These newcomers expanded the European influenced dance scene in Iran by holding performances and dance classes of various style, including classical ballet, European folk dancing, the European partner dancing, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iran’s_pioneering_ballet_company"><span id="Iran.E2.80.99s_pioneering_ballet_company"></span>Iran’s pioneering ballet company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Iran’s pioneering ballet company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1940s <a href="/wiki/Nilla_Cram_Cook" title="Nilla Cram Cook">Nilla Cram Cook</a>, who had vast knowledge in Eastern cultures and languages, was serving as the United States <a href="/wiki/Cultural_attach%C3%A9" title="Cultural attaché">cultural attaché</a> at the American Embassy in Tehran. During her time as the US culturаl attaché she became employed at the Ministry of Education and Propaganda, as director general of the Arts Department. Her endeavors and great interest in Persian culture, arts and literature resulted in the realization of the most extensive Iranian national dance project of the first half of the twentieth century. In 1946, Cram Cook founded the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Studio_of_the_Revival_of_the_Iranian_Ancient_Arts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Studio of the Revival of the Iranian Ancient Arts (page does not exist)">Studio of the Revival of the Iranian Ancient Arts</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">استودیوی احیای هنرهای باستانی ایران</span>), aiming to revive and restore the “forgotten” ancient Iranian performing arts. Most of the dances were based on Persian history or mythology. An important work by Cram Cook, The Caravan, was developed from a poem by Saadi and was later performed in 1958 by the Iranian National Ballet.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dance troupe performed at functions at the American Embassy in Tehran and toured nationally and internationally, remaining active until around 1953. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Times_Roudaki_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Times_Roudaki_Hall.jpg/220px-Times_Roudaki_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Times_Roudaki_Hall.jpg/330px-Times_Roudaki_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Times_Roudaki_Hall.jpg/440px-Times_Roudaki_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1331" data-file-height="1181" /></a><figcaption>The Times newspaper review of the newly built Roudaki Hall Opera. 7 February 1968</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishment_of_the_national_ballet_company">Establishment of the national ballet company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Establishment of the national ballet company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1955, <a href="/wiki/Mehrdad_Pahlbod" title="Mehrdad Pahlbod">Mehrdad Pahlbod</a>, the head of the Fine Arts department commissioned Nejad and Haideh Ahmadzadeh to start a ballet school on a professional basis aiming to raise native Iranian ballet dancers for a future national ballet company. The School was opened in 1956 in the premises of Tehran's Conservatory of Music. Two years later in 1958, the Iranian National Ballet Company was established with Nejad Ahmadzadeh as its founding director. When the Fine Arts Department of Iran eventually expanded and became The Ministry of Culture and Arts, Nejad Ahmadzadeh was appointed as director of the ballet academy, the ballet company and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_and_Folk_Music,_Song_and_Dance_Ensemble&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National and Folk Music, Song and Dance Ensemble (page does not exist)">National and Folk Music, Song and Dance Ensemble</a> which was a sister company to the Iranian National Ballet Company using the same dancers to create and stage a nationally inspired repertoire.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roudaki_Hall_opening,_Shah_and_R.E._Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Roudaki_Hall_opening%2C_Shah_and_R.E._Warren.jpg/220px-Roudaki_Hall_opening%2C_Shah_and_R.E._Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Roudaki_Hall_opening%2C_Shah_and_R.E._Warren.jpg/330px-Roudaki_Hall_opening%2C_Shah_and_R.E._Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Roudaki_Hall_opening%2C_Shah_and_R.E._Warren.jpg/440px-Roudaki_Hall_opening%2C_Shah_and_R.E._Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="688" /></a><figcaption>Robert de Warren and Haideh Ahmadzadeh conversing with the Shah and Empress Farah at the Roudaki Hall Opera. 1967</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ninette_de_Valois_in_Tehran.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ninette_de_Valois_in_Tehran.png/220px-Ninette_de_Valois_in_Tehran.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ninette_de_Valois_in_Tehran.png/330px-Ninette_de_Valois_in_Tehran.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ninette_de_Valois_in_Tehran.png/440px-Ninette_de_Valois_in_Tehran.png 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="646" /></a><figcaption>Dame Ninette de Valois (far right) on one of her visits to Tehran at a cocktail party with Nejad Ahmadzadeh, Sandra Vane (centre) and Haideh Ahmadzadeh. 