Excerpt from Journey of the Simorgh, Istanbul.


Farima Berenji is an award winning, internationally acclaimed performing artist, instructor, and dance ethnologist. A master in Persian and Sufi dance, she specializes in instruction and performance of ancient, sacred, classical, and folkloric dances of Persia and Central Asia. She is honored to be the first Iranian woman to direct a Persian dance company to perform during a reception for President Obama. Farima is founder and artistic director of the Simorgh Dance Collective, a member of the International Dance Council (CID-UNESCO), National Folk Organization, and the first woman TEDx lecturer and performer in the field of dance. http://farimadance.com

If you would like to join and support the work of Farima and the Simorgh Dance Collective through Patreon visit   / simorgh