1962</figcaption></figure> <p>As institutionalizing ballet and bringing about a professional national ballet ensemble comparable to the ballet companies in the West had become a serious concern for the government, the Iranian monarch <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Shah_Pahlavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi">Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi</a> had personally asked <a href="/wiki/Dame_Ninette_de_Valois" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Ninette de Valois">Dame Ninette de Valois</a> to council on the formation of a ballet company during one of his official visits to London and after a command performance in his honor at the Royal Opera House. In the summer of 1958, Dame Ninette de Valois was visiting Turkey where she had founded a ballet school. On the invitation of the Ministry of Culture and Arts, she prolonged her trip in order to visit the National Ballet Academy of Iran and budding company in Tehran. On her return to London, she sent Ann Cox followed by Miro Michael Zolan and his wife Sandra Vane. Later Nicholas Beriozoff, Marion English-Delanian, Richard Brown and finally Robert and Jacqueline de Warren were sent by de Valois to teach and stage dances and short ballets for the ballet academy and company. </p><p>The Iranian National Ballet Company developed to become the most renowned Iranian cultural institution during its tenure as the country's only ballet institution. Company productions were often performed at official events and functions in the presence of the Royal family and invited national and international dignitaries.<sup id="cite_ref-Persian_Dance_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Persian_Dance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company moved to the Roudaki Hall Opera upon its completion in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Kiann,_Nima_2015_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiann,_Nima_2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Repertoire">Repertoire</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Repertoire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carmina_Burana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Carmina_Burana.jpg/220px-Carmina_Burana.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Carmina_Burana.jpg/330px-Carmina_Burana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Carmina_Burana.jpg/440px-Carmina_Burana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1443" /></a><figcaption>Iranian National Ballet Company performing Carmina Burana, 1978</figcaption></figure> <p>The company repertoire included classical, neoclassical and contemporary ballets which were staged usually by invited guest choreographers and ballet masters from Europe and the United States. The company established a close collaboration with dance institutions in Soviet Union, United States and Europe. The Royal Ballet, Royal Academy of Dance, Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theatre were parts of a vast exchanging cultural program between the companies. </p><p>Some early works of the company were those choreographed by <a href="/wiki/Nilla_Cram_Cook" title="Nilla Cram Cook">Nilla Cram Cook</a> for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Revival_of_the_Iranian_Ancient_Arts_Ensemble&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revival of the Iranian Ancient Arts Ensemble (page does not exist)">Revival of the Iranian Ancient Arts Ensemble</a> which were restaged by Cram Cook's former dancers, Nejad and Haideh Ahmadzadeh.<sup id="cite_ref-Persian_Dance_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Persian_Dance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prominent and world-famous ballet dancers from renowned ballet companies of the world were often invited to dance the principal roles of all great classical ballets. In order to keep the high standard of the productions the company relied on guest artists from abroad to perform the leading roles in most work premieres.<sup id="cite_ref-Kiann,_Nima_2015_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiann,_Nima_2015-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company_productions">List of Iranian National Ballet Company productions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of Iranian National Ballet Company productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="1" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year / Season </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Composer </th> <th>Chore / Staged by </th> <th>Principal dancers </th></tr> <tr> <th>1958 </th> <td>The Caravan</td> <td>Unknown</td> <td>Nilla Cram Cook / Haideh Ahmadzadeh</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1961 </th> <td>The Classical Première</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gluck" class="mw-redirect" title="Gluck">Gluck</a></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1961 </th> <td>1+2=4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravel">Ravel</a></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td>Avak Abrahamian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1961 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Quixote" title="Don Quixote">Don Quixote</a> Pas de deux</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Minkus" title="Ludwig Minkus">Minkus</a></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td>Haideh Ahmadzadeh & Miro Zolan </td></tr> <tr> <th>1961 </th> <td>Rossiniada</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rossini" class="mw-redirect" title="Rossini">Rossini</a></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1961 </th> <td>Fiesta</td> <td>Kabalevsky</td> <td>Sandra Vane / Miro Zolan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1962 </th> <td>Libestraum</td> <td>Strauss</td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1962 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Entertainers" title="The Entertainers">The Entertainers</a></td> <td></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1963 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker" title="The Nutcracker">The Nutcracker</a> Pas de deux</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> / Miro Zolan</td> <td>Haideh Ahmadzadeh & Leon Neshanian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1963 </th> <td>Comedie a la Francaise</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ibert" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibert">Ibert</a></td> <td>Richard Brown</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1963 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Slaughter_on_Tenth_Avenue" title="Slaughter on Tenth Avenue">Slaughter on Tenth Avenue</a></td> <td>Rogers</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Balanchine" title="George Balanchine">George Balanchine</a> / Richard Brown</td> <td>Clara Avanessian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1964 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/La_P%C3%A9ri_(Dukas)" title="La Péri (Dukas)">La Péri</a></td> <td>Paul Dukas</td> <td>Ivan Clustine / <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td>Haideh Ahmadzadeh & Leon Neshanian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1965 </th> <td>Love and the Clown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Verdi" class="mw-redirect" title="Verdi">Verdi</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cranko" title="John Cranko">John Cranko</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td>Haideh Ahmadzadeh, Avak Abrahamian, Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1966 </th> <td>Games</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Pejman" title="Ahmad Pejman">Ahmad Pejman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1966 </th> <td>La Valse</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ravel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravel">Ravel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1966 </th> <td>Symphony in C</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bizet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bizet">Bizet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1966 </th> <td>Tchaikovsky Suite</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1967 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lady_of_the_Camellias" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady of the Camellias">Lady of the Camellias</a></td> <td></td> <td>/ <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1967 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Firebird" title="The Firebird">The Firebird</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stravinsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Stravinsky">Stravinsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michel_Fokine" title="Michel Fokine">Michel Fokine</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1968 </th> <td>Phaedra</td> <td>Auric</td> <td>/ <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td>Haideh Ahmadzadeh & Robert de Warren </td></tr> <tr> <th>1968-69 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Prokofiev)" title="Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)">Romeo and Juliet</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prokofiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokofiev">Prokofiev</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cranko" title="John Cranko">John Cranko</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td>Sarvar Kaboli & Amin Taati </td></tr> <tr> <th>1968-69 </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cinderella_(Prokofiev)" title="Cinderella (Prokofiev)">Cinderella</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prokofiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokofiev">Prokofiev</a></td> <td>/ <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td>Sarvar Kaboli & Amin Taati </td></tr> <tr> <th>1969-70 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(ballet)" title="The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)">The Sleeping Beauty</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Warren" title="Robert de Warren">Robert de Warren</a></td> <td>Lucette Aldous & Robert Bestonso <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1970-71 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Giselle" title="Giselle">Giselle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adolphe_Adam" title="Adolphe Adam">Adolphe Adam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Coralli" title="Jean Coralli">Jean Coralli</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jules_Perrot" title="Jules Perrot">Jules Perrot</a> / <a href="/wiki/Anne_Heaton_(ballet_dancer)" title="Anne Heaton (ballet dancer)">Anne Heaton</a></td> <td>Adele Oroz & Viktor Rohna, <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haideh Ahmadzadeh & Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1971 - Autumn </th> <td>The Myth of Creation <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Melik Aslanian</td> <td>Robert Thomas</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1971-72 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Copp%C3%A9lia" title="Coppélia">Coppélia</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Delibes" title="Léo Delibes">Léo Delibes</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Saint-L%C3%A9on" title="Arthur Saint-Léon">Arthur Saint-Léon</a> / <a href="/wiki/Anne_Heaton_(ballet_dancer)" title="Anne Heaton (ballet dancer)">Anne Heaton</a></td> <td>Philippa Caire & Amin Taati, Haydeh Changizian & Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1971-72 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Lake" title="Swan Lake">Swan Lake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> / <a href="/wiki/Vakhtang_Chabukiani" title="Vakhtang Chabukiani">Vakhtang Chabukiani</a></td> <td id="cite_ref-12" class="cite-bracket"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1971-72 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker" title="The Nutcracker">The Nutcracker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> / Jack Carter</td> <td>Carol Grant & Jamshid Saghabashi, Haydeh Changizian & Amin Taati </td></tr> <tr> <th>1972-73 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieder_eines_fahrenden_Gesellen" title="Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen">Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler">Gustav Mahler</a></td> <td>Robert Thomas</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian & Amin Taati / Marion English Delanian & Robert Thomas </td></tr> <tr> <th>1972-73 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Bayad%C3%A8re" title="La Bayadère">La Bayadère</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Minkus" title="Ludwig Minkus">Ludwig Minkus</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> / Natalie Conus<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malika_Sabirova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malika Sabirova (page does not exist)">Malika Sabirova</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mozaffar_Burkhanov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mozaffar Burkhanov (page does not exist)">Mozaffar Burkhanov</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> /Haydeh Changizian & Amin Taati, Haideh Ahmadzadeh in role of Gamzatti </td></tr> <tr> <th>1972-73 </th> <td>Unfinished Symphony (Pas de quatre)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Franz_Schubert" title="Franz Schubert">Franz Schubert</a></td> <td>Madjid Kashef</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian & Riccardo Duse </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fountain_of_Bakhchisarai" class="mw-redirect" title="Fountain of Bakhchisarai">Fountain of Bakhchisarai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Asafyev" title="Boris Asafyev">Boris Asafyev</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rostislav_Zakharov" title="Rostislav Zakharov">Rostislav Zakharov</a> / Natalie Conus</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raisa_Strouchkova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raisa Strouchkova (page does not exist)">Raisa Strouchkova</a> & <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Fadeyechev" title="Nikolai Fadeyechev">Nikolai Fadeyechev</a> ,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maggie Burton Saghabashi & Amin Taati, Haydeh Changizian, Avak Abrahamian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Fille_Mal_Gard%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="La Fille Mal Gardée">La Fille Mal Gardée</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ludwig_Hertel" title="Peter Ludwig Hertel">Peter Ludwig Hertel</a></td> <td>Dimitri Romanoff</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian & Amin Taati, Haideh Ahmadzadeh as Widow Simone </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro" title="Boléro">Boléro</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ravel" title="Maurice Ravel">Maurice Ravel</a></td> <td>Madame Tilda from Romania</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Petrushka" title="Petrushka">Petrushka</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michel_Fokine" title="Michel Fokine">Michel Fokine</a> / Madame Tilda from Romania</td> <td>Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td>Sinfonietta</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leo%C5%A1_Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek" title="Leoš Janáček">Leoš Janáček</a></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td>Jigsaw</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Blacher" title="Boris Blacher">Boris Blacher</a></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td>The Scarecrow</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a></td> <td>Miro Zolan</td> <td>Marion English Delanian & Avak Abrahamian </td></tr> <tr> <th>1973-74 </th> <td>The Witch Boy</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Salzedo" title="Leonard Salzedo">Leonard Salzedo</a></td> <td>Jack Carter</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian & Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1975-76 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Les_Sylphides" title="Les Sylphides">Les Sylphides</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Frédéric Chopin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michel_Fokine" title="Michel Fokine">Michel Fokine</a> / <a href="/wiki/Anne_Heaton_(ballet_dancer)" title="Anne Heaton (ballet dancer)">Anne Heaton</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1975-76 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scheherazade_(Rimsky-Korsakov)" title="Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)">Schéhérazade</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Rimsky-Korsakov" title="Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov">Rimsky-Korsakov</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michel_Fokine" title="Michel Fokine">Michel Fokine</a> / Anne Heaton (ballet dancer)|Anne Heaton</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian as Zobeide, <p>Jamshid Saghabashi as the golden slave, Avak Abrahamian as Kalif </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1975-76 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bijan_and_Manijeh" title="Bijan and Manijeh">Bijan and Manijeh</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Dehlavi" title="Hossein Dehlavi">Hossein Dehlavi</a></td> <td>Haideh Ahmadzadeh & Robert Urazgildiev</td> <td>Haydeh Changizian & Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1976-77 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Serenade" title="Serenade">Serenade</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Balanchine" title="George Balanchine">George Balanchine</a> / <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Neary" title="Patricia Neary">Patricia Neary</a></td> <td>Janet Popeleski & Michael Dane </td></tr> <tr> <th>1976-77 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Julie" title="Miss Julie">Miss Julie</a></td> <td>Rangström</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birgit_Cullberg" title="Birgit Cullberg">Birgit Cullberg</a></td> <td>Janet Popeleski & Chinko Rafique </td></tr> <tr> <th>1976-77 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Graduation_Ball" title="Graduation Ball">Graduation Ball</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II" title="Johann Strauss II">Johann Strauss II</a></td> <td>/ Nicholas Beriosoff</td> <td>Maggie Burton Saghabashi & Chinko Rafique </td></tr> <tr> <th>1976-77 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Lake" title="Swan Lake">Swan Lake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lev_Ivanov" title="Lev Ivanov">Lev Ivanov</a> / Nicholas Beriosoff</td> <td>Maggie Burton Saghabashi & Jamshid Sahabashi, Janet Popeleski </td></tr> <tr> <th>1977-78 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Prokofiev)" title="Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)">Romeo and Juliet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prokofiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokofiev">Prokofiev</a></td> <td>/ Nicholas Beriosoff</td> <td>Janet Popeleski & Robert Craset / Nina Brzorad and Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1977-78 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker" title="The Nutcracker">The Nutcracker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> / Nicholas Beriosoff</td> <td>Janet Popeleski & Robert Craset / Nina Brzorad and Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1977-78 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff)" title="Carmina Burana (Orff)">Carmina Burana</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Orff" title="Carl Orff">Carl Orff</a></td> <td>John Butler</td> <td>Janet Popeleski, Nina Brzorad, Robert Craset, Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1977-78 </th> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=After_Eden_(ballet)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="After Eden (ballet) (page does not exist)">After Eden</a></i></td> <td>Holby</td> <td>John Butler</td> <td>Janet Popeleski & Robert Crazet / Nina Brzorad and Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr> <tr> <th>1977-78 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Polovetsian_Dances" class="mw-redirect" title="Polovetsian Dances">Polovetsian Dances</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Borodin" title="Alexander Borodin">Borodin</a></td> <td>/ Nicholas Beriosoff</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1978-79 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(ballet)" title="The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)">Sleeping Beauty</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marius_Petipa" title="Marius Petipa">Marius Petipa</a> / Nicholas Beriosoff</td> <td>Nina Brzorad, Patricia Rensetti, Jamshid Saghabashi </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">from Royal Ballet</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">from Budapest Opera Ballet followed by Irina Prokofyeva & Andrei Kondratoff from Bolshoi Ballet</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">on the occasion of the <a href="/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_the_Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire">2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">followed by Mette Höningen & Pale Jacobson from Royal Danish Ballet</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">from Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, even known as Natalia Konus</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">soloists of Bolshoi Ballet from Tajik origin</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">from Bolshoi Ballet</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The company’s first full-length classical ballet production based on <a href="/wiki/Shahnameh" title="Shahnameh">Shahnameh</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ferdowsi" title="Ferdowsi">Ferdowsi</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistic_staff">Artistic staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Artistic staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birgit_Cullberg_rehearsing_dancers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Birgit_Cullberg_rehearsing_dancers.jpg/220px-Birgit_Cullberg_rehearsing_dancers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Birgit_Cullberg_rehearsing_dancers.jpg/330px-Birgit_Cullberg_rehearsing_dancers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Birgit_Cullberg_rehearsing_dancers.jpg/440px-Birgit_Cullberg_rehearsing_dancers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="484" /></a><figcaption>Birgit Cullberg (right) rehearsing Miss Julie with dancers of the Iranian National Ballet Company. Ali Pourfarrokh on the left. 1977</figcaption></figure> <p>The Iranian National Ballet Company started operating in 1958 with a dozen of dancers. The company grew to approximately 50 dancers, one third of them Iranian natives. The rest of the company members came mostly from Europe and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Persian_Dance_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Persian_Dance-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Craine,_Debra_2000_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craine,_Debra_2000-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artistic_directors">Artistic directors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Artistic directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>Nejad Ahmadzadeh (1958–1976)</li> <li>Ali Pourfarrokh (1976–1979)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principal_choreographers">Principal choreographers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Principal choreographers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Dollar" title="William Dollar">William Dollar</a> (1958–1960)</li> <li>Miro Zolan (1961–1963)</li> <li>Richard Brown (1963–1964)</li> <li>Jack Carter (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Heaton_(ballet_dancer)" title="Anne Heaton (ballet dancer)">Anne Heaton</a> (1973)</li> <li>Haideh Ahmadzadeh</li> <li>Robert Urazgildiev (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birgit_Cullberg" title="Birgit Cullberg">Birgit Cullberg</a> (1975)</li> <li>Nicholas Beriosoff (1976–1979)</li> <li>John Butler</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ballet_masters_and_mistresses">Ballet masters and mistresses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ballet masters and mistresses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>William Dollar</li> <li>Miro Zolan</li> <li>Sandra Vane</li> <li>Yvonne Patterson (1959–1960)</li> <li>Marian English Delanian (1960 -1979)</li> <li>Robert de Warren (1965-1970)</li> <li>Jacqueline de Warren (1965–1970)</li> <li>Dudley Davies (1977–1979)</li> <li>Kenneth Mason (1976-1979)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dancers">Dancers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dancers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-rules" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol><li>Ayda Abolian</li> <li>Avak Abrahamian (Salmasi) (? - 1979)</li> <li>Valerik Abrahamian (? - 1979)</li> <li>Ahmad Adjdadi</li> <li>Adeleh Afrand</li> <li>Haideh Ahmadzadeh (1958–1975)</li> <li>Parvin Al-Amin</li> <li>Ronald K. Alexander</li> <li>Anne Allen (1978–1979)</li> <li>Jeremy Allen (1976 - 1979)</li> <li>Avisa Amirshahi</li> <li>Jenous Amirshahi</li> <li>Mary Apick</li> <li>Ahita Ardalan</li> <li>Azita Arfa</li> <li>Wendy Arshamian (? - 1979)</li> <li>Minoo Atabaki</li> <li>Clara Avanessian</li> <li>Ophelia Azarnia</li> <li>Banafsheh Bahramian</li> <li>Georgina Bahramian Coleman (? - 1979)</li> <li>Nejdeh Bahramian (? - 1979)</li> <li>James Bailey (1977–1978)</li> <li>Evelyn Balassanian (? - 1979)</li> <li>Mitra Behrouz</li> <li>Diana Biggart</li> <li>Nina Brzorad (1976–1979)</li> <li>Pippa Buck Power</li> <li>Aban Budin</li> <li>Margaret Bull</li> <li>Judyth Casey</li> <li>Haydeh Changizian (1972–1978)</li> <li>Tina Christina</li> <li>Robert Craset (1977–1979)</li> <li>Michael Dane</li> <li>Belinda (Lindy) Davies (? - 1979)</li> <li>Rosamund Davies</li> <li>Otis Daye (1977–1978)</li> <li>Rostam Dehmohbed</li> <li>Missy Denman (? - 1978)</li> <li>Yerjanik Djambazian</li> <li>Mehdi Doagoo</li> <li>Gavin Dorrian (1978–1979)</li> <li>Tomas Edwards (Martini) (? - 1978)</li> <li>Magdy El-Lethy (? - 1979)</li> <li>Jonathan Ellingham (1977–1979)</li> <li>Bahman Sadr Orafai</li> <li>Hilda Estepanian</li> <li>Fereshteh Fakoor</li> <li>Fereshteh Farazmand</li> <li>Ivan Ionathan Feller</li> <li>Martin Fredmann</li> <li>Parviz Ghanei (? - 1979)</li> <li>Farihan (Fari) Gheissari Akbarian</li> <li>Diane Gray (? - 1979)</li> <li>Michael Hall</li> <li>Mark Hammond (1977–1978)</li> <li>Mary Heathcote</li> <li>Caroline Heming (1977 - 1978)</li> <li>Dariush Hirbodian</li> <li>Behrooz Honarbakhsh</li> <li>Sarah Inglis Fricker (1970-1974)</li> <li>David Jackson (1976 - 1978)</li> <li>Nader Jahanfard</li> <li>Sarvar (Sorur) Kaboli</li> <li>Nina Kavosi</li> <li>Nasser Kazemi</li> <li>Sudabeh Keshmirian</li> <li>Sholeh Katherina Kia</li> <li>Shideh Kia Nikkhoo (? - 1979)</li> <li>Ladan Kianpoor</li> <li>Jeremy Macdonald (1977–1978)</li> <li>Osama Maksood (1978–1979)</li> <li>Robert March (1976–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_McGee" title="Debbie McGee">Debbie McGee</a> (1978–1979)</li> <li>Sam McManus</li> <li>Terri Mills Tester</li> <li>Frieda Minassian</li> <li>Golriz Mirjahangiri</li> <li>Nader Mirzadeh</li> <li>Rima Moghadam</li> <li>Farnoosh Moshiri</li> <li>Abdollah Nazemi</li> <li>Leon Neshanian</li> <li>Jaleh Nikpay</li> <li>Judith (Judy) Odell (1976 - 1978)</li> <li>Karen Oram</li> <li>Gita Ostovani</li> <li>Gregory Pope (1977–1978)</li> <li>Mary Paranicas (1977–1978)</li> <li>Janet Popeleski (1976 - 1978)</li> <li>Virginia (Ginny) Portz</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibor_J%C3%B3zef_Pusztai" title="Tibor Józef Pusztai">Tibor Pusztai</a> - Conductor</li> <li>Mina Rad</li> <li>Chinko Rafique (? - 1977)</li> <li>Jaleh Rahbar</li> <li>Soheyla Razavi (? - 1979)</li> <li>Patricia Renzetti (1978–1979)</li> <li>Helen Riddington (1976 - 1978)</li> <li>Amanda Rivera Bruell (?-1978)</li> <li>Vivien Rycroft Richards (? - 1979)</li> <li>Soheila Sadr</li> <li>Jamshid Saghabashi (1958–1979)</li> <li>Fereydoon Saghabashi Tork</li> <li>Maggie (Burton) Saghabashi (? - 1979)</li> <li>Pari Samar</li> <li>Bahareh Sardari (? - 1979)</li> <li>John (Jay) Seaman (1977–1979)</li> <li>Susan Sepehran</li> <li>Roberta Senn Minto (1977–1978)</li> <li>Karen Smith (1977–1978)</li> <li>Azar Snider</li> <li>Sacha Spencer-Moore</li> <li>Diane Spinelli</li> <li>Clair Symonds Josephs</li> <li>Amin Taati</li> <li>Mersedeh Tahvildari</li> <li>Mary Tarverdian</li> <li>Kent Taylor (1978)</li> <li>Peggy Tehran</li> <li>Catherine Terzian</li> <li>Mark Thibodeau (1977–1978)</li> <li>Peter Towse (? - 1978)</li> <li>Behrooz Vasseghi (? - 1978)</li> <li>Samuel Veal (1976 - 1978)</li> <li>Ali Aschar Vil</li> <li>Bethan Wiliams (1977–1978)</li> <li>Trevor Wood</li> <li>Wendy Woodbridge (1977–1978)</li> <li>Jennifer (Jenny) Wyatt (1974–1979)</li> <li>Nazila Zand-Karimi</li> <li>Vazgen Zarokian</li> <li>Pejman Parhami (1975-1977)</li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disbanding_of_the_company">Disbanding of the company</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Disbanding of the company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sleeping_Beauty_performed_by_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sleeping_Beauty_performed_by_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company.jpg/220px-Sleeping_Beauty_performed_by_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sleeping_Beauty_performed_by_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company.jpg/330px-Sleeping_Beauty_performed_by_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sleeping_Beauty_performed_by_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company.jpg/440px-Sleeping_Beauty_performed_by_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="652" /></a><figcaption>Iranian National Ballet Company's production of Sleeping Beauty. 1978</figcaption></figure> <p>The civil unrest and political upheavals that caused the collapse of the Monarchy and establishment of a <a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">theocracy</a> in Iran started in 1978 and was escalating rapidly. The last ballet production that was staged at the <a href="/wiki/Roudaki_Hall_Opera" class="mw-redirect" title="Roudaki Hall Opera">Roudaki Hall Opera</a> was Sleeping Beauty during the fall season of 1978. By December 1978 and January 1979, the political situation of the country became more and more unstable. Almost all foreign members of the company left Iran during this period as soon as there was a flight available, before the complete collapse of the regime in February 1979. Employed dancers were informed that there were dismissed till the new government's further notice. Eventually, a meeting was arranged in Bāgh-e Manzariyeh in northern <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> soon after the victorious revolution in the presence of Roudaki Hall's workforce and Ayatollah <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mofatteh" title="Mohammad Mofatteh">Mohammad Mofatteh</a>. When he was asked about the fate of ballet in Iran, he replied irately and in no uncertain terms that Islamic Republic and ballet is paradoxical and self-contradictory. The Iranian National Ballet Company was thereafter formally declared as dissolved in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revival_of_the_Iranian_National_Ballet_Company_in_Les_Ballets_Persans">Revival of the Iranian National Ballet Company in Les Ballets Persans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Revival of the Iranian National Ballet Company in Les Ballets Persans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twenty-three years after disbanding of the Iranian National Ballet, the Swedish-Iranian dancer, and choreographer <a href="/wiki/Nima_Kiann" title="Nima Kiann">Nima Kiann</a> created a new company in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a><sup id="cite_ref-Craine,_Debra_2000_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craine,_Debra_2000-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the support of the Swedish authorities. Inspired by <a href="/wiki/Les_Ballets_Russes" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Ballets Russes">Les Ballets Russes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ballets_su%C3%A9dois" title="Ballets suédois">Ballets suédois</a> as exiled dance companies representing vastly the culture of their countries, he named the company <a href="/wiki/Les_Ballets_Persans" title="Les Ballets Persans">Les Ballets Persans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">سازمان باله ایران</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company repertory is entirely based on the Persian culture and heritage and does not include any works of the Western repertoire unless they are created based on Persian heritage. The project of revival of the Iranian National Ballet Company made an international impact and was regarded as the most extensive individual artistic project ever realized outside of Iran. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>On the 35th anniversary of disbanding of the company, on August 29, 2014, around forty former members of the Iranian National Ballet, including Nejad and Haideh Ahmadzadeh and Ali Pourfarrokh, gathered together in Washington DC to celebrate and share the accomplishments of the company. This was the first reunion of company members after leaving Tehran thirty-five years ago. In a message sent to this reunion, <a href="/wiki/Nima_Kiann" title="Nima Kiann">Nima Kiann</a> the founder of <a href="/wiki/Les_Ballets_Persans" title="Les Ballets Persans">Les Ballets Persans</a>, the successor company of the Iranian National Ballet, wrote: <i>...On behalf of the new generation of Iranian ballet artists, I salute all attending and even absent members of the company this evening. Your collective accomplishment of the past time is today’s fundament on which this new generation is standing on. It is a reason of pride for the new and future generations of Iranians and a reminder of a passed time of development and progress for the art form of dance in Iran.</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vahdat_Hall" title="Vahdat Hall">Vahdat Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Ballets_Persans" title="Les Ballets Persans">Les Ballets Persans</a></li> <li>Official website of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nimakiann.com/">Nima Kiann</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iranian_National_Ballet_Company&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.balletspersans.org/">Official website of Les Ballets Persans (The New Iranian National Ballet)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artira.com/balletspersans/history.html">Chronology of the Iranian National Ballet and Les Ballets Persans</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From book: My Life as a Persian Ballerina by Haideh Ahmadzadeh, p. 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kiann, Nima (2000). <i>Madame Yelena Avedisian.</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artira.com/danceforum/articles/yelena/yelena_bio.html/">Eastern Dance Forum</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141203012908/http://www.artira.com/danceforum/articles/yelena/yelena_bio.html">Archived</a> 2014-12-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Retrieved 2 Dec. 2014)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From book: My Life as a Persian Ballerina by Haideh Ahmadzadeh; p. 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ahmadzadeh, Haideh (2009). <i>My life as a Persian Ballerina.</i> Raleigh, NC: Lulu Enterprises Inc.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Persian_Dance-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Persian_Dance_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Persian_Dance_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Persian_Dance_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKiann" class="citation web cs1">Kiann, Nima. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artira.com/danceforum/history/history.html">"Persian Dance and Its Forgotten History"</a>. <i>Eastern Dance Forum</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-08-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Eastern+Dance+Forum&rft.atitle=Persian+Dance+and+Its+Forgotten+History&rft.aulast=Kiann&rft.aufirst=Nima&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artira.com%2Fdanceforum%2Fhistory%2Fhistory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIranian+National+Ballet+Company" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kiann,_Nima_2015-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kiann,_Nima_2015_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kiann,_Nima_2015_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kiann, Nima (2015). <i>History of Ballet in Iran.</i> Wiesbaden: Reichert Publishing</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/IranianNationalBallet/info?tab=page_info/">Community page of the Iranian National Ballets Company at Facebook. List of former members</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/IranianNationalBallet/timeline/">Community page of the Iranian National Ballets Company at Facebook. Timeline</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Craine,_Debra_2000-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Craine,_Debra_2000_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Craine,_Debra_2000_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Craine, Debra & Mackrell, Judith (2000). "Oxford Dictionary of Dance." 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